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Hoyt

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3. It's not that daunting a task. Right now, 34 states allow voting by mail (including no excuse

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 01:57 PM

Jun 2020

absentee voting in many states, and about 5 that only vote by mail).

The other states have absentee voting, but require a "valid" excuse. Most of those could easily decide CV19 is sufficient reason to allow voting absentee.

I've voted by mail for years, but there are risks with voting by mail too. So, oversight is still needed.

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If there is one hill on which I am willing to die, it's vote-by-mail [View all] Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 OP

And the GOP will die on that hill, too. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #1

check out this OP diva77 Jun 2020 #2

Getting an invalid certificate error with that link Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #4

I just tested the link and it works...hmmmm diva77 Jun 2020 #9

I finally got it to work Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #10

It's not that daunting a task. Right now, 34 states allow voting by mail (including no excuse Hoyt Jun 2020 #3

The media needs to start Andy823 Jun 2020 #5

To me risk is some white wing "official" misreporting the tally. But, I am 100% behind mail voting. Hoyt Jun 2020 #6

I live in Washington State Andy823 Jun 2020 #8

Republicans scream about voter fraud to distract from their attempts at election fraud. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #11

So, take a previous nonvoter with you to the polls? Early? Hortensis Jun 2020 #7

Voter suppression and electoral fraud need to be capital offenses 47of74 Jun 2020 #12