Why does candidate declaration and vote registration have to occur at the same time?
It doesn't necessarily have to, but it would make things simpler, and it would prevent cases like John Engle (note: he's ineligible anyway because his account is so new....but it shows what can happen in theory.)
The absentee voting is the main problem, considering that current law mandates that it only be opened after the declaration deadline.....24 hours before the regular election.
I still don't see it. In the case of Engle he is inegligble for being to new and the fact that he isn't a properly registered voter prior to seven days before the eleciton so he is not eligible to run in the election no matter when the declaration deadline is.
The absentee vote problem is still boggling my currently absentee mind(writing essays that are four pages long will do that,
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