How to Assure the Success of Mail-In Ballots

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Monday August 03, 2020 · 7:15 AM PDT

2020/08/03 · 07:15

The Post Office delivers over 450 million pieces of mail in a day. What if we focus on temporarily reducing that workload? What if, for one week before the deadline for postmarking mail-in ballots, we slow all other mail down?

We are the post office! We send personal mail. We buy things online that are delivered by the Post Office. We work for, and maybe own, companies that send mass mailings. Right now, we could begin noting who sends each of us mail, and begin circulating write-in campaigns and petitions to request that those companies hold off on their mail for 1 week. Or maybe we could color code the ballot envelope so that only that piece is processed during the height of the voting season.

Collectively threatening economic sanctions against companies that junk mail us in October alone would probably do the trick! As I said, the Post Office delivers over 450 million pieces of mail each day. We only need to make 1 days difference.

Worth watching. Worth taking action.

rossir

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Saturday December 03, 2016 · 7:42 PM PST

2016/12/03 · 19:42

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First they came for our guns.

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Friday January 25, 2013 · 5:17 AM PST

2013/01/25 · 05:17

There is an ominous storm on the horizon. At the moment, they are talking about limiting my constitutional right to gun ownership. But it's what is on the horizon that troubles me the most.

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Tuesday December 21, 2010 · 5:20 PM PST

2010/12/21 · 17:20

Below is the body of a Holiday Greetings card I received from my company. The simple message succinctly sums up the issues of the day. I think you'll know what I mean when you read it. Below are the words extracted from the card...

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Monday November 22, 2010 · 5:47 PM PST

2010/11/22 · 17:47

Ooooh... Catchy title! Job Creator... It's like being a master of the universe. But just who are these advanced humans that propel our life forward?

Well I am one. I am the secretary who is so efficient that she knows where everything is and where everyone is supposed to be. I am the janitor who comes in every day and makes sure that the facility is properly tidied, like the groundskeeper readying the field for the big game. I am the die maker, whose attention to detail is the difference between a successful product launch and another piece of junk for the scrap heap.

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Thursday September 30, 2010 · 3:40 PM PDT

2010/09/30 · 15:40

Street Fighting Man.. original version.... first 2 chords... TRUTH

Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging people.

This is our time. We surround them. We are strong. We are talented. We are successful in every walk of life. We are the ones who will deliver our children to the promised land. Enough of this bullshit fear-mongering. Fear this!

rossir

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Monday September 14, 2009 · 10:50 AM PDT

2009/09/14 · 10:50

Hold that thought.

What came to mind for you when you read the title of this diary. What reaction did you have, personal or historical. What images or memories came to mind?

I am trying to understand more about the common threads of the tea-baggers, and Beck's motley crew. Glenn Beck's 9/12 project identified 9 principles that, he says, "must be lived by". The first, and I would think foremost, of those principles is simply:

America is Good

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Sunday September 13, 2009 · 11:09 AM PDT

2009/09/13 · 11:09

There is something happening in America. It may be a minority of our population but it is dangerous nonetheless. History reminds us that it would be a mistake to write off these disaffected wingnuts. They are organized, motivated, and easily willing to cross the lines of what constitutes civil discourse in our country. This mix is flammable, and I believe that we must take the time to understand who they are and what moves them to act.

We all know that Glenn Back has been a driving force behind this movement, so I thought it would be helpful to look at how he actually recruits these people.

rossir

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 8:41 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 08:41

A new day is dawning in America, and it gives me great hope. Town halls have become a living, breathing, and ultimately ENGAGING phenomenon across our landscape. This is a great, and uniquely American, thing.

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Sunday August 23, 2009 · 9:07 AM PDT

2009/08/23 · 09:07

I am a conservative. I guess I've always been a conservative. I believe in balancing my checkbook. I believe in traditional family values. I believe in moral or faith-based imperatives. And I also believe in the enduring wisdom of our Constitution. I am American through and through.

By all these measures, it is absolutely necessary that we reform our health care system now.

I am tired of being hijacked by snake oil salesmen that paint themselves as conservative versus liberal, as right versus left, when they are really only shills for the privileged class. You cannot be a conservative and ignore that health care costs are wildly out of control. You cannot be a conservative and not see that health care is strangling our economy and our international competitiveness.

You may think that you are a liberal, or a leftist, but you've have been hijacked too.

rossir

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 9:51 AM PDT

2009/08/21 · 09:51

I'm competitive. I believe in listening calmly in a conflict, but I will not be pushed around. You try that and I will - calmly and quietly I might add - take it right back ya.

I guess it's that old street-ball flavor from NYC that wells up in me. Where I'm from, you come strong, or you don't come at all. And this is what we need to be doing right now in the fight for decent healthcare.

Sooooo... let's take the fight deep into the repugs own home turf. Let's use their own talking points as ours. They don't have a leg to stand on, they just have lies. Let's expose their seeming strengths as their weaknesses.

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 7:48 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 19:48

I am a staunch supporter of President Obama, and I am all for health reform. I also believe that we should listen to what the opposition has to say. In doing so, I often find that arguing leaves each side only more entrenched, while asking questions can better reveal the inconsistencies of the other person's point of view.

Sometimes it's better to let a person find the truth for themselves.

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Worth watching. Worth taking action.

First they came for our guns.

A Holiday Greetings card from my company...

I am a job creator.

Street Fighting Man

America is Good

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Town Halls - the new Woodstock

Conservatives Unite!

It's called "taking it to the hole"!

Questions for the Opposition