Nine ballots isn't sacks of ballots but the point stands. If you disregard ballots due to an imagined idea that because theoretically there may be some problems (which is true of all types of voting), that we shouldn't count a form of voting that many tens of millions of voters (likely predominantly from a party not in power) will use, then it's not a democratic process. I've highlighted why that is the intention and how it will likely be carried out. I find the case laid out the likely scenario for how this election will be eventually called.

There's a reason it's getting harder to votes by mail to even reach their destination, and I very much doubt by the timing that it's a noble one [Link]

Edited by BlueJay (25 Sep 2020 12.24am)

Oh I don't disagree with that It is a small amount by all accounts.
As for voting you have the same opportunity to vote as anyone else there is know shenanigans going on

Pro USA & Israel

I think it happened last year with students voting twice in our elections.

We need to overall our voting system.

I am not a fan of postal voting or electronic and believe it should reduced. You should be made to attend and to provide photo Id.

I worked on elections for 20 years, person A could come in and pretend to be person B and probably get away with it although Id rules should stop that. If I wanted to fix an election that is a very inefficient way of doing it.

However with postal voting a person could intimidate or bribe large numbers of voters away from the scrutiny at the ballot box. This is what happens in Asian communities in the so called dodgy London boroughs.

Then there is the eligibility to vote. Some councils do not appear to work too hard to confirm that a voter is a UK citizen and entitled to vote so once on the roll they are safe. I suspect this applies to many people in the so called rotten boroughs who vote Labour.

Then there is the disconnect with students who can vote in 2 places and the chances of them being caught are slim.

Overall I think the process is fair and honest however in certain areas of the country it is not and it is shameful that the politicians and the Electoral service do not apply more stricter measures in those areas.

As I have mentioned in the past immigrants can easily be intimidated with the "We know where your family lives back home" they deserve to be protected and to vote for who they want not be told by the local "community leader".

I have no doubt this goes on the in USA as well Kennedy bought his election by the corrupt system in Chicago.

One more point

As she was Jewish, I cannot understand how she remains un-buried up to yesterday.

Edited by becky (25 Sep 2020 4.34pm)

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Kavanaugh wasn't attacked unfairly at all! He was a poor candidate, with a dubious past which needed to be examined. He appears to just be a Trump stooge who never utters a word of criticism of the man who gave him his job. No evidence of a great legal mind on show there.

Coney Barrett seems a class act. Principled and thoughtful. She might be a conservative but I suspect her loyalty will be to the constitution and the law and not to any pressure from the right. So she might well surprise people, just as John Roberts does.

The Dems won't attack her on a personal level. Why should they? They don't stoop that low. They will attack the process and the attempt to thwart the will of the people. What happens when we have a Dem POTUS and a Dem controlled House and Senate is the really interesting question. Will they expand the Court and risk that principal becoming established?

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.