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Showing Original Post only (View all)MAP: The 2016 Election if Abstention from Voting Counted as a Vote for "Nobody" [View all]
Moral of the Story: Register non-voters and get them to the polls.
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MAP: The 2016 Election if Abstention from Voting Counted as a Vote for "Nobody" [View all]
JaneQPublic
Aug 2018
OP
It's too easy to characterize the problem as 'apathy' and plays into corrupt conservative hands IMO
Maven
Aug 2018
#8
Washington and Oregon both vote by mail which increases access. Perhaps that should be an important
suffragette
Aug 2018
#23
My suggestions: vote by mail, same day registration, 3-4 days for voting including a weekend.
Garrett78
Aug 2018
#25
Great suggestions, though extend the voting window. We have a couple weeks in WA from the
suffragette
Aug 2018
#26
Sorry, I misunderstood that. That's another great point. The more accessible and inclusive, the
suffragette
Aug 2018
#30
I hold off on filling and mailing mine for just that reason. Receiving it is a great reminder to
suffragette
Aug 2018
#29
The fewer obstacles, the better. This year they made ours postage free. Again, especially helpful
suffragette
Aug 2018
#33