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Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da... by jandrese on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:13PM (#16171878)
Depending on your state it can require an hour drive to a polling place for the 4 hours it is open on a random Thursday to get the ballot and provide a valid reason (doctor's note) why you need an absentee ballot.
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Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da... by cujo on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:22PM (#16171956)
Honest question: where is this happening?
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Re:Your company can increase voter turnout: make Election Da... by jandrese on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:47PM (#16172266)
Mostly in the South where easy absentee ballots would interfere with the black voter suppression systems.

https://www.vote.org/absentee-voting-rules/

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