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Envirogal

(338 posts)
28. Mail in is convenient so it's not about Covid
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 09:28 PM
7 hrs ago

Oregon has been voting by mail exclusively way before the pandemic. They have one of the highest voting participation rates in the country, so the proof is in the pudding.

What I am irritated with is our drive-through culture that we have to have immediate final results of a very vital and important election process. What is wrong with taking the time to get it right? We fully tolerate being bombarded for several years in a way too long election cycle and yet we need to know the results that night? I will ask you why?

It is because we have no patience and we need to have everything right away. But it takes a while to count ballots and make sure and verify that the voting is correct and secure. I think it makes our elections even more secure rather than rushed.

I order my mail in ballot but often just turn it in at the polling place because I do enjoy election day. However, I am an old person and that’s just what I’m used to. But so many people just want to do it easy and that’s OK too. The President of the United States has voted by mail for years so it’s pretty freaking hypocritical that he rails against us because he knows it allows for convenience, which increases voting participation. That’s what this is attack all about.

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Voting is our civic duty and should be made easy for everyone. People like her and TSF should stfu Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #1
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #9
People like Kelly make you want to barf. I honestly think they say this stuff simply to get attention. walkingman 9 hrs ago #2
Agreed, all around. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #11
really says a lot of about repukes and their enablers Skittles 9 hrs ago #3
Exactly! The more people who vote - the better the Democracy. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #8
I always go to or work the polls. I was just "approved" to vote by mail this time because of disability Cheezoholic 9 hrs ago #4
Indeed. It should be an option for everyone. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #7
She must be referring to Pedo Don... Wuddles440 9 hrs ago #5
And are some of those "lazy asses" SCantiGOP 7 hrs ago #42
Post removed Post removed 9 hrs ago #6
I'm sorry, but remaining cautious of closed spaces because of Covid is ABSOLUTELY a good reason yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #12
California is only one of 18 states who have mail in voting Lifeafter70 8 hrs ago #18
Mail in works well here in Florida. I made a phone call to the elections office and they sent me a form.. Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #21
Npr answered your concern years ago Lifeafter70 8 hrs ago #19
Thanks for sharing this. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #41
Your welcome Lifeafter70 7 hrs ago #44
Boo! to this take (nt) AZJonnie 8 hrs ago #20
Mail in is convenient so it's not about Covid Envirogal 7 hrs ago #28
They don't need an "in" Cirsium 7 hrs ago #35
Word! yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #43
Let's retire the phrase "it's just not." It provides no evidence spooky3 6 hrs ago #45
California takes weeks to count votes that are postmarked by election day. Chemical Bill 6 hrs ago #46
Some of us are seriously immunocompromised. greatauntoftriplets 4 hrs ago #49
"tasked with spreading propaganda" -- nailed it. Nt lostnfound 9 hrs ago #10
Do you lack all integrity? Wouldn't know a moral compass if it landed on you? yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #14
I've voted by mail since 2016 mcar 9 hrs ago #13
Thank you for your service to Democracy! yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #15
Aw, thanks. mcar 8 hrs ago #16
Wow! Good for you! yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #25
I would wish her a temporary disability Maeve 8 hrs ago #17
By her logic, Doturd is a fat lazy ass..... AZ8theist 8 hrs ago #22
Doesn't the Orange Blight NHvet 8 hrs ago #23
Megyn Kelly is an ass GenThePerservering 8 hrs ago #24
hem. i was in a skilled nursing facility. i voted by mail and guess what, AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #26
My county had no-excuse-needed absentee ballots for a couple of decades before the pandemic. RockRaven 7 hrs ago #27
The more the merrier - VOTE! yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #34
Megyn Kelly can stfu. Diamond_Dog 7 hrs ago #29
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #32
I'm voting in person in the morning here in beautiful Northern Nevada. chicoescuela 7 hrs ago #30
why do we need to hang on to this obsolete idea of a fixed voting place AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #31
What about people who live in remote areas where the nearest polling place is over an hour away ChicagoTeamster 7 hrs ago #33
The obvious questions. Way too obvious for the myopic among us? yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #37
K & R Emile 7 hrs ago #36
Megyn Kelly needs to shut up and learn what the vote counting process in in California LogDog75 7 hrs ago #38
Here's what the Repuke Party knows ... they should be supporting the mailed ballots FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #39
So pellucidly clear! yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #40
Trump voted by mail... Johonny 6 hrs ago #47
well said. and yes, covid is still a thing. i got another booster last week. orleans 4 hrs ago #48
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