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Yes and, it's generally much easier to vote in France. Better transportation, easy to take time off work, etc. Throughout the USA, in many jurisdictions, votin
by specialist 5y ago
Yes and, it's generally much easier to vote in France. Better transportation, easy to take time off work, etc.
Throughout the USA, in many jurisdictions, voting is onerous for far too many people. Too few poll sites, not enough gear, hard to take time off work, hard to make trip, etc. So progressives have been pushing early voting, as already allowed for overseas, military, and disabled voters, to mitigate these failings.
The French strategy is better overall. But the USA isn't committed to such practicalities.
- ghaff 5y agoWhile there hasn't been a big deal made of it until recently, absentee ballots have been a readily available thing in the US in at least most jurisdictions for decades. I have very rarely voted on election day either because I was traveling or because I said I would be and it was easier that way.