2016 Postmortem

DFW

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70. I'm of two minds about online registration

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:16 AM

Nov 2015

I like that it can be done, if safeguards are in place. I'm sure that in places like Ohio, where the whole election apparatus is in the hands of unscrupulous corrupt Republicans, that it is entirely possible that a few hundred thousand non-existent Republican voters will be registered, and turn out to loyally vote Republican next November, even if they no more exist than do a herd of unicorns living in Central Park. The penalty for such an action should be Draconian, so as to discourage it. I mean like a mandatory 40 year no parole sentence. The whole history of the world went south as a result of the 2000 and 2004 elections. We weren't the only ones screwed.

You mentioned rural upstate New York. Anywhere near Watertown, by any chance?

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