COVID-19 and Voting

[Ben]

So I've been hearing a lot of talk about "virtual voting" for the NOV elections. Depending on the definition, that could sure lead to voter fraud. If they just keep it mail-in, much harder to be fraudulent, or at least more fraudulent than the "no ID needed" thing for in-person voting in many states. If they really mean virtual, like via the interwebz, man, that could get messy.

Idaho is not as mail-in friendly as CA was. I still do it here, but you have to "check in" more here, versus opting in to default mail-in. Still, for the May election, the governor has ordered mandatory mail-in voting only.

I'm just going to be curious (and maybe a little afraid) of how "not in-person" voting might work out on a national level.

[makattak]

So I've been hearing a lot of talk about "virtual voting" for the NOV elections. Depending on the definition, that could sure lead to voter fraud. If they just keep it mail-in, much harder to be fraudulent, or at least more fraudulent than the "no ID needed" thing for in-person voting in many states. If they really mean virtual, like via the interwebz, man, that could get messy.

Idaho is not as mail-in friendly as CA was. I still do it here, but you have to "check in" more here, versus opting in to default mail-in. Still, for the May election, the governor has ordered mandatory mail-in voting only.

I'm just going to be curious (and maybe a little afraid) of how "not in-person" voting might work out on a national level.

Mail-in voting is the liberals dream, because all those non-voters will suddenly become voters... via "ballot harvesting" from the trash cans.

(Or, like the stories I've read from California, just redirecting the mail before it's ever delivered.)

[DittoHead]

These things need to get figured out before November, because the current elections are a mess.

As a result, poll workers have been dropping out by the thousands. As of Tuesday, roughly 7,000 had said they would not work, and 111 precincts did not have a single poll worker on the schedule, meaning that many locations could be forced to close. In response, Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that he would deploy National Guard troops to work at understaffed polling sites. Wisconsin law dictates that each site must have at least three election workers.

I'm not sure exactly what the answer is, mail-in voting certainly has it's problems, but I don't blame the poll workers for dropping out especially considering how old most of them are.

[charby]

I'm just going to be curious (and maybe a little afraid) of how "not in-person" voting might work out on a national level.

Probably not going to have same day registration. 

[Perd Hapley]

On the one hand, half the country will think the election was rigged.

On the other hand, that happens with every close election now. Abrams still claims she's the governor.