Has anyone pointed out to Barr that his rant contains an obvious contradiction?

[wryter2000]

On the one hand, he claims mail-in ballots can't be secret because they come attached to your name on the outside of the envelope. On the other hand, he claims people will round up ballots and fill them out fraudulently. How can you do the latter without the required signatures? My understanding is the signatures are checked.

[soothsayer]

1. Drumpf untroubled that the virus is no biggie, yet a vaccine must be rushed

That kind of thing doesn’t bother them

[wryter2000]

3. True enough

But I thought Barr was at least attempting to be rational. Silly me.

[soothsayer]

5. Well, that went out the window. He's such a jerk.

[exboyfil]

4. Worse than that

Vaccine is imminent, but we are practicing herd immunity. That is contradictory. That means everyone who gets it before the vaccine is available that would have avoided it with risk mitigation (social distancing, masks, limiting gatherings), is a needless victim. That for ta tiny bit of economic activity.

[wryter2000]

11. That one slays me

Just the idea they'd consider herd immunity boggles the mind. We'd be talking about well over 2 million deaths.

[lagomorph777]

13. Trump never said anything about herd immunity.

He said he wants herd mentality, which is clearly a true statement if you look at any MAGAT rally.

[jayfish]

2. When Everything That Comes Out of a Persons Mouth...

is a lie; it's nearly impossible to make corrections.

[OregonBlue]

6. The ballots are removed from the outside envelope and it is verified. The ballot is still in the

secrecy envelope and is no longer connected to the mailing envelope. So what he is claiming is that the election workers don't seperate the secret ballot from the mailing envelope? That's a lie.

[wryter2000]

8. We don't have a separate envelope for the inside in CA

Still, your point is correct. I can't imagine any poll worker cares to see how wryter2000 voted. Or if they did, they'd get pretty sick of looking after a few ballots.

[OregonBlue]

10. Oregon and Montana ballots are seperated from their mailing envelope once the signature is verified.

[Leith]

7. One can't reason a person out of position

that reason did not put the person into.

Barr has made a practice of believing 5 impossible things before breakfast every day for decades. He's way beyond such an amateur level as this.

[wryter2000]

9. I can't believe this guy was AG in the past

I know he did crooked things back then, but he's morphed into a nonsense-spewing alien.

[frazzled]

12. Fraud is not the issue; disenfranchisement is

Signatures are checked against the signature on file when you registered to vote. For some people it was this year or last, for others it was 60 years ago. Signatures change. Names change (you should already have made those name changes with your Board of Elections).

Others might be disqualified because the signature name doesn’t match the file name exactly (that stinks, but it’s up to the individual or group checking). So if you registered to vote as Rufus Theodore Firefly and sign your envelope as Rufus T. Firefly or Rufe Firefly, there’s an outside chance your ballot could be rejected. Check your voter ID card or your state or local election website to see how your name is registered. And sign it that way! And remember to sign your signature, not print or something fancy. The way you may have done it then or normally do it. *

As for dogs voting fraudulently, that would be a pretty good trick. The dog would have had to submit ID and several other identification documents (gas bill, rent receipt with name on it, etc) to register in the first place.

* This is not as much of an issue when you are voting in person, because even though you have to sign the registered voter book, it’s just a single election volunteer checking (unless there’s a problem), and you can show ID if necessary.

[wryter2000]

14. Thanks

I've always signed my name the same way, but it's worth checking. I have checked to see that my registration is valid.

[lagomorph777]

15. I can't sign my name the same way twice; just don't have that skill.

I'm a bit anxious about this.

I need to practice and get a little better at it.

I know the template here is my driver's license signature.

[frazzled]

16. Me too

I sign a bit differently depending on the space available. Sometimes put the cap on the capital J, sometimes not. It’s never a problem when I’ve voted in person, but who knows with a mail-in ballot?

[lagomorph777]

17. In 40 years of voting, this is my first time not in-person; I'm anxious about it.

[wryter2000]

18. Can you vote in person early?

Or have you already requested a mail-in ballot?

[lagomorph777]

19. Already requested a ballot weeks ago; they are supposed to be going out tomorrow.