Mail-In Voting --- Are We Begging For Trouble?

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   Sharlee01posted 4 years ago

   
   Vote by mail --- It is clear Democrats in Washington are pushing for direct blank ballot mail-in-voting which could result in real problems on election night. With COVID concerns it's possible many will not want to go to the polls. However, anyone that wants to vote by mail can request an absentee ballot which will result in a ballot being sent to your home that has your name and is addressed to you...You can fill in your vote and send it back.  Sending blank ballots could work to promote dishonesty and fraud. My state of Michigan is a good example of fraud that frequently occurs with even absentee voting.
   
   I live in Michigan, and we have the privilege of absentee voting, yet even this tried and true system we have fraud and problems occur. In our recent election on Aug 4th, 2020 we had many citizens perpetrate fraud, and the US post office slow delivery many votes were not counted.
   
   More than 6,400 of Michigan's 10,600 absentee ballots rejected Aug. 4 were turned away because they arrived after Election Day, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office said Friday.
   
   Another 2,225 ballots were discarded because there was no signature on the envelope; 1,111 were rejected because the voter moved; and 846 were not accepted because the voter was DEAD, according to data from Benson's office.
   
   Those individuals listed as dead or moved include voters who died or moved out of the jurisdiction after submitting their absentee ballots, Benson's spokeswoman Tracy Wimmer said. The state gets monthly updates from the Social Security Administration regarding new Michigan deaths so officials can identify ballots filed by people who have since died.
   
   The number of deceased voters is actually LESS than the November 2016 election, when 1,782 absentee ballots were rejected because the voter had died in an election that had 400,000 fewer absentee ballots than the Aug. 4 primary.
   
   The total of 10,694 ballots rejected Aug. 4 take on special significance in Michigan, where President Donald Trump won by a margin of 10,704 votes in November 2016 — his slimmest margin nationwide.
   
   It seems that we could vote safely at the polls. For months now we all have stood in lines in Grocery stores, and we are back to work, and eating at restaurants, having our hair cuts and nails done. It would seem we could get out and vote at our nearby polls. The Dems are all of a sudden very concerned that we stay away from the polls due to COVID. Casinos are open in Michigan. Not sure why our Dem Governor wants mail-in voting and will allow us to venture out to huge casinos. It is obviously blatantly political. Our postal service has many Michigan citizens receiving mail every other day if lucky. Just does not make sense to think the Poaral service can handle the burden of a mail-in ballot election.
   
   This story is not unique to Michigan. -- How is your state doing with any form of the ballot) mail-in voting? (absentee or blank ballot)
   
   Are you on board with blank ballot mail-in voting?

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      Kathryn L Hillposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      No Mail-in voting.
      
      Absentee-Voting, per usual, yes,
      
      Poll voting, yes,. It can be done safely. Good Grief. Perhaps the polls need to be open for two days, rather than one, due to six feet distancing  and wipe downs after each person leaves the booth. Make sure younger people are manning the polling places, rather than retirees.
      
      And put off the election until after the new year.

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         Sharlee01posted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I totally agree

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      Sharlee01posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Aug 20, 2020 Judge orders new election in New Jersey race Trump cited for mail-in voter fraud...
      "A New Jersey judge on Wednesday ordered a new election for a Paterson City Council seat whose apparent winner has been charged with voter fraud.
      
      State Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela ruled Wednesday that the new election will be held in November, The Associated Press reported. Demacrat Alex Mendez appeared to have won the May 12 special election, but the U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement branch said hundreds of mail-in ballots had been found in a Paterson mailbox.
      
      In addition to the ballots that the board of elections determined were improperly bundles in mailboxes, the board disqualified another 2,300 after determining signatures on them did not match those on file."
      
      https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/nyre … fraud.html
      
      This kind of voter fraud is taking place all over the country, and much of it is not being widely reported.

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   Live to Learnposted 4 years ago

   I will not trust results of direct blank mail in ballots.
   
   I don't trust the democrats to be honest and not steal the election. Although both parties are dishonest the democrats have a proven track record of shady behavior with ballots.

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      Sharlee01posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I don't trust them either. Our Governor here in Michigan even on the heels of the disastrous Aug election claims she will be sending out mail-in ballots to all homes. This is unethical and will cause fraud as proven by our last election as well as the 2016 election. My God, where is our society headed, when we clearly see problems but promote a proven failed method of voting. We are headed down the road to pure dictatorship by a party that is out and out corrupt.

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