Posted on 11/02/2008 4:30:48 AM PST by careyb
Here is what the Constitution says:
"The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States."
Note the last several words. The election has to be on the same day throughout the United States.
In my opinion, early voting violates this principle in two ways:
1. It says "day" not "days". Which means the election should be held on a singular day, not over multiple days.
2. It says "the same throughout the United States." Early voting laws vary from state to state. It is certainly not "the same throughout the United States."
Is this just me?
(Excerpt) Read more at usconstitution.net ...
This does not pertain to the Electoral College. The day was chosen because the crops were in, people had to travel to get to the polls, Nov. 1 was both a Holy Day and a "bookeeping day".
I do believe this will make this a Constitutional matter in the end...
All someone needs to do is file a lawsuit and change it.
The dems have the ACLU we have nothing.
As to the absentee ballot question, I’d say no. The ballots are considered to be cast on election day when they are counted after the polls are closed. The same argument could, I suppose, be used in support of “early” voting. I would counter the difference is that the voter records their vote while present, so it isn’t the same.
..was there early voting for the Bush elections?..etc..
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Yes..
I believe the absentee ballot was originated so that those in the Military could have a say in who governed them, even though I am also sure that the original intent was for the registrars to be able to look the voter in the eye and KNOW who it was as everything was basically local and people ‘knew’ each other.
I am not sure what year it started but the absentee ballot became ‘hip’ to travelers and people who would not be at home on election day....
This again opens to fraud as I remember an ‘old’ joke that had the semi-retirees (Canada refers to them as ‘snow birds’) mailing in an absentee vote for their home in the Northeast while voting in person at their home in Florida (or vice versa)...what was once considered a ‘joke’ may have been, for the most part, true....
The purple digit isn’t really a bad idea......but when your ATM card can be used in a store in Va and within seconds your account is charged with the purchase, no matter where it is located, there has to be a way to control this electronically......
It would have to be the same in every state however the determine it.
Well, it doesn’t do any good to argue or discuss it. You know the drill. Somebody has to take it to court. I’d be surprised if nobody has tried.
HUSSEIN might be POTUS indefinitely before its all over.
How did it so quickly and quietly get put in place? What is ACORNs role in getting it in? It clearly enhances voter fraud opportunites.
LLS
Yeah,, it is illegal,, because the constitution says election day is Nov 4! but,, they’re getting away with it.
You're absolutely right. There was narrow window in which to act, after the labors of the harvest and before snow made travel impossible for much of the country. The day chosen had to be sensible for both the Georgia planter and the Maine farmer.
Ding, ding, ding, ding .... we have a winner.
But, Arthur, if you follow this thread ... or others like it that have been posted before ... you'll find that there aren't a lot of folks willing to, as you say,
"Read more carefully".
Ignorance is bliss
Yes.
“The time of choosing the electors”
It does not say the “day” of choosing the electors. It says the “time” of choosing the electors.
In 2008 “time” has been defined as up to one month prior to November 4, depending upon the state.
You're kidding right?
If not, your education is sorely lacking.
Everyone with a brain knows that it's the Declaration of Independence that sets November 4 as Election Day ... [/sarcasm off
Arthur, this is one of those people I was referring to.
Constitution? We don’ need no stinkin’ Constitution!
The “electors” referred to in the Constitution are the members of the Electoral College and they adhere to the Constitutional terms in their voting. The popular vote is merely an adopted convention that is not Constitutionally necessary and is not described in the Constitution so it can be done any way the states choose to do it, if they choose to do it.
One of Gore's Electors in 2000 from Washington DC didn't vote for him. I don't recall her name, but I do remember that she declined to vote.
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