You guys are like TDS zombies. Try to think before you post.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyregion/nyc-mail-ballots-voting.html
Desperate Trump calls for delay to 2020 US election
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyregion/nyc-mail-ballots-voting.html
It's going to be a challenging election, because millions more ARE going to vote by mail, and some systems are not ready. But voters, liberal and conservative, will be voting by mail regardless. And there is SFA you can do about it, shitsac.
You need to note that Absentee voting is different than "voting by mail". Absentee ballot rules vary greatly across states. Absentee ballots in many/some states require the following:
- A justifiable reason a absentee ballot is being used (required in 17 states). COVID is not a valid reason.
- One or more witness(es) to the absentee ballot -- who have to sign it.
- If you are located in-state - a family member or legal guardian must deliver the absentee ballot to the election officials (you simply do not mail it in) in some states.
https://www.ncsbe.gov/Voting-Options/Absentee-Voting
many states do not require a sworn affidavit reason to request an absentee ballot.... I think you cannot generalize but have to look state by state. You just have to prove you are registered to vote and your ID when you sign up for absentee ballot.
I know in my State they do not ask or make you pick a list of things.
Think about it, how is a State going to tell you what reason is good enough to absentee vote, if you request it in enough time before the election, you can get an absentee ballot.
As noted here - https://www.vote.org/absentee-voting-rules/
- Seventeen states require voters to provide an excuse for voting by absentee ballot.
- Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia offer no-excuse absentee voting.
- Five states have elections that are held by mail-in ballot.
I'm aware of that side, since that's the way I've been voting for over 20 years now.
I believe I'm right in saying that many more people will be voting by mail this year.
or they'll be trying anyway
The real issue is that absentee ballots are validated and counted by hand in all 50 states. If millions of people in many states vote via absentee ballot in the November election then the results will not be counted & sorted out until February or later..... and will require the hiring of many people just to validate & count the absentee ballots.
