Waving my magic wand?
Well, I certainly don't claim to be able to simply reverse Marsha Wharff's plans for mail voting and I believe Katie Mintz has done a couple of stories about this since the last election. Nonetheless, I know there's still a lot of feeling out there about it - with which I heartily agree - and so I promise that the UDJ will do more. Let's get some letters to the editor going too - that usually seems to get the attention of local officials. Marsha is, predictably, very prickly about the subject, but she also refuses to budge since she is convinced it's the only thing she can do and feels the attacks on her system are unfair. I do think that going to the polls to vote is something any voter ought to be able to do. Voting by mail is something that is a convenience for people who can't get to the polls either because they will be out of town or, say, are handicapped in some way. If we insist that the handicapped have a poll to go to - which is why Marsha says she had to close down so many small local polling places without paved parking lots, etc. - why doesn 't that right extend to all voters? Why do a majority of voters have to vote by mail so a small minority of handicapped voters can go to a poll? And just to get us all seriouly riled, Marsha is also leading the effort to get all voting done by mail in the future.