How to Fix the Broken Voting System: National Vote by Mail

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Thursday November 15, 2012 · 8:19 AM PST

2012/11/15 · 08:19

We should all be outraged at the long lines, long wait times, and voter suppression efforts so apparent in the November 2012 election. Democrats talk with bravura about how these efforts to suppress the vote “backfired,” arguing proudly, “We didn’t let the regressives intimidate us—we showed that we can wait in lines for hours.” But this is a mistake—many people cannot wait in long lines. They have child care issues, jobs they can’t miss, physical illness or disabilities that make standing in long lines impossible.
There is a proven, simple fix to the voting problems and the long waits in long lines that occurred in Florida and many other states: Congress should mandate and fund mail-in balloting in all Congressional elections.

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