From: "Gary Britt" 

That's a good idea also Glen.

Gary

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> I'd love to see a 24 hour voting period, that started at the same ACTUAL
> time in each area.  6AM east coast, 5AM CST, 4AM MST, 3AM Pacific, etc.
> That way, with a 24 hour period, no matter when you work, you'd have
access
> to vote, AND there would be NO polling places closing earlier than any
> others, so no "early voting results" possible to influence
those in later
> time zones.  Can't count the votes until the polls close, and since they
all
> close at the same time, no chance to influence.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> > That is a good idea. I would prefer a longer voting period. It might
make
> it
> > a bit more difficult ( or at least expensive for the newspeople) to do
> their
> > exit polls.
> >
> > Bob Lewis
> >
> > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> > news:40f2b4f5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I think re-opening the polls on the immediately following Saturday
while
> > > people are off work or holding them open all the way from Tuesday
> through
> > > Saturday would be interesting ideas.  If voting started on Tuesday and
> > just
> > > didn't end until Saturday evening, it might pass constitutional
problems
> > > because it started on the first Tuesday or November.  Also, having
> several
> > > days to vote would allow greater participation and make it harder for
> > > terrorists to target the election since it was so much more spread
out.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > > "Mark"  wrote in message
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> > > >
> > > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote: I think it should be
> > > > *required* that it's held within a week or two,
> > > > > otherwise like you said, things could get ugly.
(for everyone)
> > > >
> > > > Yes, when I said a "plan" I meant that same
would have to have an
> > > *absolute*
> > > > firm date, I picked the following Tuesday only because that would
> allow
> > > > enough time to arrange the alternate polling places for any that
were
> > > > rendered totally unusable.
> > > >
> > > > Now that I've said that, I wonder if setting up a back-up polling
> place
> > in
> > > > an undisclosed  location might not be a good up front
plan. e.g. a
> town
> > > has
> > > > 5 polling places and some or all are attacked, the immediate
> alternative
> > > > plan would send voters to the now public location and
extend voting
> > hours
> > > > through the night to accomodate the longer lines. Of
course there's
no
> > > > guarantee that new place wouldn't be attacked, but odds would be
> against
> > > it.
> > > > There's no time at this late hour to get new equipment
for that many
> new
> > > > emergency locations, but there is time to reduce the
"5" polling
> places
> > to
> > > > "4" and set up the "5th's" machines
in that location.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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