(08-29-2020, 10:40 AM)rollerjag Wrote:

(08-29-2020, 08:34 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:  
Absentee is a different process. You request a ballot.

Only 9 states and D.C. will automatically mail a ballot to every registered voter this year, 2 states and D.C. doing so for the first time. Every other state requires a request for an absentee ballot. There have been no significant issues in the 6 states where the ballots are automatically mailed to voters process was already in place due to stringent verification policies. Fraud is rare because it is a felony, and because it requires extensive knowledge of a true registered voter's personal information and signature to pull it off. Just because someone receives a ballot in the mail doesn't mean it's automatically counted when returned. A bigger issue is ballot rejection, about 1% nationally but 5% in some states.

Mail-in voting terrifies Trump because the more people vote, the less likely Republicans win. His objections have nothing to do with possible fraud or untimely results.

I'm in a wait and see mode for the mail-in ballots. My biggest concern is not fraud but provisional ballots. Ballots going to old addresses may not invite widespread fraud, but what about the people those ballots were intended for? They haven't received their ballots so they go through the process of casting a provisional ballot and that in turn creates more delay, more discord and more opportunities for 'suddenly found' ballots. Both sides will attempt to leverage the confusion to their side. It's going to be ugly.

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(08-29-2020, 11:19 AM)rollerjag Wrote:

(08-29-2020, 10:16 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: The media is going full bore to create a Biden win, that's for sure. Louisiana has been walloped by hurricane and there's hardly a word of it.

What are you watching? The hurricane has been covered extensively by CNN and MSNBC.

Besides, what do you think Trump wanted covered, the hurricane or his extravagant super spreader nomination celebration on Federal property?

That was the wrong way for me to describe it. It's not wall-to-wall as one this large is normally covered.

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