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Martha Woods's avatar

Maryland makes it so easy to vote by mail I don't understand why we even have an Election Day, it should be Count the Votes day. Last year I signed up to always vote by mail so I don't have to request a mail-in ballot again. After I dropped my ballot off, less than three miles from my home, I got an email saying it had been received followed by an email that said it had been counted.

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Ron Boyd (Denver)'s avatar

Martha Woods "After I dropped my ballot off, less than three miles from my home, I got an email saying it had been received followed by an email that said it had been counted."

I have been using exactly this same method for 20 years now in Colorado. And there has been nary a hint of fraud during that time.

See this 2020 Article:

"๐ผ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก" --Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State

โ€œ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›. ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ; ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ . ๐ต๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’.โ€ --Kyle Saunders, professor of political science at Colorado State University

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/10/01/colorado-mail-in-ballot-absentee-voting-how-state-perfected-system/3572176001/

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Jen Andrews's avatar

Help us elect Trisha Calvarese here in CD4. I can't like your post for some reason but we need help. Look up the Horizon project, it's a recruiting and training plan created by Phil Weiser to get out the vote.

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Ron Boyd (Denver)'s avatar

Living in Denver (CD1), I am unsure how I can do very much. But, my heart is with you... more of Boebert is unthinkable.

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Jen Andrews's avatar

Look at the Horizon project or check in with Douglas county Dems, https://www.dougcodems.org/cd4-special-election-kickoff.

We can use your help, whether volunteering, phone banking or just a small donation.

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

Oregon has used mail in ballots exclusively for more than 20 years. I believe our fraud percentage is less than 1%. (It lists the conviction rate at .00006% out of 61 million ballots cast between 200-2019)

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Debbie Vitulli's avatar

Same in Colorado ๐Ÿ’•

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Pat Ebervein's avatar

Illinois here - been voting by mail for a long time and I am signed up to do so permanently. What I like most about voting by mail is that it allows one time to thoroughly check out each candidate, especially where judges are concerned.

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Glenis Tronic's avatar

Virginia is the same. Iโ€™m away a lot so now always receive a mail-in ballot early. I too get an email that my ballot arrived at thevpost office and again when it is counted.

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Susan.L.Knox's avatar

Fantastic! Nice to know civilization exists in Maryland.

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Sandra Silvestro's avatar

Me, too, Martha ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

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