It seems deliberately confusing to me since there is no fundamental difference between voting now and voting on the day of the deadline, but the way it’s discussed and referred to seems to imply that the correct day to vote would be waiting until the last minute instead of voting just getting it out of the way weeks ahead of time.

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    Ðat’s why I believe in a wide voting period instead of mandatory voting.

    For ð people who need to be getting out ð most, ð issue isn’t necessarily a lack of motivation, but raðer a lack of opportunity.

    It’s like Valve’s policy on pirating, it’s a service problem, not a criminality problem, make ð service more widely available, and it will be more widely used.

    Hence, monþ long voting period and extra days off. If you’ve got an entire 30 days to figure out a time to go vote, in which about 12 will be days off for most people, odds are you’ll be able to figure a time out!

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      5 months ago

      Okay, I’ve seen you in two comment chains now and I can’t help but ask what is going on with your “th” characters? At one point you described the US as “we” so I’m extra puzzled.

      But the straw that broke the camel’s back was:

      monþ long

      I understand having two different characters for lower and upper case, but what the fresh fuck is this one for lol?!

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        5 months ago

        ð and þ are lost letters of ð english alphabet which technically were used interchangeably, but in oðer languages represent two distinct sounds.

        Þink vs Ðou if you want to sound it out to get what’s being distinguished, it’s like ð difference between B and P, or D and T, but for ð two sounds you hear whenever you read a th.

        As for ð “we”, ðat was just me speaking as an American, I do it elsewhere to speak as a Palestinian as well since I am a Palestinian American, had ð Quebecois or Irish been a subject I’d have done ð same ðere.

        Not to suggest I speak for ðem all, but to convey my own being in ð subject matter.

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          I found it to surprisingly easy to read. I knew about the characters beforehand but never saw them used extensively in words I understand. Let’s bring ðem back