Why not just allow Covid as a reason for Absentee Ballots?

[hislegacy]

Given that elections are operated by the states, Republican governors most be less than pleased every time this President insinuates that they are incapable of running an honest election!

All that idea lacks is evidence - especially with the President who has an approval rating in his party north of 95%.

 

[jgarden]

What about them?

 

[Kenny'sID]

Wil you please make your point.

 

[paul1149]

What about them?

Roger Stone was arrested in the middle of the night by a heavily armed SWAT team and embedded CNN crew. This was a first in history! Therefore we must have mail-in voting!

 

[Hank77]

Here's the problem.
1. Absentee ballots have to be mailed in.

2. There is already a documented, recognized existing slow down of processed and delivered mail.

3. It's far easier to loose, delay, or divert those ballots in transit.

4. the polls are so close that now more than ever before, it's important to guard your vote, and make sure that it's counted and secure before you leave the polling place.

5. The future of our Country depends upon each and every vote more than it ever has since the Revolution.

VOTE IN PERSON!
YOUR COUNTRY IS COUNTING ON YOU.

You don't have to mail-in a paper ballot you can drop in a secure drop box that is emptied at least once a day. We have one at our county building.
Or you can deliver it to your county election office.
I've always voted with a paper ballot, even at the poll location.

 

[Albion]

The five states that are all mail in made that decision last year or earlier. As for the second question, I'm not sure how to answer it since you aren't giving me anything quantifiable. What do you mean by "made absentee voting much less closely supervised"?

Well, there have been all sorts of gimmicks, some ordered by the governors on their own, others passed through the legislatures; but I shouldn't expect that most people who are interested in this topic have them all at their fingertips, me included.

 

[iluvatar5150]

How many of those 34 just recently changed their systems to make all mail-in be their policy

The Ballotpedia link I posted earlier answered this:
Changes to absentee/mail-in voting procedures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020 - Ballotpedia

or made absentee voting much less closely supervised? "Most" would be my guess.

Oh boy, a blind guess. There's a shocker.