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Garrett78

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25. My suggestions: vote by mail, same day registration, 3-4 days for voting including a weekend.

Reply to suffragette (Reply #23)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 03:49 PM

Aug 2018

And combat voter suppression.

And have an impartial robot create district boundaries, as it's easy to get discouraged in a heavily gerrymandered district.

And more civics education in schools. And make media literacy a mandatory class.

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MAP: The 2016 Election if Abstention from Voting Counted as a Vote for "Nobody" [View all] JaneQPublic Aug 2018 OP

K & R LAS14 Aug 2018 #1

Not a single county in Arizona or Hawaii. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #2

Yep. Such a wealth of untapped resources... JaneQPublic Aug 2018 #3

Arizona is very slowly turning blue. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #5

Any chance of AZ going blue in 2020? (nt) JaneQPublic Aug 2018 #6

I would guess there's a chance, especially if Trump is on the ballot. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #24

and only a few in California NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #4

And New York Bradshaw3 Aug 2018 #7

It's too easy to characterize the problem as 'apathy' and plays into corrupt conservative hands IMO Maven Aug 2018 #8

The map was created by cartographer Philip Kearney JaneQPublic Aug 2018 #10

I stand corrected on the source, but my overall point still stands. Maven Aug 2018 #12

I respectfully disagree. Glamrock Aug 2018 #17

I don't doubt that. Maven Aug 2018 #19

No doubt! Glamrock Aug 2018 #21

Totally agree Maven Aug 2018 #22

Voting should be over a two week period at the least. Yavin4 Aug 2018 #32

Wow that is very interesting and sad. Dem_4_Life Aug 2018 #9

Ouch, Calfornia and New York. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2018 #11

The Electoral College effect? nt Maven Aug 2018 #20

Let's hope that the many of those non-voters now have learned a lesson and now KPN Aug 2018 #13

Those non-voters have been non-voting for decades... brooklynite Aug 2018 #14

I think you are right. It wasn't my intent KPN Aug 2018 #15

Here is link to the original map for more detail. honest.abe Aug 2018 #16

To be fair Calculating Aug 2018 #18

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

I just meant 3-4 days for in-person voting. Early voting I'm all for. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #27

Sorry, I misunderstood that. That's another great point. The more accessible and inclusive, the suffragette Aug 2018 #30

Montana does, too Rob H. Aug 2018 #28

I hold off on filling and mailing mine for just that reason. Receiving it is a great reminder to suffragette Aug 2018 #29

"Receiving it is a great reminder to... Rob H. Aug 2018 #31

The fewer obstacles, the better. This year they made ours postage free. Again, especially helpful suffragette Aug 2018 #33