Should we adopt Mail-in voting?

[Washington-Columbia]

No, we are a republic(and please forgive me for my Americentric approach here, I won’t speak for other countries). The founders purposefully designed a system where the people have a say and those who govern are answerable to the people, but that does not give too much power vested in the people themselves. And with good reason. As I mentioned, I am incredibly wary of the shall we say, dim-minded among us, playing a significant role in how the country is run. I simply don’t believe this is wise.

1. Just because the Founding Fathers of America designed a system does not mean it's good. Many of the founding fathers owned slaves, though while some of the slaveholders were more lenient on them, slavery is still slavery, and as Necroghastia said, The Founding Fathers only wanted white men who owned property to vote for President or representatives.
2. Being dumb doesn't mean you should have your voting right removed from you. They teach civics in the senior years in High School (here in Washington State) for a reason, when they are approaching the voting age.

[United Calanworie]

Washington, Oregon and Colorado have had mail in voting for years with no problems without having to do anything you suggest.

What about the accessibility part? Do the voters there have equal access to mail-in ballots regardless of where they live or their living conditions? As for the matter of being able to check if your vote has been counted, I believe I have previously seen The Black Forrest mention something about being able to check if their ballot was cast where they live. Do Washington, Oregon, and Colorado have the same thing?

Yup. oregon.gov is a wonderful resource if you live here

Off the top of my head, disability, homelessness, and jobs that require traveling (like truckers, airline crews, or train crews for example). I know that there are some limitations to what you can do with a P.O. box, but I don't know if you can do mail-in ballots through one. Somebody who, in particular, has to travel a great deal would certainly be at a disadvantage if the circumstances of their job means the postal service has a hard time delivering an absentee or mail-in ballot.

I can't speak for Oregon but I do know Washington and Oregon still have polling sites to a limited degree.

You can't speak for Oregon, but you'll speak for us anyway? We don't have polling sites, period. We're 100% mail-in. We do have drop-boxes tho.

[Caurus]

What about the accessibility part? Do the voters there have equal access to mail-in ballots regardless of where they live or their living conditions? As for the matter of being able to check if your vote has been counted, I believe I have previously seen The Black Forrest mention something about being able to check if their ballot was cast where they live. Do Washington, Oregon, and Colorado have the same thing?

Yup. oregon.gov is a wonderful resource if you live here

I can't speak for Oregon but I do know Washington and Oregon still have polling sites to a limited degree.

You can't speak for Oregon, but you'll speak for us anyway? We don't have polling sites, period. We're 100% mail-in. We do have drop-boxes tho.

That site's pretty nifty. No polling site feels a little weird though if only for how different that sounds from my state.

[Vikanias]

I’d say keep it up to choice, if you want to vote in person that is fine, If you want to mail in your vote more power to you.

[Edush]

I’d say keep it up to choice, if you want to vote in person that is fine, If you want to mail in your vote more power to you.

That's probably the best possible answer.

[San Lumen]

What about the accessibility part? Do the voters there have equal access to mail-in ballots regardless of where they live or their living conditions? As for the matter of being able to check if your vote has been counted, I believe I have previously seen The Black Forrest mention something about being able to check if their ballot was cast where they live. Do Washington, Oregon, and Colorado have the same thing?

Yup. oregon.gov is a wonderful resource if you live here

I can't speak for Oregon but I do know Washington and Oregon still have polling sites to a limited degree.

You can't speak for Oregon, but you'll speak for us anyway? We don't have polling sites, period. We're 100% mail-in. We do have drop-boxes tho.

I meant to say Washington.

[Pangurstan]

Yup. oregon.gov is a wonderful resource if you live here

You can't speak for Oregon, but you'll speak for us anyway? We don't have polling sites, period. We're 100% mail-in. We do have drop-boxes tho.

I meant to say Washington.

I'm pretty sure that we don't have polling sites either, but we have ballot boxes for people who don't want to mail their ballots.

[Washington-Columbia]

Yup. oregon.gov is a wonderful resource if you live here

You can't speak for Oregon, but you'll speak for us anyway? We don't have polling sites, period. We're 100% mail-in. We do have drop-boxes tho.

I meant to say Washington.

Here's the document from my State's Government of drop boxes and ballot locations in the Congress Elections last year. I didn't look for a source, nor have I learned civics, but I'm sure that most Washingtonians vote in ballot anyway, with most of them being drop box locations for mail in ballots.

[Southland]

I've been using a mail-in ballot since I first registered to vote a decade ago, and it has worked great for me. It absolutely should be adopted nationwide, but it should not fully replace the typical voting station. I'm weary about voting over the internet or via smartphones as some has suggested for security reasons. Once that gets resolved, I'll be on board with that too.

[Eleanor Turner]

No, I think in-person voting discourages people who are too lazy or apathetic about politics to vote which is a good thing. Albeit, some places have very bad voting infrastructure which means voters have to wait in line for hours.

The democracy is supposed to reflect the will of the people.
The more people vote, the more accurate that reflection will be.


Making a some national holidays for voting ought to be a great bipartisan solution.

Yes man I think all country has national holiday for voting

[Orcuo]

Wouldn’t make mail voting the main form of voting, but yeah, I’m for it. Online voting is a little iffy but otherwise could be useful once security measures improve.

[Real DonaldJTrump]

These people say that mail-in voting should be the primary form of voting. That our democracy should be decided based on the whim of some guy at home lazily doodling in his candidate instead of coming to the polls and voting there. It's ridiculous! These are the same people who threaten the safety of our elections and democracy.

[Major-Tom]

Arizona had been doing it successfully for years until our state GOP decided that it was satan reincarnate. With proper measures in place, I don't see how it's an issue.

[El Lazaro]

Tbh optional online voting would be nice, but US government websites always break down when people actually want to use them (e.g. healthcare.gov for Obamacare, sss.gov (Selective Service System) after the Iran drone strike, and dozens of state unemployment insurance during COVID—all of these under much less strain than a national or even state election website would be), and general tech illiteracy in past cases isn’t encouraging in terms of security concerns, but maybe one day. It’d make voter suppression a lot harder and encourage much higher turnout, plus federal elections wouldn’t be agonizingly long.

[Intaglio]

I see no issue with it; my state (Georgia) has it. I and my mother voted by mail in ballots back in 2020. It's more convenient in my eyes than having to go out to the polls.

[Des-Bal]

Nobody complained about mail-in voting before Donald Trump orchestrated a conspiracy to disparage it. The idea of a polling place is really kind of antiquated, there's no legit reason to do it like that.

[Dimetrodon Empire]

Nobody complained about mail-in voting before Donald Trump orchestrated a conspiracy to disparage it. The idea of a polling place is really kind of antiquated, there's no legit reason to do it like that.

I never thought I'd agree with you, but I do.

[Des-Bal]

I never thought I'd agree with you, but I do.

Great to see you being correct.

[Dimetrodon Empire]

I never thought I'd agree with you, but I do.

Great to see you being correct.

In your opinion.

[San Lumen]

Nobody complained about mail-in voting before Donald Trump orchestrated a conspiracy to disparage it. The idea of a polling place is really kind of antiquated, there's no legit reason to do it like that.

Why shouldnt there be an option of a polling site or voting by mail? Why does it have to be one or the other?

[Des-Bal]

Why shouldnt there be an option of a polling site or voting by mail? Why does it have to be one or the other?

It doesn't? You can do something stupid if it's important to you.

[San Lumen]

Why shouldnt there be an option of a polling site or voting by mail? Why does it have to be one or the other?

It doesn't? You can do something stupid if it's important to you.

What's stupid about polling sites?

[Des-Bal]

What's stupid about polling sites?

They're valueless and mail in is better.

[San Lumen]

What's stupid about polling sites?

They're valueless and mail in is better.

Why do they have no value and what makes mail in better? Why can't we have both?

[Des-Bal]

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Why do they have no value and what makes mail in better? Why can't we have both?

They have no value because they produce no benefit. There is nothing there. I have concealed the benefits of voting at a polling station behind this spoiler text.

NIL

I just said you can have both. Mail in is better because you don't have to go to the polling place.