Vivek Ramaswamy suggested canceling Juneteenth, calling it a “useless” holiday in a conversation with Iowa voters, NBC News reports.Less than two months ago, however, he posted a video on social media celebrating the day.
"Breaking down his plan Saturday to institute a national voting holiday, Ramaswamy, a GOP presidential candidate, proposed making space for the new holiday by canceling an old one.
“Cancel Juneteenth or one of the other useless ones we made up,”"
OK, so, first… all holidays are made up.
Second, you don’t need a holiday for voting. Do what we did in Oregon 23 years ago… 100% vote by mail.
A few weeks before the election, you get a voter’s pamphlet in the mail outlining all the candidates and ballot measures.
Then you get the ballot, fill it out, put it in the mailing envelope, sign the back of the envelope, and send it back, either through the mail or designated drop off locations.
When elections HQ gets the ballot, they compare the signature on the back with voter registration, if there’s a problem, they send the ballot back to the voter for correction.
Assuming no problems, the ballot is set aside for counting once the polls close on election day. They don’t start counting sooner because they don’t want leaked results tainting the voting process.
FTA:
"Breaking down his plan Saturday to institute a national voting holiday, Ramaswamy, a GOP presidential candidate, proposed making space for the new holiday by canceling an old one.
“Cancel Juneteenth or one of the other useless ones we made up,”"
OK, so, first… all holidays are made up.
Second, you don’t need a holiday for voting. Do what we did in Oregon 23 years ago… 100% vote by mail.
A few weeks before the election, you get a voter’s pamphlet in the mail outlining all the candidates and ballot measures.
Then you get the ballot, fill it out, put it in the mailing envelope, sign the back of the envelope, and send it back, either through the mail or designated drop off locations.
When elections HQ gets the ballot, they compare the signature on the back with voter registration, if there’s a problem, they send the ballot back to the voter for correction.
Assuming no problems, the ballot is set aside for counting once the polls close on election day. They don’t start counting sooner because they don’t want leaked results tainting the voting process.