Subj : Re: boring stuff... To : poindexter FORTRAN From : ACMEBBS Date : Sun May 15 2022 00:14:00 -=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=- -=> ACMEBBS wrote to Spectre <=- 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 AC> a fit for anything but being elderly or in the hospital. From what I AC> hear...things haven't changed much. pF> Come to California. Everyone gets a mail-in ballot, and you can drop pF> it off in a ballot box if you don't want to use the postal service. Same thing here. The local libraries keep their outer lobbies open around the clock with a drop box during election time. Compared to other places I've lived...seems like they go out of their way to make voting easy. The only thing I don't like is the closed primaries. .... DalekDOS v(overflow): (I)Obey (V)ision impaired (E)xterminate --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: fsxNet FTN<>QWK Gateway (21:4/10) .