Mr Gigem said:
Agthatbuilds said:
Mr Gigem said:
Shouldn't we allow everyone to vote however they can?
The more I think about this the more upset i become.
I cant believe this is what someone would think about voting
Explain why. And before you answer, understand that you cannot print off multiple ballots at home. This isn't American Idol where you can vote 10 different ways on multiple devices.
So explain why you have a problem mail-in voting
It's the difference between a take home test and a proctored exam.
When I took the GRE, I had to sign in, sign a waiver that I would be under surveillance while taking the exam, provide photo ID, empty my pockets in front of a proctor, put all of my things into a locker (they had the key), and get wanded for anything I might be hiding before being allowed into the testing area. When I went to the bathroom during a break, it was the same procedure minus my stuff going into the locker because they still had the key. I signed out, showed my pockets, got wanded, peed, signed in, showed my pockets, got wanded, and went back in. The results were undoubtedly mine, and cheating would have been next to impossible without help from someone in the testing center.
Now imagine if I requested a paper test and just mailed it in. Or someone else requested it and sent it in for me. Scout's honor I didn't cheat or have help and that I completed each section within the allotted time period. There is absolutely no way to know that. Sure, there might be a signature on a piece of paper, but if you aren't comparing the signature or don't care about it (Pennsylvania), does it matter? At the end of the day, it's just the honor system with no accountability or verification.
If you were in a class and took your final exam in person, under the watchful eye of a prof, while 3/4 of the rest of the class, many who've never even shown up to class before, just took it home after pinky swearing not to cheat or help each other, you'd probably be pissed that you're taking with only your brain and a pencil while there's nothing but the honor system stopping them from taking it as an open book group exam.
On top of that, in the case of MIV, there is no guarantee a ballot makes it to the box, even if the voter is the one filing it out. The chain of custody is unverifiable and there is no acknowledgement of the vote being received and counted. When I voted in person, I put my physical ballot into a machine in front of a voting official and got an acknowledgement that my vote was successfully processed before leaving.