“I’m with Didi” - @idevadhikari’s message to the media yesterday. Why has @kakoligdastidar still not released the alleged letter of support to the NDA, purportedly signed by 20 @AITCofficial MPs & submitted to @loksabhaspeaker? I challenge her to make that letter public! If such a letter exists, why hide it? Every MP knows that the Xth Schedule does not permit a separate breakaway bloc. The only protection available is if at least 2/3rds of a party’s MPs merge with another party. That means these MPs would first have to defect to @BJP4Bengal & the BJP would have to accept these opportunist, corrupt, greedy politicians. Otherwise, they will be disqualified & would have to seek a fresh mandate.

Sigh. Why won't anyone do research before posting? Responding to your six points. 1. Yes. It is legal. States have different laws. Still has to come from a registered voter, has to be returned in the return envelope assigned to that voter, there is no evidence of mass mail theft, and it has to have the voter's signature, which is checked (part of why it takes a long time). 2. California verifies identity through return envelope barcode and signature verification -- as is done for many financial and legal instruments. This is the same way it's done in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, etc. 3. Unattended drop boxes. You do realize that every USPS box is an "unattended drop box," right? That's why it's nice that all Californians can track their mail ballots. And so too can the election officials. 4. Homeless regularly paid to vote. I'll settle for 5 proven examples in recent elections. Also, homeless are allowed to register and vote. 5. You're just pointing out that California is an "all mail" state and that almost everyone votes by mail as a result. Yes. And that's part of why it takes so long. California does voter list maintenance. Otherwise it would have a laundry list of lawsuits under the NVRA. And, for better or worse, you can't remove somebody from voter rolls just because he doesn't vote. So if you, e.g., move out of an apartment, but don't tell the registrar, and don't fill out change of address with USPS, then a mail ballot is still showing up to your address. And if the new resident simply throws it in the trash, then you're not taken off the voter rolls just because you didn't return a ballot. Now, if you're suggesting that states should share information with each other, such that they know when somebody registers in a different state, then I agree with you. That's why California should join ERIC. And it's why it's a shame that some states have left ERIC in recent years. That's bad for voter list maintenance. 6. This is just comparing apples to oranges. And you can easily Google the differences in the two systems. But first, as a factual predicate, you might want to be more careful. I'd suggest you start with this New York Times article: "Why Do Elections in India Take So Long?" nytimes.com/2024/04/17/world…

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