Wow....Posted By James Brown |
I'm a big fan of mail-out/mail-in/drop-off voting as we have implemented it in CO for years. I wrote extensively about this in October and November of 2021.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
What laws that the Republicans are passing involve favoring their net turnout and How do these manifest themselves.
I see not one bit of evidence that indicates that.
Seems like a strange accusation.
Passing laws that minimize or limit mail-in/drop-off voting (or opposing the opposite laws) would seem to favor R net turnout. (I am not so sure about that, but this is the conventional wisdom.)
Both sides can make seemingly legit arguments: (R) The risk of fraud is there, if the program is not properly regulated and implemented, and (D) turnout is expanded, and folks who would not otherwise vote will in fact vote under a mail-out/mail-in/drop-off voting system. While those arguments are defensible, I think the motivation behind each parties legislative attempts in this example are a "typical" attempt to enhance their parties' net turnout. Hardball politics. I don't think any one side here is engaged in "voter suppression."
Jim