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We've always had absentee ballots. I've filed one once when I was overseas. If you want to vote, but not show up to a polling station, you can request a absente
by djsumdog 6y ago
We've always had absentee ballots. I've filed one once when I was overseas. If you want to vote, but not show up to a polling station, you can request a absentee. They do get counted after traditional ballots on election day results, but they do get counted. Why not just promote the existing system? Did California not have absentee ballots before now?
- blackguardx 6y agoIf you voted absentee in California, you had to vote in every single election or you lost your absentee status. Colorado’s model makes the most sense. Everyone gets a mail-in ballot and you can either mail it or drop it off to a polling center day-of. If you lose your ballot, I think you can also go in person to get it worked out. Also, you can look up online to see of they counted your ballot.
- greglindahl 6y agoI've been a vote-by-mail voter in California since 2002. Perhaps you're describing a particular county? The only difference in my county from the Colorado system is that only a subset of elections are all vote-by-mail. And our next election, now, is one of them.
- nwallin 6y agoThe difference here is that everyone is going to get an absentee ballot in the mail, not just the people who requested one.