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California has had mail in voting for years. This is just extending it to everyone by default.

• stereolambda 6y ago
  This (partial mail-in voting) also has been available in many European countries, but you had to qualify e.g. with a physical disability. I think when there is fewer of such votes, it can be easier to ensure that they are legitimate and pay attention to the procedures. You know to expect only a few of them, for example. I've also heard about postal voting in Britain producing many problems when there were wider experiments with it[1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/05/politics.localgovernment https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/05/politics.localgov...
  • jlmorton 6y ago
    Well, California had 8.5 million mail-in ballots in the last national election, 65% of the total. Mail-in voting in California was available to everyone even before this, not just to people meeting special criteria. This just makes it the default.
    • stereolambda 6y ago
      I was interested about the source, and apparently you can check these numbers here[1]. I don't say that this solves the problems for me, but an interesting statistic nonetheless. Seems like another example of American politics being very different. [1] https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/historical-absentee/ https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/historical-absentee/
      • atomi 6y ago
        It's California in this case but not every state allows this. Some states, for example, will make you wait in long lines in the middle of a global pandemic just to vote.