Sunday, October 18, 2020

Heroes

 Jim Williams of Birmingham, Michigan, was in the final stage of cancer but determined to vote.  On September 24, the first day of early voting, he did.  Assisted by his son and daughter-in-law he walked to the box and dropped in his ballot.  Because he died eight days later his vote will not be counted under state law.  Because he voted for Joe Biden, expect accusations of "voter fraud!"  Nevertheless, he persisted.

Postal workers in Scarborough, Maine, have re-assembled one of two high-speed sorting machines dismantled by order of the "postmaster general."  The other was scrapped, but they're back to a 20,000-piece-an-hour capacity.

Absentee voting in North Carolina is especially difficult, as the voter's signature must be witnessed.  As a result, hundreds of ballots are being returned, meaning that in most cases the voter must appear personally at a polling place.  I predict that they will.

In Georgia you can wait up to ten hours to vote, but Adrienne Crowley told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "I would have voted all day if I had to."  Not this time, Kemp.

Texas's urban Harris County (Houston) and rural Denton County saw the biggest increase in early voting, as various judges overrule each other on Governor Abbott's attempt to limit each county to one drop-off box.  Meanwhile they're arguing about requiring poll workers to wear masks.  Next:  pants.

Mail service is especially slow on the Navajo Reservation, but Arizona is fighting an extension of the deadline for mail-in ballots, of course.  When the polls close and the fighting begins, there are going to be plenty of lawyers who are up to date on election law, if nothing else.

A company called Midwest Direct was supposed to deliver mail ballots to several Pennsylvania and Ohio counties nearly two weeks ago but is "overwhelmed."  Not to worry, they're "working overtime" and they took down their Trump flag.  Absolutely not affiliated with Diebold Election Systems.

Keep on keeping on.




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