11 Day Affair
Posted by Joshua Claybourn on 1 December 2004 | one response
“Florida’s election supervisors, impressed by the success of early voting, proposed dramatic reforms that would eliminate Election Day, replace it with an 11-day election season covering two weekends, and do away with precincts,” the Miami Herald reports. The relevant Constitutional provision is in Article 1, Section 4: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
One Response to “11 Day Affair”
Doesn’t seem like a great idea to me. Having polls open for that long expands the opportunity for multiple-voting, vote tampering, and other methods of fraud. I could understand the push for early voting this year because of concerns about new voting machines, but I don’t think we should end “Election Day” as we know it.