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Ohio Governor signs bill to make primary a mail-in election. (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
I'm impressed PatSeg Mar 2020 #1
Very good. I hope other Governors follow his lead. MineralMan Mar 2020 #2
Wonder if Ron "No Big Deal" DeSantis (and others) are taking note of this? Zambero Mar 2020 #4
Florida already has on-demand absentee voting. Blue_true Mar 2020 #7
Let's hope we samplegirl Mar 2020 #3
Very good. There are downticket races and referendums IronLionZion Mar 2020 #5
Interesting. BlueCheese Mar 2020 #6
 

PatSeg

(49,611 posts)
1. I'm impressed
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:54 PM
Mar 2020

I never cared much for DeWine, but he has surprised me during this crisis. I hope other states follow suit.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

MineralMan

(147,334 posts)
2. Very good. I hope other Governors follow his lead.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:57 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Zambero

(9,701 posts)
4. Wonder if Ron "No Big Deal" DeSantis (and others) are taking note of this?
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:05 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. Florida already has on-demand absentee voting.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 06:32 PM
Mar 2020

The only issue is that in tight races, republicans can try to invalidate your signature and hence, your vote.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

samplegirl

(12,012 posts)
3. Let's hope we
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:02 PM
Mar 2020

can trust this!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

IronLionZion

(46,871 posts)
5. Very good. There are downticket races and referendums
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:08 PM
Mar 2020

Even if Biden is a foregone conclusion, there are plenty of important things to vote on in a Democratic primary.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

BlueCheese

(2,522 posts)
6. Interesting.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:15 PM
Mar 2020

I wasn't completely happy with how DeWine handled the original March 17 primary. I understood that he was worried about Covid-19, but unilaterally postponing it with only a few hours to go after losing a court decision wasn't the right way to go about it.

This is not such a great solution either, though. A good vote-by-mail election involves ballots sent to voters without them having to ask for one. This two-step process, where a voter has to first send in an absentee ballot request (with their own stamp), and then send in a ballot, will likely reduce turnout. Maybe they need to do this because they don't know which party's ballot to send?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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