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<p>Gary -</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing this. One of the things I appreciate about
this list is it's wide geographic (if not so much demographic)
distribution. Your experience as an Expat in a South American
country has been very helpful to me for some parallax. I heard
from another member off-list that they were temporarily in a
"near" swing state caring for a relative and have established
residency there. Mary considered returning to WI this summer to
help her daughter (continue) raising their twins at least through
the transition of "back to school" (they are first-time
preschoolers, in a pod related to the day care they were in before
COVID), with the added bonus of being a WI resident come election
time. It seems a shame to have to be trying to make every damn
vote count to the hilt these days, but in the spirit of "when they
go low, we go high", it is a challenge to remain both within the
spirit and letter of our consensual rules (laws) when a large
faction is willing to step over that line. <br>
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<p>The battle over RBG's seat on the Supreme Court is likely to
create a much higher contrast illumination of the hypocrisy on the
Right, but it is not clear if that will be enough to flip the
Senate or any of the Electoral College Swing States.</p>
<p>"we get the government we deserve" is so prophetic, yet painfully
ambiguous... <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/19/20 11:03 AM, Gary Schiltz
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<div dir="ltr">Since Karen and I both live outside the USA, but
are eligible to vote and last voted in New Mexico, we started
the process of voting by absentee ballot. I was pleasantly
surprised to find that we could send our signed, scanned request
forms to the county clerk (we last lived in San Miguel county)
by email, and that we could receive our absentee ballots, along
with Affidavits of Eligibility forms, by email as well. I am in
absolute agreement with this as a policy. I was, however, very
surprised that the email, as well as the affidavit, states that
we can return both the signed and scanned affidavit, and the
filled and scanned ballot itself by email or fax. While I
personally have no problem with people knowing who I voted for,
I'm sure that many people do. Such a wide open system seems rife
for potential abuse.</div>
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