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If we can't trust the government, then we need to rely on our community. Sounds like we need communities to band together and have a group collect & deliver ma
by mywittyname 6y ago
If we can't trust the government, then we need to rely on our community.
Sounds like we need communities to band together and have a group collect & deliver mail-in ballots and make sure that people in charge of counting the ballots are onboard to ensure end-to-end compliance.
I will be standing in line this year. Covid be damned. Though, my next fear is that there will be a shortage of ballots in left-leaning areas.
- labster 6y agoPlease don't incite criminal behavior. Under law, only certain people are authorized to deliver mail-in ballots -- typically family, elections staff, and postal workers. Ballots have chain of custody issues, and it would be terribly easy for one party to organize a collection drive, look at the sender, and decide to save or recycle based on party affiliation of the voter. The thing that changed this year is the openly partisan affiliation of the United States Post Office, so the laws haven't been updated to remove them as from the chain of custody. EDIT: I guess the law changed in California[1] to allow other people to carry ballots, so long as the voter signs for it. But other states don't have that freedom. [1]: https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/vote-by-mail.htm https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/vote-by-mail.htm
- happytoexplain 6y ago>Please don't incite criminal behavior This is a gross oversimplification of morality. Regardless, I agree what the parent is proposing wouldn't work well.
- labster 6y agoI don't see a moral claim being made at all in my post. Morals are a completely different dimension than government law. I think you're conflating the two.
- groovypuppy 6y agoYour intentions are noble but there are very strict regulations as to who can handle ballots, the USPS being one of them.