The field narrows: The Post Super Tuesday presidential poll and discussion

[swingline]

Maybe you shouldn't run for president.

Thanks for shipping all over my retirement plans.

 

[Driftwood]

This cycle has made me think voting by mail or even early voting isn't too good of an idea.
There are a whole lot of people who I am sure would have voted differently on election day than they did prior to it.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

As I said last night, I have no problem with Bernie staying in for now. He didn't really take shots at Biden today, and if his continued presence in the race is able to move Joe a little further left, even better. I don't think Bernie is going to go scorched-earth on Biden, and if he tries, I think Obama steps in with an endorsement and puts an end to it.

 

[Tweener]

There we go. Finally we can agree on something. This race is over, but I think Sanders deserves to stay in just a little longer to help nudge Biden toward some of the more progressive ideas that many support. I think he'll play nice and soon bow out and support the nominee, as he said he would.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I think they debate, Biden hammers him in Fla., and then he shuts his campaign down. I hope so, anyhow.

 

[DanOregon]

This cycle has made me think voting by mail or even early voting isn't too good of an idea.
There are a whole lot of people who I am sure would have voted differently on election day than they did prior to it.

There is nothing that says you can't vote on election day. A lot of people are "purists" and still like going to the place where ballots are counted to drop their ballots off personally. And it also limits the impact of those last gasp hit pieces that always seems to come out and most importantly - there are no lines and no ability by a SoS to cut voting stations in "certain" precincts.

 

[Driftwood]

There is nothing that says you can't vote on election day. A lot of people are "purists" and still like going to the place where ballots are counted to drop their ballots off personally. And it also limits the impact of those last gasp hit pieces that always seems to come out and most importantly - there are no lines and no ability by a SoS to cut voting stations in "certain" precincts.

I don't disagree. I usually early vote in local elections but wait until election day for federal elections just because I like doing it then.
My comment was geared toward the thousands of ballots that were cast for people who were no longer running by the time those ballots were counted.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I have a question about abortions that I can probably only ask on this thread.

I read about states various efforts to run abortion providers out of their states.

But 39% of abortions are now done by medication. If abortion is outlawed in Louisiana, or wherever, what is there to stop some entrepreneur from setting up shop in a state such as New York where abortions are legal and writing prescriptions off an 800 number. Or if not from New York then from a Canadian pharmacy? Aren't people doing that for Viagra now? What could Louisiana, or any other state, do to stop these transactions.

These are the sort of issues that a movement which is stuck in the 1950s hasn't thought about.

I would think they would try some BS law like you can't get a prescription unless you're actually examined by a doctor, or try to make it like an illegal drug and prohibit it from being transferred in the mail, which would be very difficult to enforce.

 

[MileHigh]

Washington votes by mail and as long as a ballot has an election day postmark it counts. So there are still outstanding ballots. Same deal in California. Oregon is a vote by mail state, but ballots are due back by Election Day. Makes for a quick election night, usually done in two hours.

Same with Colorado. Ballots must be in hand by 7 p.m. Not postmarked. We have like two weeks of early voting with plenty of drop-off places.

 

[DanOregon]

I do kind of miss the drama of election night in Oregon - you get a dump within 30 minutes and it's pretty much decided - there isn't any guy at a board talking about various counties still being out or whatever.

 

[Driftwood]

I remember when we went to electronic voting locally. It went from a drawn out process to having results precinct by precinct in no time. The radio station was PIIISSSSSED.
"We've sold election night coverage advertising for the next three hours!"
"Sorry. Here's who won. Turn out the lights and lock up when you leave."

 

[maumann]

I remember when we went to electronic voting locally. It went from a drawn out process to having results precinct by precinct in no time. The radio station was PIIISSSSSED.
"We've sold election night coverage advertising for the next three hours!"
"Sorry. Here's who won. Turn out the lights and lock up when you leave."

Or the complete opposite, when one old lady managed to put the ballots from her precinct in the trunk of her car, went home, took her hearing aids out and fell asleep. And we stayed on the air until 6 a.m. until sheriff's deputies were able to wake her up and have the ballots run through the computer. Hello, Brevard County.