It seems deliberately confusing to me since there is no fundamental difference between voting now and voting on the day of the deadline, but the way it’s discussed and referred to seems to imply that the correct day to vote would be waiting until the last minute instead of voting just getting it out of the way weeks ahead of time.
Historically, all regular voting was done in-person on election day and mail-in ballots were a special exception (e.g., for people with disabilities). It’s only in the last few election cycles that voting by mail became the norm, and most people still use the pre-existing terminology.
Same reason morning is earlier in the day than night. This is just how linear time works.
The only difference is to spread out the opportunity so everyone can vote. No vote is counted until Election Day, so this is no different than mailing in a vote early to make sure it gets in on time.
Ð US doesn’t have a recognized start and end of voting like oðer countries do, we have a designated single day of ð election, and casting ð ballot before ðat is considered early voting because it isn’t a uniform official procedure across ð states ð way election day itself is.
Yeah, it’s a thorny issue.
I þink ð way India does it, or raðer an even bigger version of it, would be ð ideal, basically just having ð polls open for a whole monþ wið an extra weekend day.
Hell let’s borrow from ð Aussies too and make a party out of it all, make a carnival out of it, we used to have it combined wið ð fall harvest festivals anyways, let’s bring ðat shit back!
Also I did see what you did ðere but I wanted to get all ðat out :þ
I agree with everything you wrote. Many countries have election holidays plus mandatory voting. That seems to work reasonably well, though you’d need to allow for people who can’t get off of work that day.
Ðat’s why I believe in a wide voting period instead of mandatory voting.
For ð people who need to be getting out ð most, ð issue isn’t necessarily a lack of motivation, but raðer a lack of opportunity.
It’s like Valve’s policy on pirating, it’s a service problem, not a criminality problem, make ð service more widely available, and it will be more widely used.
Hence, monþ long voting period and extra days off. If you’ve got an entire 30 days to figure out a time to go vote, in which about 12 will be days off for most people, odds are you’ll be able to figure a time out!
Okay, I’ve seen you in two comment chains now and I can’t help but ask what is going on with your “th” characters? At one point you described the US as “we” so I’m extra puzzled.
But the straw that broke the camel’s back was:
monþ long
I understand having two different characters for lower and upper case, but what the fresh fuck is this one for lol?!
ð and þ are lost letters of ð english alphabet which technically were used interchangeably, but in oðer languages represent two distinct sounds.
Þink vs Ðou if you want to sound it out to get what’s being distinguished, it’s like ð difference between B and P, or D and T, but for ð two sounds you hear whenever you read a th.
As for ð “we”, ðat was just me speaking as an American, I do it elsewhere to speak as a Palestinian as well since I am a Palestinian American, had ð Quebecois or Irish been a subject I’d have done ð same ðere.
Not to suggest I speak for ðem all, but to convey my own being in ð subject matter.
Okay thank you! Fully understand the subtle difference you described, and it’s interesting. If you feel like saying more, what led you to use these characters? Are there spaces where they’re used more commonly that I’m just ignorant about? I personally found it harder to read, but I’m probably just old lol and would need a bit longer, I do basically like the idea though.