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Possibly raising the question, so what do people concerned with mail-in voting buy on eBay?
by polynomial 6y ago
Possibly raising the question, so what do people concerned with mail-in voting buy on eBay?
- pjc50 6y agoBallots? Discarded US bulk mailsort machines? All- or mostly-mailin ballots are concerning to me for many reasons which overlap with electronic voting: not secret, much easier for third parties to get involved in, etc. However at least the physical ballots have to exist and can be hand counted if necessary. Then there's the possibility of selective sabotage of postal service in opposition areas ...
- at-fates-hands 6y agoYou also have the possibility of a myriad of other issues with it: The mail-in ballots of more than 84,000 New York City Democrats who sought to vote in the presidential primary were disqualified, according to new figures released by the Board of Elections. One out of four mail-in ballots were disqualified for arriving late, lacking a postmark or failing to include a voter’s signature, or other defects. The Post reported Tuesday that roughly 30,000 mail-in ballots were invalidated in Brooklyn alone. The high invalidation rate provides more proof that election officials and the Postal Service were woefully underprepared to handle and process the avalanche of mail-in ballots that voters were encouraged to fill out to avoid having to go to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said. Over 80,000 mail-in ballots disqualified in NYC primary mess: https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/84000-mail-in-ballots-disqualified-in-nyc-primary-election/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/84000-mail-in-ballots-disquali...
- jgeada 6y agoYou do realize selective sabotage of physical voting locations also happens, right? It isn't as if we're not replete with examples of voting locations being removed or relocated somewhere inconvenient in battleground locations controlled by the party that might lose an open election.