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by tedmiston 3526 days ago
> It is too early to determine who was behind Friday’s attacks, but it is this type of DDoS attack that has election officials concerned. They are worried that an attack could keep citizens from submitting votes.

> Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia allow internet voting for overseas military and civilians. Alaska allows any Alaskan citizens to do so.

I had no idea any states allowed voting online. I wonder if the general population will ever get access to that.

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If they're absent T ballots, they're not counted until several weeks later (unless the total amount of absent T ballots is larger than the margin between any candidate to ballot measure).
"Absent T"

Is this a reference I'm not getting, a speech-to-text error, or a simple misspelling of "absentee"?

"absentee" – for those grasping for meaning in a sea of autocrat.
What does the T stand for?
Hillary. Oh no, voter fraud!
Many of us in the industry hope not.