Mail-in voting worked great in Colorado and I don’t remember anyone making a big stink out of fraud. And, being a purple state, one would think that the losers would scream “fraud!” but I don’t remember that ever happening.
For those who say it is different from absentee, I don’t get it. We had to request it when we registered. Do some people die after the request? Sure, just like they might after requesting an absentee ballot. But, there are safeguards in place. Signatures are checked. This year, I logged into the Sumter site to request a ballot. When I sent mine in, I checked the box that said I wanted ballots for future elections.
This is just an attempt to disenfranchise voters. I doubt any of us are single parents raising kids while working two or three minimum-wage jobs. People in that position can’t afford to take time off from work (if they are even allowed!). Mail-in voting allows them to have a say in our government. It doesn’t make any difference how they found themselves in that situation. We retired people can smugly sit in our nice houses as we look down our noses at them, but they have just as much right to vote as we do.
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