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Please don't incite criminal behavior. Under law, only certain people are authorized to deliver mail-in ballots -- typically family, elections staff, and posta
by labster 6y ago
Please 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.