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33.6% of requested ballots by 65 and over voters, a group which represent about 18% of total voters. I hope my generation is planning to vote in person. 65 a
by 0xfaded 6y ago
33.6% of requested ballots by 65 and over voters, a group which represent about 18% of total voters. I hope my generation is planning to vote in person.
65 and up 3,111,071 33.6
- greenduck 6y agoInteresting. I wonder if it says more about who feels like they are able to safely show up to the polls? I am in the 18-25 demographic and many people I talk with are concerned about the integrity of the USPS handling their vote after the crisis caused by DeJoy. They are scared of what shenanigans might be pulled with their mail in ballots and plan to show up in person to avoid that. Even at the cost of their health. You might be looking at the tradeoff of people weighing their vote and their health risks.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago> They are scared of what shenanigans might be pulled with their mail in ballots and plan to show up in person to avoid that I'd like to personally thank my fellow Americans for helping to bring the country to a point where we can no longer trust the fucking mail. Good work everyone.
- pc86 6y agoThis unnecessary and unhelpful comment has no place on HN.
- spacephysics 6y agoI’m in a close demographic and have the same sentiment.
- chrisweekly 6y agoThere are secure drop-off boxes for ballots.
- tssva 6y agoI received my absentee ballot in the mail today and will be dropping it in the ballot box at my county registrar's office tomorrow.
- chrisweekly 6y agoExcellent! Planning to do same soon.
- ragnese 6y agoThat's exactly my point of view as well. I'm not in the higher risk age ranges, so at this point I feel it's almost a civic duty for me to vote in person so that others who must vote by mail can do so and have their votes count.
- jliptzin 6y agoYou can usually drop off a mail-in ballot yourself too and avoid the mail.
- bluntfang 6y agoi hope they survive the next few months
- dqv 6y ago> I hope my generation is planning to vote in person. Why is that? BallotTrax lets me see exactly where my ballot is and if it has been received. It's about the same level of transparency as inserting my ballot into the polling machine. The only difference being that at the polling machine I can see the number of counted ballots increment.
- prophesi 6y agoBecause, given the current stats shown here on mail-in voting, most of OP's generation has not voted. And so they're hoping they'll at least be voting in person.