Of elections, the Easter Beaver & another pipeline

Rambling through central Illinois, eager for a night in the tent – on a fully inflated air mattress, mind you. • • • Efforts to accomodate voters in every way imaginable are out of hand. Consider that on April 4, people across Illinois cast ballots at polling places. But because we are waiting until April 18 for mailed-in ballots from absentee voters, we still don’t know some election results. Is there any wonder people question the validity of results? Simple solution: Make the cutoff date for absentee ballots two weeks ahead of the election date. That way we can have…

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