the new york times asks me if my state is facing an election day "meltdown" and presents several scenarios...they are 1. difficult registration process...2. in-person voting only...3. issues with expanded mail-in voting...4.long lines stemming from required in-person voting...5. susceptibility to voting machine hacking...6. expanded fraud in "toss-up states"...they say there are seven...however there is some confusion since ones like 2 and 4 seem tautologous and their first category is something of an overview...so i'd call it 6...still...a reasonable list...i live in a state that requires in-person voting...okay...put on a mask and vote and, if possible, vote early...that is what i did in the last general election ( in the last primary i went to the poll...no one was in line...it was a primary )...that would seem a fair response...i believe early voting starts next month and i will pursue that...mail-in voting will be a clusterfuck of accusations, recriminations, and lawsuits on november fourth...and the ones in court now probably won;t be decided by then either...a swollen docket..delays...back room deals...theft...( remember lbj and ballot box 13 )
theft is a grand american political tradition...this election will not be immune..."toss-up state"? not where i live...this state will go trumpy and no mistake...no one will bother to run campaign ads here...no one will think about it...they will all assume ( correctly ) that the fix is in and move on and they will be vindicated...since electoral votes ( yes the electoral college will still elect the president no matter how much editorial and political whining there is about it ) are "winner take all" instead of proportionate i will effectively be disenfranchised for this presidential election much like two thirds of the ones that i have voted in before...this is not democracy folks...and it never has been...buckle up...none of this is ending on november third.
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