Politics Thread

[noteggs]

And now the health director has closed the polls with murky authority to delay the election. This is, legally speaking, a little bit bonkers at the moment.

Not say it’s right or wrong because I’ve never really thought about it, but didn’t realize the enormous power the health director has during this time.

[JTG]

I'm not sure June 2nd will be any better. If we're on the Italy curve it won't be.

But we're not Italy, and we certainly aren't China where people live like sardines. Chinese have been wearing masks for years because of the filthy air they breathe. Italy and France are not the most sanitary places on earth either. I trust that just like WWI and WWII the US will save the rest of the world like we always have.

[Mrs. Garrett]

But we're not Italy, and we certainly aren't China where people live like sardines. Chinese have been wearing masks for years because of the filthy air they breathe. Italy and France are not the most sanitary places on earth either. I trust that just like WWI and WWII the US will save the rest of the world like we always have.

That used to happen when we actually had capable leaders. This time around not so much.

[X-band '01]

I'm not sure June 2nd will be any better. If we're on the Italy curve it won't be.

And now the health director has closed the polls with murky authority to delay the election. This is, legally speaking, a little bit bonkers at the moment.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Better just to take a little heat now and give more people a chance to vote than to ram through a primary that will have a significantly reduced turnout.

Otherwise, an alternative would be to take a page out of Oregon's book and just go all mail-in ballot.

[STL_XUfan]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Better just to take a little heat now and give more people a chance to vote than to ram through a primary that will have a significantly reduced turnout.

Otherwise, an alternative would be to take a page out of Oregon's book and just go all mail-in ballot.

100% the right call this time. However a little scary that there is no check on this. What stops a Governor from ordering a health commissioner to cancel election down the road for a pretextual emergency? I would say political norms, but I think we have set all of those on fire at this point.

[X-band '01]

Couldn't the state or the feds just override an emergency declaration if need be? Remember that President Trump tried to claim what was happening at the border last year was a similar "national emergency" and was promptly shut down.

[chico]

One of the side effects of putting off the primary is it also puts off voting on other elections/issues on the ballot. Not saying DeWine made the wrong move - I think he made the right one - but there are more than just presidential candidacies at stake.

[paulxu]

I'm probably pretty naive when it comes to computer stuff, but I've always wondered about this:

- We trust computers with highly sensitive information and moving money for us. I'm always looking for the little lock thing in the address bar if I ever order from someplace new

- With all our technology expertise, why haven't we solved a safe, online, voting method? People without computers could still mail in/go to the poll. But the majority of Americans could vote online.

What am I missing?

[smileyy]

I would say that an election would be the most vulnerable think every done online and would be the target of every foreign attacker ever. Security is *hard*. Voting by mail is easy. Why not just do that?

[Juice]

I'm probably pretty naive when it comes to computer stuff, but I've always wondered about this:

- We trust computers with highly sensitive information and moving money for us. I'm always looking for the little lock thing in the address bar if I ever order from someplace new

- With all our technology expertise, why haven't we solved a safe, online, voting method? People without computers could still mail in/go to the poll. But the majority of Americans could vote online.

What am I missing?

“The Russians hacked the election.”