Subj : Re: boring stuff...
To   : ACMEBBS
From : boraxman
Date : Sat May 14 2022 12:43:05

 AC>  Sp> Yes they do, there are limitations, by being somewhere else on the da
 AC>  Sp> overseas or interstate, and health concerns. You can vote in person
 AC>  Sp> early at pre poll stations or get a postal ballot.  In practice the
 AC>  Sp> limitations are minimal, they only ask you if you feel you qualify fo
 AC>  Sp> early voting, no one actually checks the details of why.
 AC> 
 AC> Thank you for the information.
 AC> 
 AC> Especially in some of the more backward parts of the USA...the
 AC> fundamentalists are doing everything they can to make sure that
 AC> non-WASP's can't do this. For instance...in the past when I lived in
 AC> Oklahoma...you could request an absentee ballot...but they would throw a
 AC> fit for anything but being elderly or in the hospital. From what I
 AC> hear...things haven't changed much. ... What is mind? No matter! What is
 AC> matter? Never mind! - Homer S. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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There are a lot of claims coming out of the US, and to be honest, I take it all with a grain of salt.  Politics there seems incredibly toxic and the society very divided, with two ideological camps, each framing facts through their own lens.

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