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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Mail-in voting?
Date: 10/25/25 12:50 PM
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Given that it takes *some* effort to vote (which is why 33% of the country doesn’t bother) I don’t worry too much about these suppression tactics. My feelings might be different if I was a minority, or even voting in a minority district, but the numbers of people who are going to be cowed into not voting I would think (or hope, at least) is pretty small.

I am more concerned about other things:

* Republicans in charge of voting, where they did make it harder - but only in Democratic districts (by putting out fewer machines leading to long lines).

* Redistricting with the express purpose of restricting minority representations.

* And a Republican hyper-partisan now in charge of counting the votes via his purchase of Dominion systems. That’s a biggie.

* Also Republicans not seeming to care about checks and balances, the Constitution, the White House, having a deranged President doing whatever he pleases, subverting the voting for the USSC, not certifying an established Democratic Representative, unprecedented corruption, wholesale firing of competent staff, using the DoJ for retribution, and, you know, all the rest.
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