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Good morning, everyone, on this tuesday, december 18, 2012, as senators say goodbye to their longtime colleague yesterday, they will be welcoming a new senator from the state of south carolina. And tim scott has been tapped to replace jim demint. And the papers reporting progress being made about the socalled fiscal cliff talk. First, we return to the tragedy to discuss Mental Health issue in this country. What should be the role of the federal and State Government if any in Mental Health . Also send us a tweet, twitter. Com cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan or send us an email. Let me begin with...

On our way from Boston to New York, when we heard these words of President Lyndon Johnson on the radio.

“Vote-buying and bribery could occur more easily with mail voting and absentee voting.”

Until the late 1980s, Americans had two ways to vote: (1) in person on Election Day, or (2) absentee ballots sent through the mail or voted in person at county election departments prior to Election Day. Early voting—in-person voting in a limited number of locations prior to Election Day—was first implemented by a state (Texas) almost 30 years ago and has been pushed by proponents as a way of increasing turnout by making voting more convenient.

Most Americans are spectators in today’s most critical struggle for democratic values — being battled at every hour of every day in Ukraine. But in another vital struggle for democracy,