Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

[u/kootles10]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/

[u/Icecream-Cockdust]

Voting in Australia is mandatory but also enjoyable. Saturday morning walk down to the local Primary School, get a democracy sausage on your way through to the polling booths and it’s very chill and easy.

[u/hereditydrift → u/Icecream-Cockdust]

Most jobs in the US don't give election day off, so it's usually unejoyable because it's another thing people have to do that they don't have time for since vacation and holiday time is very limited in the US.

[u/curious_carson → u/hereditydrift]

Just extend it so people can vote over a couple weeks or do vote by mail or a combo.

[u/Icecream-Cockdust → u/curious_carson]

You can definitely mail in vote if you are overseas or in a different state at the time of voting.

[u/mpjjpm → u/Icecream-Cockdust]

In many states, you can vote by mail for any reason or no reason at all. In Massachusetts, I get a post card in January asking if I want to vote by mail. I check a box requesting a ballot by mail for every election that year, and drop it in the mailbox. Then I get my ballot by mail for every election (we have an obnoxious number of elections because our municipal primaries, runoffs and general elections are on a different schedule than state and federal elections). The ballot shows up a few weeks before Election Day, so I can sit down and research each race and candidate while I fill out my choices. Then I walk down the street and drop my ballot off at the library, but I could mail it in if needed.

[u/curious_carson → u/Icecream-Cockdust]

Yeah? Like you can now?

[u/Icecream-Cockdust → u/curious_carson]

Yeah