Subj : Re: Ballot drop boxes
To : Gerhard Strangar
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Wed Oct 30 2024 03:20 pm
GS> I just read about ballot drop boxes being set of fire in the United
GS> States. The article said that they were trying to retrieve voter
GS> information from the ballots to contact them and the arcticle had a
GS> photo of a red box out on the open street. :-O
GS> How does that work? Is your name on the ballot or just on a second
GS> envelope that gets removed before counting teh votes? How can you tell
GS> if the drop box is official? Why isn't the box inside a building to
GS> protect it? Why is noone guarding it?
I don't have the answers but I just wanted to say that these are good questions. I live in a part of the USA that does not use them and I have never heard of "ballot boxes" until this happened.
There are lots of other questions to be asked about this also:
What is the point of the ballot box?
Why don't they just use the mail instead?
What is the procedure for retrieval of the ballots from the box?
How will the votes be counted if the ballots are unreadable from the damage?
