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Originally Posted by BryanTheGolfPro
This is really about voting by mail--whether via an absentee ballot, which has existed for decades, or by the newer form of vote-by-mail. Why the concern? Just mail your ballot soon enough to get to its destination on time! This is not rocket surgery or brain science; it's just common sense. Duh!
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People don't have a problem with getting a ballot via absentee voting because the voter is requesting a ballot. The issue I have is states (mostly blue) sending out ballots to everyone on the voter rolls which aren't maintained in real time. So, when someone leaves a household through divorce, adult kid moving out, death, moving to another state etc., the ballot will still go to the address of the voter and fraud "can" occur. That's not acceptable to me.
For example, a husband and wife go through a nasty divorce. Husband moves out and forgets to register again. His and her ballots are mailed to the house. Wife fills out both ballots for her candidates and sends them both in.
Or how about kid graduates from high school and goes to college in the fall. He's registered to vote at his folks address. But, being busy with college, doesn't re-register and won't be home for the election, and really isn't going to vote. Dad fills out his ballot along with his own and sends them in.
Doing important things usually takes some effort and voting is important to a lot of people. The little bit of effort required, like requesting an absentee ballot and sending it back, voting early, or going to the polls on election day isn't too much to ask.