On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 08:14:11 -0400, Amy Guskin 
wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:43:07 -0400, Duggy wrote
>(in article 
>):
>
>> On Nov 3, 3:12 am, Charlie E.  wrote:
>>> In California, they acknowledge that there are reasons for an
>>> absenttee ballot other than you would be out of town.  In our case,
>>> Pamela is blind, so I have to fill out the ballot for her.  That sort
>>> of thing is frowned on in the voting booth... ;-)
>> 
>> Really?  It's allowed in Australia. <<
>
>It's allowed in parts of the US, too.  Actually, I've never heard that it's 
>NOT allowed anywhere in the US, so this California thing is new to me.  
>Still, I don't know how they could get away with it.  Seems like it's 
>discrimination against...well...anyone who requires assistance.  And in fact, 
>what Charlie is doing at home with his wife's ballot is assisting her, 
>anyway.
>
>Amy
It is not that they don't allow it, they just don't like it!  8-)
You always get strange looks when there are two of you trying to
squeeze into a little space...
Charlie
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