Comments on: Save postage http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/ Thu, 23 May 2013 22:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MikeOnBike http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15868 MikeOnBike Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:31:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15868 More about voting vs. casinos:

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/26.19.html#subj14.1

]]> By: MikeOnBike http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15713 MikeOnBike Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:06:32 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15713 Issues with electronic and internet voting are a common topic at the Risks Digest:

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/php/risks/search.php?query=voting

]]> By: MikeOnBike http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15712 MikeOnBike Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:54:14 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15712 We always drop off our absentee ballot for free on election day at a polling station.

]]> By: john http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15655 john Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:13:52 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15655 If casinos can provide electronic gambling machines and I can file and pay my taxes on the Internet, why can I not vote over the internet? Internet voting would save the $0.61 in postage. 10 years after the Florida voting debacle and we still can’t use electronic voting machines. Our government is more than a bit incompetent in this area.

In Brazil, everyone votes electronically and they have a larger population and less a less sophisticated government than us.

]]> By: Marty http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15650 Marty Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:01:03 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15650 However petty this woman’s complaint sounds, consider this:

Admittedly ignorant of USPS services, I recently mailed a letter with a delivery confirmation costing me a total of $5.60, learning later that certified mail ($2.50) would have resulted in an identical result – delivered in 2-3 days and a confirmation. The postal worker didn’t make the distinction, but was highly motivated in asking if I wanted to “buy stamps? buy packing supply? Buy packing material? Buy stamps? You want to buy, you want to buy…?”

So, no it does not surprise me to learn the post office is collecting and extra $Mil or two across the country on absentee ballots. We live in the age of getting yours before the getting is gone. The government has honed this skill to perfection, the USPS is no exception.

]]> By: VOR http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/10/22/save-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-15639 VOR Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:58:54 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/?p=8116#comment-15639 No wonder we’re in such a terrible mess. No one in government can do the math. I guess this is price of freedom?

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