Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USPS struggles to keep up

Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by Simulacra on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:09PM (#24031770)

But the military I think we can trust more than the Postal Service, every time we hear of a postal employee destroying or throwing away mail should be a significant enough reason that the agency is simply not ready to take this on. Maybe at the next election, maybe with a significantly more funding, transparency, and security, but not now. Mail in voting would be great, but not now. It’s far too dangerous.

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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by creato on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:27PM (#24031918)

Tell that to people that live in Colorado, Oregon, Washington, or (mostly) Utah. They've been voting by mail for years.

I'd worry a lot more about computerized election systems before voting by mail. I think people are too worried about individual votes/errors. 0.0x% of ballots being lost/not counted/etc. is a problem with any election system ("hanging chads", signatures not matching well, ...), not just voting by mail. The question should be how hard is it to pull off a large scale disruption/fraud without being detected.

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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by tigershark on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:57PM (#24032122)

Your own current president always votes by mail. If it’s fine for him why on Earth do you think that it’s not fine for everyone else?

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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by chillwaves on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:33PM (#24032711)

The coronavirus has been recognized as an issue since before March. The only reason why there is not better safeguards in place for vote by mail is because the ruling party does not want it to happen.

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