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     Re: Re: Mail In ballots   
     By: Dale Shipp to Brian Klauss on Fri Jan 15 2021 01:55 am   
      
    >  BK> The argument against mail-in ballots is that more Republicans tend to   
    >  BK> vote at  polling locations instead of mailing in their ballots.   
    >   
    > That Republican preference for voting at polling locations was possibly   
    > because of the words of their supreme leader who kept claiming that mail   
    > in ballots were not safe.   
      
   Agreed.  Trump's handlers knew that Liberals prefer mail-in ballots and that   
   they tend to sway elections to the Democrats.  By creating a narrative that   
   demonizes mail-in voting, and getting the FOX News, OANN, and Newsmax talking   
   heads to "wash, rinse, and repeat" the talking point, you get people screaming   
   that mail-in voting is fraudulent (except that Trump mails his votes, but that   
   is safe).   
      
    >  BK> Democrats tends to prefer the opportunity to sit at home   
    >  BK> and review their ballots and submit them via the mail.   
    >   
    > Because it was easier, and because it was less risky with respect to   
    > Covid.  Since I am in a high risk category, I would feel very hesitant   
    > to go to a walk up polling place, especially since there would be many   
    > people there who would not be observing safe ruls of mask and distance.   
      
   Agreed, again.  I am also a high risk category.  The idea of going to a   
   polling place or waiting in a line that would make patrons of Disneyland   
   scream, I'll stick with my mail-in ballot.   
      
    >  BK> This was proven in this election when traditional   
    >  BK> Republican states or those that carried Trump four years   
    >  BK> ago went Democratic (at least for the President).   
    >   
    > The real proof was that the early returns from polling stations seemed   
    > to be mostly Republican or split, but then the mail in ballots were   
    > giving results of 75% or more for Democratic candidates.   
      
   Notice how the narrative changed.  Trump screaming, "We won! We won!" the   
   night of the election.  All of a sudden, the mail-in ballots start coming in,   
   "We won!  All these voters are fraudulent.  Voter dumping.  Fraud."   
      
      
    >  BK> I like my mail-in ballot. I actually take it to one of my   
    >  BK> county's drop off boxes (we have like 20 of them).   
    >   
    > That is what I did.   
      
   Excellent.  I wish all the states would go mail-in.  Not only does it give   
   voters a chance to review the blue books, it also gives them a chance to   
   decide, discuss, and defend who and what they are voting for.  I've had   
   countless discussions with my wife and children regarding a specific law on   
   the ballot.  These discussions have made me or them rethink their vote.  You   
   can't do that at a polling place.   
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