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In reply to the discussion: So it's my imagination that people are PAID to disrupt us and convince us NOT to vote? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)We get our ballots for 2 weeks, so there is lots of time to do the deed and also to become informed. More people know what they are voting for in more detail than in other places I have lived, vote by mail is the reason.
I think many if not all States could benefit from such an election process. It is popular here on a bipartisan basis, about 85% of Democrats like it and about 75% of Republicans like it. In both and all Parties, about 30% of voters say they vote more regularly with vote by mail. It is convenient for the very rural communities, it's great for elderly people, disabled people, the very busy, and also everybody else.
It's fun, it's easy, it's on paper. You can vote alone, with friends or family, and like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, you get Lifelines, you can call people who know about an issue or do some internet research on a line by line basis.
Can't say enough about it, it was established before I got here and it speaks very well for the State and the people who put it in place, the electorate of the State of Oregon.