US Election 2020

[red rider]

We did the mail in ballot for Sask election. There was a deadline to apply and to be postmarked. I assume we would have been flagged at polling station. We never would have bothered taking the time to vote since we voted Sask party and we were a safe Sask party riding. I just wanted to try it out and cannot imagine ever voting in person again. We voted when we wanted instead of organizing life around polling station hours.

[ajl]

The voting twice gambit doesn't really offer an advantage to any candidate. What's to prevent Trump supporters from voting twice? Nothing, if it's actually possible to get away with it. This would tend to offset all the Biden supporters who allegedly voted twice. It would seem odd that only Biden supporters would think of doing this.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious it comes down to the typical Trump supporter vs the typical Biden supporter. The Trump supporter is much more likely to be busy working a job and politics is of secondary importance whereas to a Biden supporter government is life. They are totally dependent on government and so are motivated to do whatever it takes to make sure their candidate wins because they need them. As a result the Biden camp is much more motivated to do what it takes. This is why canuckistan is done. Government is life here and until government is unable to borrow, what you see is what you get. There are likely a few government workers that vote conservative in canuckistan but they don't talk about it. Mind you the so called conservatives here never run on a platform of significantly reducing government anyways.

[Blaithin]

You shouldnt be so smug. Did you watch macdons great reset video. Lets just say cattle ranchers aint part of the new deal.

Who’s smug? I almost couldn’t care less about American politics. You’d struggle to get me to care about Canadian ones.

It would just be nice to not see so many threads by you about it that I have to scroll past 😆

It’s like watching reality TV. Which this election is highlighting perfectly.

You also need to get out of your black and white world. Just because I don’t like Trump doesn’t mean I love the other guy. I have enough dislike in me to cover many people.

[Sodbuster]

I would not think it is possible to vote twice in your own name, in this age of computers it would be a very simple job to cross reference who was sent mail in ballots and cross them off at the voting stations. To think that the Democrats or the Republicans are more likely to cheat the system is a stupid thought, statistically it would be a 50/50 chance on both sides. When they do get the final results I expect the loser will cry it was fixed.

[jazz]

You also need to get out of your black and white world. Just because I don’t like Trump doesn’t mean I love the other guy. I have enough dislike in me to cover many people.

You think I support a politicians by if I like them? Like as in have them over to my house for a beer? That is crazy naiive.

I support a politician for their policies only and I support trump because he is the only guy who will put a end to globalization, the same guys who are pushing new green deals and great resets. Thats it.

You would be wise to inform yourself better.

[blackpowder]

Here's how i feel about it.
Putting the candidates aside.
I have always been envious of how their govt is structured and how it is elected.
In a purely hypothetical situation it can still come down to one person's vote.
In a large disparate geography with polarized views on both sides.
They still come down to a horserace.
In Canada its over before the votes are counted in MB. With no influence on decisions beyond one vote for one MP.
Again, candidate and party aside.
Democracy is intrinsically messy.
But I believe they have the most efficient. History affords us the luxury of knowing the outcome when we ask "what if"? It would seem it turns out rather well 4 times out of 5 over the last 240 years. And when it doesn't it affects a change for the better.
With a balance we in Canada can only dream of.

20 years from now they may well look back on the Trump era as having brought tensions to the surface. Which is much better than letting them simmer for generations as we do.
Either way it will be all new candidates next time.

[the big wheel]

Here's how i feel about it.
Putting the candidates aside.
I have always been envious of how their govt is structured and how it is elected.
In a purely hypothetical situation it can still come down to one person's vote.
In a large disparate geography with polarized views on both sides.
They still come down to a horserace.
In Canada its over before the votes are counted in MB. With no influence on decisions beyond one vote for one MP.
Again, candidate and party aside.
Democracy is intrinsically messy.
But I believe they have the most efficient. History affords us the luxury of knowing the outcome when we ask "what if"? It would seem it turns out rather well 4 times out of 5 over the last 240 years. And when it doesn't it affects a change for the better.
With a balance we in Canada can only dream of.

20 years from now they may well look back on the Trump era as having brought tensions to the surface. Which is much better than letting them simmer for generations as we do.
Either way it will be all new candidates next time.

Maybe not trump has hinted about an unlimited term he has the scotus?

[blackpowder]

Not even DJT's personality disorders can change the constitution.
Which again speaks well of their system.

[biglentil]

Mail in fraud looks very real at this point, all part of the plandemic. Trump was a thorn in the agenda. A Biden win is very unfortunate for western civilization.

[blackpowder]

Time will tell.
Not a new thing.
LBJ's senate win had same questions.

[dmlfarmer]

The voting twice gambit doesn't really offer an advantage to any candidate. What's to prevent Trump supporters from voting twice? Nothing, if it's actually possible to get away with it. This would tend to offset all the Biden supporters who allegedly voted twice. It would seem odd that only Biden supporters would think of doing this.

especially since Trump told his supporters at a number of campaign rallies that after voting by mail to go to your polling station to make sure your vote had been tabulated and if not to vote again. His wording of doing this was confusing enough that Snopes rated it misleading and Twitter placed warning labels on tweets Trump made suggesting the same thing.

If voter fraud is possible, republicans would be just as likely as democrats to vote twice.

[dmlfarmer]

I would hope a request for a mail in ballot has a deadline
I would hope it would have to have a postmarked deadline.
I would hope if a mail in ballot was issued in your name the voter's list at your usual polling station would indicate such.
I would hope......

States set their own rules for election rules and deadlines. Most allow mail in ballots until Nov 2 this year. There is only one state later and that is Arkansas which has a Nov 3rd voting deadline. here are dates by state: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a34332461/early-voting-dates-by-state/ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a34332461/early-voting-dates-by-state/