Reply #30: I think Freya has made some points worth thinking about. [View All]

[jjmalonejr]

Briefly postponing the elections is not the same thing as canceling them altogether.

I would only advocate postponing elections in the event that a major terrorist attack occurs which would actually interefere with the election PROCESS (i.e. people can't get to the polls, local election officials can't properly mobilize personnel, equipment, materials, etc.)

As for a terrorist attack influencing the electorate, that seems to me to be no rationale for postponing elections, any moreso than a late-breaking sex scandal. If a candidate is suddenly sullied by events, do we postpone the election? No. Let the chips fall where they may. Voters should be expected to make judgements regardless of the events of the day.

Frankly, I'm not sure which way a terrorist attack would push voters and I don't think it's the job of government to make sure that people are voting "in their right minds". It IS however, the job of government to make sure that the election PROCESS can proceed unimpeded.