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Bayard

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23. Online voting would be ripe for manipulation

Reply to Karma13612 (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:34 PM

Dec 21

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Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 21 OP

Yeah. GOP has been working towards privatizing USPS for a while... Nittersing Dec 21 #1

I remember Newt Gingrich toying with the idea. oasis Dec 22 #39

makes me sad barbtries Dec 21 #2

I have mixed feelings. I still pay some of my bills generalbetrayus Dec 21 #4

Of those bills that you still pay by mail, can you pay them online? Polybius Dec 21 #15

Paying online is fine till the internet goes down b/c power or other reasons. Dixiegrrrl Dec 21 #17

One thing that I have learned here in Florida markodochartaigh Dec 21 #29

i'm not sure where my checks are, barbtries Dec 21 #25

I can, but I have reasons for not doing so. In one case, generalbetrayus Dec 22 #35

I would miss the delivery by the USPS. Out here in rural Arkansas and as a 77 year old it is nice to have. There have LiberalArkie Dec 21 #16

This could very feasibly happen here in the US in the not too distant future.... anciano Dec 21 #3

Ones and zeroes... GiqueCee Dec 21 #10

Exactly angrychair Dec 21 #21

See my comment 35. Paying a fee to pay a bill online generalbetrayus Dec 22 #36

In actual fact, all we have right now, and for some time, is ones and zeros.... reACTIONary Dec 21 #28

When Nixon, bless his black, shriveled little heart... GiqueCee Dec 21 #30

The general economic consensus is that a gold standard, both domestic and international, ... reACTIONary Dec 21 #33

Will the Refereees at football games popsdenver Dec 21 #19

A worthless Trump commemorative coin. generalbetrayus Dec 22 #37

AI and crypto is what they want, IMHO Evolve Dammit Dec 21 #22

Article doesn't say if this affects holiday cards and other greeting cards IronLionZion Dec 21 #5

"Article doesn't say if this affects holiday cards and other greeting cards" BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #8

USPS is pricing itself out of reach bucolic_frolic Dec 21 #6

USPS's chief budget constraint is the GOP Congress's requirement that the pension fund be FULLY funded -- eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #18

"USPS's chief budget constraint is the GOP Congress's requirement that the pension fund be FULLY funded" BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #27

Thanks for the info. Not all of use can keep up with all the wonky details. The main point I remembered was that ... eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #31

The damage was that pre-fund-for-75-years crap BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #32

Somebody in your area must have real pull with the USPS. generalbetrayus Dec 22 #38

I don't think our mail Karma13612 Dec 21 #7

"Once this goes into effect, they'll have to figure out who is going to deliver ballots to voters." BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #9

Danes have advanced voting Old Crank Dec 21 #12

The difference though BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #14

THIS eggplant Dec 21 #26

Yes. Old Crank Dec 21 #34

Online voting would be ripe for manipulation Bayard Dec 21 #23

Kick dalton99a Dec 21 #11

Denmark has 6 million people in half the area of Maine Old Crank Dec 21 #13

A private company with no pension obligation's are able to do it cheaper for obvious reasons Mr. Sparkle Dec 21 #20

We Await Silent Tristero's Empire Prairie Gates Dec 21 #24