Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: Voting rights abroad Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:12:40 +0000 Message-ID: <87ecl7wobr.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <10ppvvc$3mqi2$3@dont-email.me> <10pr9ad$3cks$1@dont-email.me> <10psdva$hncu$1@dont-email.me> <10pvgch$1imv9$1@dont-email.me> <20260325085004.ad4b3ae9f0b57d1de6ff8a98@127.0.0.1> <1774434007-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10q0h6i$1saa3$5@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="584286"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cfeVLziKwz13BeuBUJkjW/Fjozc= sha1:bFjf3Fq1RYZdl66ER78iwghAMnM= X-User-ID: eJwFwYkBgDAIA8CV5Eko41Aj+4/gHYLGt5JgYrG3oJw5W2j3+sC70zhGNMIoU2mgGIXzyR8XwxCt Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84036 alt.usage.english:1140895 Ar an cúigiú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh Tony Cooper: > On Wed, 25 Mar 26 12:15:02 UTC, Charles Hope > wrote: > > >On 25/03/2026 11:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> > >> In the UK postal voting has now become so abused that it significantly > >> distorts the outcome > >> > >> "Vote early, vote often" > >> > >that (Irish) concept has nothing to do with postal voting > > It's not, to my knowledge, an "Irish" saying. It's usually attributed > to Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley or Al Capone even though it was > said in the US and the UK in the 1850s. One might say it was > "popularized" by Daley. I’d be very surprised if Daley didn’t identify as Irish! > It was also said to be the maxim of the Tammany Hall (NYC) political > machine in the 1860s. Tammany hall was fairly heavy on folks from the old sod too. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)