Posted on Apr 20, 2020
How do you know voting by mail works? The U.S. military's done it since the Civil War.
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I Haven't Since I Retired from the Navy but I'm Pretty Sure I could Remember How.
How do you know voting by mail works? The U.S. military's done it since the Civil War.
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There are instances in which voting by mail is the only obvious choice, as with military personnel when they are deployed or those to ill or infirm to attend at polling place. However necessary there is still a risk in that the chain of possession of the ballot includes a third (and maybe fourth, fifth, sixth) party. Thus, there are increased chances of voting shenanigans.
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SGT Herbert Bollum
If the voting judges are doing their jobs, there is no real chance for fraud.
The proper way for voting counts etc. is that no one goes near the ballots unless accompanied by opposing party judge. I worked security for one nearby county during election time. The employees and judges would arrive, and wait until there was at least one other person before entering the building so they would be accompanied (even if they needed to use the restroom before work).
The proper way for voting counts etc. is that no one goes near the ballots unless accompanied by opposing party judge. I worked security for one nearby county during election time. The employees and judges would arrive, and wait until there was at least one other person before entering the building so they would be accompanied (even if they needed to use the restroom before work).
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CPT Jack Durish - "If the voting judges are doing their jobs" Ya I'm not excited about trusting the mail. We need voter ID.
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SGT Herbert Bollum
PO3 (Join to see) - The county clerk verifies the ballot sent to you with your signature when you return it, if it matches then the ballot envelope is opened and put in to the count.
I was an election judge before I joined the Army.
I was an election judge before I joined the Army.
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Did my vote count when I was in Iraq in 2004? I rather doubt it.
How about 2008 when I was in Iraq? I doubt that too.
The thing is, (and I was a voting support representative both times), individual states have their own rules when processing absentee ballots, and when the postmark has to be. Both times, I requested a Minnesota ballot well in advance of the deadline and the APO system let me down. So I voted for President on the provisional ballots we had, and hoped they'd be accepted.
How about 2008 when I was in Iraq? I doubt that too.
The thing is, (and I was a voting support representative both times), individual states have their own rules when processing absentee ballots, and when the postmark has to be. Both times, I requested a Minnesota ballot well in advance of the deadline and the APO system let me down. So I voted for President on the provisional ballots we had, and hoped they'd be accepted.
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I know for sure that voting by mail will work because that's how the census is broadly done. And that's how U.S. military forces currently have the option to vote. As Captain John Luc Picard of the fictional USS Enterprise would say to his executive, "Make it so number one."
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