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Gigi Gummerson's avatar

I fear that many of these elections will take weeks to call. I remember the good old days when you voted on Election Day and the results were given that night. These mail-in ballots should be abandoned except for the  bedridden, infirmed and the military. AND maybe if you can prove you will be out of town. Also IMHO it should be either a morning/afternoon off from work so you can do your civic duty. Now that’s AMERICAN!

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SusanMc's avatar

ABSENTEE ballots YES;early voting & mail-in NO.

Absentee has more accountability & accommodates genuine needs of certain voters.

Mail-ins are the Wild West voting

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Peace's avatar

what's the difference between absentee and mail-in voting?

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

With mail in, everyone gets a ballot to mail back. With absentee, if a person is not going be able to get to the polling station on Election Day, they can request a ballot in advance.

In MO, our absentee ballots have to be notarized.

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Peace's avatar

I like the idea of having to notarize the not-in-person ballots. Maybe too much commonsense to put into practice . . .

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