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The ballot drop boxes exist largely because certain government officials have worked to undermine faith in the postal service: Both with rhetoric suggesting pos
by ForHackernews 6y ago
The ballot drop boxes exist largely because certain government officials have worked to undermine faith in the postal service: Both with rhetoric suggesting postal balloting is susceptible to fraud and through active steps to make the post office slower and less efficient, so it might in fact struggle to deliver mail-in ballots by election day.
- jedberg 6y agoThat's not true. We've had the drop-boxes for the last few elections.
- smsm42 6y agoCases like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/three-tubs-of-ballots-discovered-in-mail-processing-center-after-polls-closed-in-wisconsin/ar-BB12laJO https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/three-tubs-of-ballot... do a lot to "undermine the faith". In experiments - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vote-by-mail-ballot-counted-election/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vote-by-mail-ballot-co... - 3% to whopping 21% of mailed test "ballots" - didn't arrive in time or not at all. That's not just "rhetoric".