Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Voting by mail gains traction, but advocates warn it’s not ‘a panacea’


Also, it can allow spouses and employers to pressure people to vote a certain way, and allow votes to be bought.
And mistakes on an absentee ballot that would be pointed out for correction when voting in person, can cause an absentee ballot to be not counted.

https://georgiarecorder.com/2020/04/13/voting-by-mail-gains-traction-but-advocates-warn-its-not-a-panacea/?fbclid=IwAR2W9iTj61sjXc4JQ6ucbhn2BbZjGsteiegHPG2pXr0lQWXB-iOInOy_3lk

By Arianna Skibell -
April 13, 2020

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But remote voting doesn’t work for many with disabilities, those who require assistance reading, those without a permanent address, Native populations without reliable mail delivery, many with limited English, and still others who have a historic distrust of the system.

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