Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put Him in Prison (2013)

Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by tzs on Sunday October 12, 2014 @05:11AM (#8444821)

> The problem with voting is that the individual benefit of voting is almost certainly less than the individual cost of voting

I wonder if this has something to do with why Washington and Colorado are the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana? Washington switched to almost complete vote-by-mail a few years ago, so voting is pretty convenient [1]. In 2010, 98% of voters voted by mail, the highest percentage of any state. Colorado was the third highest vote by mail state, with 66% in 2010. (Oregon was second, with 97%). California was 45% (which was 4th place, behind Arizona at 52%, and just ahead of Montana at 41%...no other state has more than 25%).

[1] convenient if you have stamps. I have no outgoing mail except my ballot, and so do not stock stamps. For me, standing in line at the polling place has simply been replaced with standing in line at the post office to mail my ballot.

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Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by x0x0 on Sunday October 12, 2014 @05:16AM (#8444830)

In San Mateo county, postage is prepaid, or you can drop the vote by mail ballot off at any polling location in the county. If you live here, you generally don't live or work far from a polling place.

You can drop vote-by-mail ballots off similarly in santa clara county. I'm not sure about sf.

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