So when you vote in November how many ballot papers will you have? One for President obviously, then others for Senator? Congressman/woman? Local sheriff? Local Mayor? Do you vote for these things all at the same time?

Over here we have one paper for our local Member of Parliament. Local Council elections and those for Police and Crime Commissioners are held in May, so if the General Election is held at the same time we may get a bewildering three ballot papers. 

Over here we'll have an opportunity to vote at least once every two years; General Elections can be five years apart (usually less) and local elections are held every May but not everywhere, so one year we vote while other districts don't and so on. This year for instance I had the General Election in July but it was our turn to miss out in the round of local elections in May, but I did have the Police and Crime Commissioner vote instead.   

So who won then? The opinion over here is that Trump was rattled but Harris was not perfect either, perhaps a points victory for Harris. 

The other big news is of course that Taylor Swift (the modern Britney Spears) has opted for Harris, that's a few million votes secured then. 

I'm hearing about early voting on the news, if the election is on 5 November what is early voting? Over here you can vote early by post but not in person until the day itself.  

Our answer to that problem is postal voting. It was originally intended for those who couldn't get out to vote or who would be absent on the day itself, but in recent times it has become the fall back for the lazy and of course is open to abuse, especially among Asian voters where one person will fill in the forms for the entire household.  

Alright I'll say it, I think Trump will win. Not by much, although of course he'll portray it as the biggest victory ever.  

I know you understand it, but for everyone else the US system is bewilderingly complicated - an election day but early voting up to two weeks before, Electoral College, vote certification, a 2½ month wait until inauguration, it all sounds very 18th century, have I missed anything?

Try this - call an election, a six week campaign, a vote on a single day, results the next day and a new (if required) government takes over immediately. 

Have you got to the point where whoever makes the biggest gaffe closest to Election day loses? It's that close so it appears. At the moment it's Harris, but there's time yet for Trump to mess it up. 

At first glance it comes across as yet another gormless utterance from the master of stupid comments, but I suspect there's more to it. 

At first glance it comes across as yet another gormless utterance from the master of stupid comments, but I suspect there's more to it. 

Gormless? Well Mark you did it again, I had to look it up but it fits. 

Trump was saying that instead of sending our people to fight wars, the war mongers like Liz Cheney, etc. should be made to fight the wars. If this had happened years ago, the US would not be sending our people to fight and die in endless wars.

Trump was saying that instead of sending our people to fight wars, the war mongers like Liz Cheney, etc. should be made to fight the wars. If this had happened years ago, the US would not be sending our people to fight and die in endless wars.

That's logical Grey, but is there a deeper meaning here as well with the verbiage he used? 

That was beautiful, Major. 

Trump was saying that instead of sending our people to fight wars, the war mongers like Liz Cheney, etc. should be made to fight the wars. If this had happened years ago, the US would not be sending our people to fight and die in endless wars.

That's logical Grey, but is there a deeper meaning here as well with the verbiage he used? 

Trump meant that Cheney, etc. would be fighting the wars, not the American people.