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MLeake · July 22, 2012, 09:41 AM

With regard to voting, one of my pet peeves is that absentee ballots often will only get counted if an election falls within a certain percentage of closeness. This means that a candidate who would have received those votes, won't get them in time to enjoy the "bandwagon" effect - IE that of voters choosing a candidate because he is already doing well in the polls.

Of course, I'll be in Afghanistan this November...

I was on an aircraft carrier for the 2000 election, when the party that now wants to protect illegal aliens from disenfranchisement wanted to disallow military absentee ballots because the APO postal system had postmarked the mail bags, instead of each individual ballot envelope.

(Wonder if our illustrious AG plans to protect military voters this year, or only those voters who can't come up with photo IDs?)

I need to find out if Missouri allows early voting. I'd like to bypass concerns about postmarks, and possibly give my candidates some bandwagon impetus.

July 22, 2012, 09:41 AM	#49
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	With regard to voting, one of my pet peeves is that absentee ballots often will only get counted if an election falls within a certain percentage of closeness. This means that a candidate who would have received those votes, won't get them in time to enjoy the "bandwagon" effect - IE that of voters choosing a candidate because he is already doing well in the polls. Of course, I'll be in Afghanistan this November... I was on an aircraft carrier for the 2000 election, when the party that now wants to protect illegal aliens from disenfranchisement wanted to disallow military absentee ballots because the APO postal system had postmarked the mail bags, instead of each individual ballot envelope. (Wonder if our illustrious AG plans to protect military voters this year, or only those voters who can't come up with photo IDs?) I need to find out if Missouri allows early voting. I'd like to bypass concerns about postmarks, and possibly give my candidates some bandwagon impetus.