Oregon's Voting method should be done nationwide!

[davepdx]

124. All excellent points

The only aspect of voting by mail that I miss from voting in my precinct is the loss of the feeling of community involvement and having done my civic duty that I felt when I did go to my precinct to vote in person. I always got a warm fuzzy from that experience. On the other hand I don't miss the situation where the line was out the door and I had to stand in the rain to vote (it never rains in the northwest does it?). When I went to my precinct (in both FL and OR) to vote I always felt rushed because there was a line of people waiting to vote. I don't miss that feeling at all and I can now take my time, refer to the usually quite thick voter pamphlet, do any research needed and concentrate on all the various races and ballot measures when filling out my ballot at my own pace.

The issue you mention about "mixed" systems rings quite true to me. We have 50 states with probably 50 different sets of procedures. I'd add that there are those states that do what they can to prevent people from voting by simply not providing enough voting machines for certain targeted precincts. That method of voter suppression is no longer an issue with vote by mail.