Mail Ballot Horror Show (XIX): It raises the cost of campaigns

From Sunday's Herald: "Mail-only vote makes for one long Election Day" "

Your get-out-the-vote starts three weeks out but you still need people doing the other things every day," [former state GOP chairman Chris Vance] said.

Cathy Allen, an adviser to Democratic candidates, said the evolution is making campaigns more expensive because the campaigning goes on longer - even though voting behavior isn't changing much.

All those Democrats who bemoan the influence of money on campaigns should ask themselves why they support changes to the election process that make campaigns more expensive?

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 18, 2006 11:15 AM | Email This