• WHARRGARBL@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been mailing in my ballot for years. Sitting at home and researching each candidate and proposition at my convenience is a game changer. (This year, my ballot had 15 propositions to unravel!) I don’t need to worry about getting to the polls - or dealing with the armed, lingering asshats.

    EVERYONE should be mailing in ballots.

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      2 months ago

      You don’t need to mail in to research candidates.

      At least in my state, you can just see who is on the ballot weeks and weeks ahead of time.

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          Maybe.

          Regardless, it should be clear that not everyone has this option today. There is no reason we should be saying things like “You have no excuse” like we are elsewhere.

          There are more options than their used to be, but not everywhere, not for everyone, and its still not as easily accessed as it should be.

          Which sucks.

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            Only eight states have automatic mail-in voting: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington state, plus Washington DC.

            Some states have No Excuse Required mail-in options, while others have Excuse Required mail-in options. I’ve lived in all three types of states. The automatic (blue) state was best, and No Excuse (purple) state made the mail-in request easy, but I had to jump through hoops and lie my ass off to mail my ballot in the Excuse Required (red) state.

            Every state should have automatic or No Excuse mail-in ballots.

            https://ballotpedia.org/All-mail_voting

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              2 months ago

              They absolutely should all be automatic.

              We should also, IMO, have it as a holiday. As well as early voting options everywhere. Really everything to encourage participation.

              Unfortunately not the case today…

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      2 months ago

      Put $500 cash in an envelope and mail it to yourself. If you don’t trust that, drop your ballot in person. I voted yesterday and got to scan my ballot into the machine.