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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I’m not overly educated on this issue so I’ll ask and see what you guys think. Would it be a bad idea in future elections to limit mail-in ballots to citizens living/working abroad, military personnel, and those with severe disabilities that prevent them from leaving home? I think they could extend in-person voting by a few days to reduce wait times at the polls. Maybe give three days to vote in person? I just don’t see any reason Joe Blow who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia needs to be mailing in a ballot instead of voting in person.
I understand the concerns with COVID this year but there has to be a way to avoid this fiasco in the future.
I don’t know how feasible this is and I might be overlooking some problems here.
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These are great ideas. The main issue is that elections are run by states. There is no Elections Canada type body that governs elections. So as state legislatures changes, rules change.
Florida did it the best because the never want another 2000 debacle again. So they are allowed to count early. Maybe a good start would be for all currently Democrat controlled state legislatures to enact the Jeb Bush Election Law. I mean look at California. It takes them a month to count because nobody cares, they don't matter.