[jebartle]

Are there any drop boxes for mail-in ballots in the villages, fl?

[NoMoSno]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Are there any drop boxes for mail-in ballots in the villages, fl?

All the polling locations have a drop box.

[big guy]

Originally Posted by sunny56

I have already heard from people I know that mail in ballots have been sent to dead people, that people that have moved out of state, or just moved towns. Those ballots are now sitting around waiting from someone to fill out and send in. Don't think that is very safe.

Not true. You have to request a ballot and information is obtained when you request the ballot.

[big guy]

No, mail in voting is not the same as absentee voting. Absentee voting is where one requests/REQUESTS a ballot and it is mailed specifically to them. Mail in voting is a scheme by one party to force voting and do not care whether or not it gets to the right person or not. The ballots are mailed to supposed registered voters (dead, alive or moved out of state, doesn't matter) and then whomever receives the ballot fills it in and mails it back. There are big problems with that idea and easily hosed up. I have moved around many times in my lifetime, and recently moved even here. My ballot does not get to me so I don't get to vote. It goes to someone else and they decide to fill it in and send it along, or it gets forwarded and doesn't get to me in time.

Where do you get your information? If you go to the Board of Elections and ask for an absentee ballot or tell them that you want to vote by mail, you are given the exact same ballot.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ficoguy

Not on the scale of tens of millions has it ever been done.

On the scale of tens of millions it has been possible, for many years. It is NOT likely that tens of millions will be mailing in their ballots. More than previously, yes. But most people who have access to the physical polls, who would have voted in person without COVID-19 as a threat, will still show up to vote in person.

This was proven true in the primaries already. People are getting into a tizzy over something that just isn't a "thing."

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Are there any drop boxes for mail-in ballots in the villages, fl?

Every single postal station in the Villages has an outgoing mail receptacle.

[wamley]

Mass mailing is the problem, not just to those that requested a ballot but all thatall those that were in the 2010 census. The problem is people move, die, etc and that persons ballot would be mailed to their last known address. Literally milloins of votes.
Good luck opening, verifying and counting them. In NY they had that problem in one Electin District it took 6 weeks.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by wamley

Mass mailing is the problem, not just to those that requested a ballot but all thatall those that were in the 2010 census. The problem is people move, die, etc and that persons ballot would be mailed to their last known address. Literally milloins of votes.
Good luck opening, verifying and counting them. In NY they had that problem in one Electin District it took 6 weeks.

That has zilch, nada, nothing to do with election ballots. Even in states that already send ballot requests to all registered voters - it's going to - [drumroll] registered voters.

Sets and subsets time again:

The set of "all people included in the census" does not equal "all registered voters."

The set of "all registered voters" only includes a small part of "all people included in the census."

"All registered voters" is only a subset of "all people included in the census."

[Kilmacowen]

[QUOTE=17362;1819341]Not every state does mail in like Florida.
I came from a state that mailed them without consent. And in fact, my father in law and mother in law died there last year. Guess what they got in the mail THIS year? Yup. Their ballots. This is why there is a problem. And that is only the beginning


And just what state was that?

[Marvic 1]

Originally Posted by sallybowron

YI have recently been confined to a wheelchair, and I would never be able to stand in line to vote.

Another excuse, you can always sit in line on your wheelchair and vote, or request a absentee ballot...

[Kilmacowen]

Originally Posted by 17362

Not every state does mail in like Florida.
I came from a state that mailed them without consent. And in fact, my father in law and mother in law died there last year. Guess what they got in the mail THIS year? Yup. Their ballots. This is why there is a problem. And that is only the beginning of THAT system in place.

And just what state was that?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Mass mailings of mail-in ballots are not a thing. They are going ONLY to registered voters. Fictitious random mail-in votes would be discounted. They are caught, and discounted, and whoever submits them is prosecuted. It's a waste of time, but it doesn't change the final result.

Look into actual historical precedence. What you suggest is a concern, is not a concern, because it has never happened, and mail-in voting has existed in one form or another since the Civil War.

Prosecution on voter fraud charges carries a max penalty of 1 year in prison. Seems to be enough deterence for US citizens. Now, Russian HACKERS are a different situation. They are clear to taxi!

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Mass mailings of mail-in ballots are not a thing. They are going ONLY to registered voters. Fictitious random mail-in votes would be discounted. They are caught, and discounted, and whoever submits them is prosecuted. It's a waste of time, but it doesn't change the final result.

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This is another statement that is not likely true. It ignores the fact that registered voters change addresses and the voter data base is not kept up to date. If a piece of mail is sent to a person not residing at an address, then the registered voter does not get the ballot. Perhaps the writer meant "sent Only" as opposed to "going ONLY". There is not likely anyone on this forum who can legitimately make the claim "going ONLY".

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Prosecution on voter fraud charges carries a max penalty of 1 year in prison. Seems to be enough deterence for US citizens. Now, Russian HACKERS are a different situation. They are clear to taxi!

Except they don't need no stankin mail-in ballot. All they need are electronic voting machines at the polls.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

This is another statement that is not likely true. It ignores the fact that registered voters change addresses and the voter data base is not kept up to date. If a piece of mail is sent to a person not residing at an address, then the registered voter does not get the ballot. Perhaps the writer meant "sent Only" as opposed to "going ONLY". There is not likely anyone on this forum who can legitimately make the claim "going ONLY".

Semantics. Yes they are SENT only to registered voters at their last known address.

This is not a thing. You can nitpick every single word, individually, in every single post, in every thread on this subject. It won't change the fact: mail-in ballot fraud is not a thing.

It is propaganda spread by those who know that the more people who actually vote, the less likely their person is to win. So they are creating a brouhaha to suppress votes.

That is all. Like it or not, believe it or not, that is what's going on. Not actual mail-in ballot fraud on ANY significant level, at all.