Does anyone know why mail-in paper ballots are not the norm in the US?
Since I've been of voting age, that's all I've used and its great. I can take my time, read about the measures and the candidates, then make my decision and throw it in the mail. Even if I wait until election day, I'm able to go drop it off at one of the many drop off points across the city.
I'd be far less likely to do it if I had to take time to go to a polling location, wait in line, then figure out what I'm voting for.
Then to cheat, all you need is a friend who works at a mail sorting facility. Deliver the ballots from zip codes that vote the way you prefer. The others, possibly just half of them to evade detection, get dumped in a swamp.
“Then to cheat all you need is this Byzantine plan that starts with friends making it through the hiring process at a sorting facility that’s monitored, and you may never know when or where they’re passing through cause they are big places and your friend may not be assigned to doing any tasks involving mail in envelopes.”
Because doing what would be honest and convenient for voters wouldn't benefit those who can sell big, porkbarrel pet projects or enact repressive/discriminatory measures like voter ID laws or Interstate Crosscheck (IVRC)... a system which encourages arbitrarily throwing away votes of anyone with similar names, but different middle names, without any due process.
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 27.7 ms ] threadSince I've been of voting age, that's all I've used and its great. I can take my time, read about the measures and the candidates, then make my decision and throw it in the mail. Even if I wait until election day, I'm able to go drop it off at one of the many drop off points across the city.
I'd be far less likely to do it if I had to take time to go to a polling location, wait in line, then figure out what I'm voting for.
They'd then need to adjust their policies to share some of the money with the rest of the country to win back those voters. Fascism is much cheaper.
I realise people will think this is intentionally inflammatory, bit it's the most direct answer to the question you posed.
It is recommended to figure out who you're voting for before you enter the polling booth...