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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by tomc1985 on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:23PM (#21956799)
This meme is analyzed in detail by a lawyer and his friend in the middle of this podcast:

https://openargs.com/oa347-pennhurst-and-the-voter-purge-in-...

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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by jtbayly on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:40PM (#21956929)
Could you give us a summary, or a reason to bother listening to it?
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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by JoshuaMulliken on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:32PM (#21957273)
Basically you shouldn’t worry about this legally or practically. The law is robust enough to prevent this from being an issue
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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by Nerdfest on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:48PM (#21957392)
Why the hell shouldn't they worry about practicality?
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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by JoshuaMulliken on Sunday January 05, 2020 @10:20AM (#21961583)
Listen to the podcast.
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Re:Please Don’t Abbreviate the Year ‘2020’ on Checks and Leg... by JMStewy on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:33PM (#21956875)
Relevant discussion starts at 14:00 (15:47 to skip the intro).
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