better in than out

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I believe Shrek had it backwards, ‘Better in than out!’ Today, the issue is clouded in massive amounts of politics, one way and the other.

Blue is tugging one way and red is tugging the other but neither understands the real issue! If they did they wouldn’t use the term ‘mail-in ballots’, and they certainly wouldn’t be involving the post office with it’s inefficiencies and huge losses each year!

USPS is a whole ‘nother issue, really not related to this mail-in ballot fiasco. This issue is much simpler, while I do realize if the red group called the sky blue the blue group would call it purple or maybe yellow, because purple has some blue in it, and that would partially agree with that disgusting red group!.

So first let’s acknowledge that polarization is at its highest in political history. 2020 has coined the term ‘peaceful riots’ and ‘impeachable witch-hunts’, and even ‘justifiable deception’ and ‘truthful lies’.

(Another very deep rabbit hole that needs to be discussed at another time.)

But clearly the mail-in ballot issue is not a mail-in, but a mail-out ballot issue. Trying to keep an independent view today in politics is most difficult. The smoke and mirrors from both the red and the blue side is amazing. But tear away all the political bias, and one clear issue remains.

One person, one vote! I’m sure most of us agree to that concept. If I go to a voting precinct I am only allowed to pull the lever one time. I’m only allowed to select one candidate. I am only allowed to vote once. If I simply file for an absentee ballot, one ballot is sent to me, therefore I can only vote once.

But if using a government list that could not tell the difference between huge businesses and small businesses, (sending out relief money to companies that did not need it), sends out massive amounts of ballots to whom they think might live at those addresses, the opportunity for one person to vote more than one time exists!

The government only knows where you live by the latest updated information that has been sent to them. When moving from one home to another one of the last things we think about is updating the government to our move. This means a lot of people and especially the more transient almost certainly will not be at a targetable address.

And as importantly, multiple mass mail-out ballots will certainly go to one address. And this leaves an opportunity for one overzealous voter at that home, (maybe an under-aged child that brings in the mail?) to vote many times! 😮

Should the renter of a short-term lease property be allowed to vote many times more than one who lives at a permanent address? I think that, is the question. No Shrek, when it comes to mail-in or mail-out ballots, ‘better in than out, I always say!’

’nuff said
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