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Probably not, but mainly due to scale. The number of people who vote remotely is so few that the amount of fraud you can get through without being detected make

Probably not, but mainly due to scale. The number of people who vote remotely is so few that the amount of fraud you can get through without being detected makes it not worth the effort.

runako 7y ago
Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah conduct their elections entirely by mail. This covers perhaps 10+ million registered voters. At what level would you consider the scale sufficient for these effects to appear?
- malandrew 7y ago
  Three of those four state are reliably blue. The real reward is for swing states.
  - wool_gather 7y ago
    (I assume you were picking OR, HI, WA, and CO, not UT.) EDIT: parent has been edited since I posted to say "Three of those four state are..." rather than "Four states that are..." Half of Colorado's Congressional delegation is Republican and Clinton won the state in 2016 only by a bare plurality (48% to 43%). (UT of course is quite solidly Republican.)
- breischl 7y ago
  Colorado at least is _not_ entirely by mail. It's an option, and a good one, and I personally use it, but it's not mandatory. To my sibling comment - "reliably blue" lol. Only in the last 3 presidential elections, and the House & Senate are split evenly. https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado
- deleted 7y ago
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- natch 7y ago
  It all depends on the cultural context. In a place where people fiercely guard and take pride in their right to a secret ballot (such as many parts of the US) it’s not likely to be a problem. In fledgling democracies it’s more likely. So it would be foolish to pin it down to a single level.
breischl 7y ago
Couldn't easily find numbers on vote-by-mail as a percentage of all votes, but this is suggestive that it's enough to swing most elections already. >In 2014 Colorado (72 percent) and Oregon (71 percent) led the nation in voter turnout of active registered voters – both states 20+ points above the national average of 48% Yet still doesn't seem to be happening. source: https://www.nonprofitvote.org/get-ballot-home-2-weeks-election-day/ https://www.nonprofitvote.org/get-ballot-home-2-weeks-electi...

Probably not, but mainly due to scale. The number of people who vote remotely is so few that the amount of fraud you can get through without being detected makes it not worth the effort.

runako 7y ago

Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah conduct their elections entirely by mail. This covers perhaps 10+ million registered voters. At what level would you consider the scale sufficient for these effects to appear?

malandrew 7y ago
Three of those four state are reliably blue. The real reward is for swing states.
- wool_gather 7y ago
  (I assume you were picking OR, HI, WA, and CO, not UT.) EDIT: parent has been edited since I posted to say "Three of those four state are..." rather than "Four states that are..." Half of Colorado's Congressional delegation is Republican and Clinton won the state in 2016 only by a bare plurality (48% to 43%). (UT of course is quite solidly Republican.)
breischl 7y ago
Colorado at least is _not_ entirely by mail. It's an option, and a good one, and I personally use it, but it's not mandatory. To my sibling comment - "reliably blue" lol. Only in the last 3 presidential elections, and the House & Senate are split evenly. https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado
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natch 7y ago
It all depends on the cultural context. In a place where people fiercely guard and take pride in their right to a secret ballot (such as many parts of the US) it’s not likely to be a problem. In fledgling democracies it’s more likely. So it would be foolish to pin it down to a single level.

breischl 7y ago

Couldn't easily find numbers on vote-by-mail as a percentage of all votes, but this is suggestive that it's enough to swing most elections already. >In 2014 Colorado (72 percent) and Oregon (71 percent) led the nation in voter turnout of active registered voters – both states 20+ points above the national average of 48% Yet still doesn't seem to be happening. source: https://www.nonprofitvote.org/get-ballot-home-2-weeks-election-day/ https://www.nonprofitvote.org/get-ballot-home-2-weeks-electi...