Having lived with vote-by-mail for everyone for the last 20+ years I can say that it is genuinely baffling to me that anyone who has to vote would rather do it any other way. The Oregon model works, is convenient, secure and way, way easier than the alternative. Probably cheaper.
Without absentee voting for all, people with disabilities must jump through extra hoops to get a ballot. “Just to have that ability to get that ballot, no excuse needed, is just huge for people with disabilities,” says Carol Scully of The Arc Connecticut. boltsmag.org/connect...
Voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would set the stage to let everyone vote by mail without an excuse—an option that could expand access for voters with disabilities.
Screwing over people with preexisting conditions is murder actually. Eugenics. Especially when medical care costs so incredibly much.
Check Please totally revolutionized my approach to storytelling, and it's so very good.
Trust me, you really really do wanna.
@rahaeli.bsky.socialwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... There's discussion of the histamine/long covid thing.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is often associated with various other syndromes or conditions including mast cell activation (MCA), dysmenorrhea and endometriosis, postura...
Every good thing this society half-assedly started due to COVID should've been not just continued but constantly improved upon; but too many of y'all have The Fear, & those programs remind you of the thing that scared you. So instead you burn down your house 'cause your basement made spooky shadows