How patriotic would they be if they had these lines to deal with?
When a reporter from the Wall Street Journal asked Jeff Kauffman, the chairman of Iowa's Republican Party, about the challenges he faces with his party's push to get Republicans to vote earlier—particularly the fact that twice as many Democrats have requested early ballots as Republicans in his state—
he answered:
Mr. Kaufmann said he didn't expect Republicans to close the gap with Democrats this year. Many Republican voters, he said, see voting as a public act of patriotism and don't wish to give up their Election Day routine.
"There are so many more Republicans for whom the act of going to the polls on Election Day is an act of gratitude, an act of duty, an act of saying thank you to their country," said Mr. Kaufmann, a former state lawmaker who became party chairman in June. "It really means a lot to many of them."
I guess that means you can call them the Procrastinating Patriots, but if Kauffman is right, it does raise the question of why he'd ask them to do such an unpatriotic thing as vote early ... especially since, as every Republican knows, when it comes to voting, the most patriotic thing you can do is stop
illegal Democratic voter fraud Democrats from registering new voters.
And when that fails ... it's their patriotic duty to make sure that the Democrats who do vote stand in line for as long as possible ... while trying to prevent them (and only them) from voting early. And illegally purging them from voting rolls. And, generally, doing whatever they can to suppress Democratic votes. Because ... patriotism!