Re: Glenn V. Fell for Lies About Georgia Voting Law

On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 4:05:11 AM UTC+2, ajohnstone wrote:
> I've stayed out of this discussion mainly because in the run-up early=20
> voting i saw lines and lines of voters waiting for hours to cast their=20
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> I assure you that in the UK, this commitment would not have happened.=20
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> agencies use it to determine the addresses and length of residence of=20
> those applying for credit. As members of the EU, we did have the differen=
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> rules for EU-born residents. They could vote in local city and county=20
> elections, the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and the European Parliament=
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> There are some anomalies due to history. Irish Republican citizens and=20
> those from Malta and Cyprus can vote in the UK General Election if=20
> resident, regardless of their foreign passports.=20
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> I was genuinely impressed by the average American voters determination to=
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> But it is not rocket-science to devise an easily operated election proces=
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> individual states but with many additional difficulties complicating=20
> elections even more than any the USA face.=20
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> Trying to solve it on a state-by-state basis i believe is merely a recipe=
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> universality and uniformity.=20
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_India

Agreed. Part of that is what I've been hinting about. These long lines are 
ridiculous to watch, absolutely embarrassing for the US, and it is, among 
other things, a question of making the proper resources available in order 
to have free and fair elections. Most of what you wrote applies also to 
Scandinavia and I can guarantee that you will never, ever, find those long 
lines anywhere in Scandinavia.