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Election Day

I understand the first part of the that phrase as well as the second one, separately. It is not clear to me why they still go together.

Election deadline would make more sense. In an ideal world where both parties encourage voting we would make it convenient to vote during an extended period and then tabulate the votes.

Focusing on a single day of course disadvantages those who can not take time away from work (in the office or tending family members) on a specific day when everyone else is also trying to vote. It encourages long lines (somehow that only happen in poorer areas) so that the cost of voting is higher than it need be.

Given that one and only one party has been calling into doubt the security of all elections where they have lost or might lose, I understand that the security of early ballots is important but we have been handling that problem in a bipartisan fashion for many years before Trump refused to accept the fact that he lost by 7 million votes. Ideally tabulation would occur on a rolling basis, so that the results could be published ASAP.

My voting process in Carrboro, NC seems like a very reasonable low bar. I fill out a bubble form that is easy to read and feed it to a scanner. If anyone doubts the results of the scanners all of the paper ballots are available for recounts. (Why in the world would anyone want to move away from a paper trail of ballots?)

The voting process in Carrboro is supervised by representatives of both major parties, and the process is all above board. Those responsible live in my town. 

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