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| Vote by mail is only as reliable as the mail delivery and administrative integrity. First class mail does not treat everyone equally: it discriminates against low-income communities and dense urban areas where residents move more frequently. Also, election officials can distinguish between 'active' and 'inactive' voters and then mail ballots only to active voters, as they do in Oregon, Washington, California, and Colorado. |
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Vote-by-Mail is many ways Better Than Polling Places
by meremark on Sunday, Jul 1, 2007 at 5:17:55 PM
There are some civic duties ...
by Rady Ananda on Monday, Jul 2, 2007 at 2:07:02 AM
- Clever title but...
by Chuck Garner on Monday, Jul 2, 2007 at 11:58:34 AM
Other Activists Chime In
by Rady Ananda on Monday, Jul 2, 2007 at 2:16:09 PM
Several good compromises here...
by Chuck Garner on Tuesday, Jul 3, 2007 at 9:31:05 AM
mailing your ballot breaks chain of custody
by Rady Ananda on Tuesday, Jul 3, 2007 at 12:07:33 PM
There's a stub attached to absentee ballots
by Chuck Garner on Tuesday, Jul 3, 2007 at 3:05:56 PM