Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
The biggest problem with mail in and absentee is not actually fraud but people's votes not being counted due to errors on the ballot that poll workers usually spot and have the voter correct at the polls. These ballots are simply thrown out when on election day its too late to have it corrected.
I am sure that my experience is unique but I have never had to spend more than twenty or thirty minutes at a polling location to vote. I have been voting since 1978.
Yes! The issue with mail in voting isn’t the fraud, but instead that votes do get thrown out because either there is no signature, or there is no signature match. That’s why you need to vote early, and hopefully your state has ballottrax to see where you ballot is, and if it’s been counted. In my state, I dropped my ballot off at a ballot box last Wednesday and got the confirmation today that it was received and accepted.
Like you, I haven’t had to ever wait in a line to vote. Then again, I’ve lived in major metropolitan blue cities that have many voting locations. The biggest issue I’ve ever had is parking, and I think in a primary 6 years ago I was 3rd in line.