Subj : Re: Ballot drop boxes
To : Kurt Weiske
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Thu Oct 31 2024 01:47 pm
KW> AT> Why don't they just use the mail instead?
KW>
KW> Because postal employees are not election workers tasked with
KW> maintaining the viability of ballots.
You have explained all this very well, but I don't get why someone would trust an election worker better than they trust their postal workers.
KW> AT> What is the procedure for retrieval of the ballots from the box?
KW> AT> How will the votes be counted if the ballots are unreadable from the
KW> AT> damage?
KW>
KW> People are being asked to call the election office in their area if
KW> they dropped off their ballot between certain windows of time when
KW> ballots would have been in the box. They can either request another
KW> ballot or appear at their voting location and request a provisional
KW> ballot.
It seems irresponsible to toss it in a ballot box. (That's how much they care about their country.)
Now another question comes to mind: What does anyone have to gain by
burning the ballot boxes in such liberal states?