Mail in ballots are honestly always a problem, because they aren't really secret ballots. And secret ballots are essential to democracy. Opt in mail in ballots aren't the worst because you can hide that you got a ballot, so you can keep it secret.

But with everyone getting a ballot in the mail that causes problems. Now we know everyone has a ballot. So voter intimidation and vote buying are now potentially very influential this election. Now no one is going to intimidate or buy someone like President Trump's vote, or really any wealthy elite member of society. But poor and vulnerable members of society are at high risk of being disenfranchised. Because if you are broke, $20 for your vote is very tempting. And if say you are an elderly nursing home patient how can you really deal with say your nurse telling you how to vote. Then there are the family members. A college student might find parents telling them to vote X or be cut off. Or an older family member is being told to vote Y by children or grandchildren or risk being disowned.

And these actions fly under police radar and police action. Because people aren't going to get a stranger arrested for just saying they will buy your vote. And most people won't call the police on family members over a "family disagreement". To say nothing about the conflict of interest between local politicians ballot harvesting for their own votes. The DA isn't going to press charges on their own political party's ballot harvesters.

Mail in ballots are honestly always a problem, because they aren't really secret ballots. And secret ballots are essential to democracy. Opt in mail in ballots aren't the worst because you can hide that you got a ballot, so you can keep it secret.

But with everyone getting a ballot in the mail that causes problems. Because then there is voter intimidation and vote buying. Now no one is going to intimidate or buy someone like President Trump's vote, or really any wealthy elite member of society. But poor and vulnerable members of society are at high risk of being disenfranchised. Because if you are broke, $20 for your vote is very tempting. And if say you are an elderly nursing home patient how can you really deal with say your nurse telling you how to vote. Then there are the family members. A college student might find parents telling them to vote X or be cut off. Or an older family member is being told to vote Y by children or grandchildren or risk being disowned.

And these actions fly under police radar and police action. Because people aren't going to get a stranger arrested for just saying they will buy your vote. And most people won't call the police on family members over a "family disagreement". To say nothing about the conflict of interest between local politicians ballot harvesting for their own votes. The DA isn't going to press charges on their own political party's ballot harvesters.