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The Case Against One-Day Voting


Nov 2, 2008 by

With an estimated one out of three Americans casting ballots before Election Day this year, it may be time to rethink the tradition of having tens of millions of voters swamp polling places on a Tuesday in November. Why just one day? Why not two, three or even a week?

The advantages of converting to an Election Week are many and obvious:

*With the uncertainties of electronic gadgetry, a longer period would reduce not only endless lines and voter frustration but allow more time to resolve registration challenges and to count and, if necessary, recount ballots;

*Races would not be decided by bad weather conditions that sometimes make it difficult for the aged and the infirm to get to polls;

*The self-employed and others who find it hard to take working time off would have the choice of voting on a Saturday;

*The process would not be so dependent on aggressive get-out-the-vote tactics by political parties.

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2 Comments

  1. superdestroyer
    November 2, 2008 | 2:49 pm

    As the U.S. becomes a one party state, I hope that the hyper partisan Democrats can stop obsessing about things like making DC a sate without amending the constitution or putting 20 million illegal aliens on the fast track to citizenship so that they will automatically vote Democratic.

    Worrying about elections with 95% of the elections are one side routs is a sign of mental illness. It is like watching the Baltimore News Stations doing interviews with black voters who worry that their votes are going to be stolen in a state that heavily Democratic and where Obama will win by 20 points.

  2. JSpencer
    November 2, 2008 | 2:58 pm

    Robert, I couldn't agree more with your suggestion. Here in the 21st century an election WEEK makes far, far more sense than does an election DAY.