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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by Izkata on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @07:52PM (#31675981)
> See, that's why ballots are only sent out when people explicitly ask for them. otherwise you get a single-use invitation that is changed against a ballot at the polling station.

Nope, 8 states automatically mail ballots to all eligible voters: https://ballotpedia.org/All-mail_voting

Plus Illinois (and maybe others?) now has a permanent opt-in.

(Quick edit: More up-to-date source that removed the state labeled "temporary" from the previous source)

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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by hef19898 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:02PM (#31676453)
I should have mentioned, I never talked about the US.
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by upsidesinclude on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:20AM (#31678088)
What was the point of your comment?

This is specifically about the US. Arguing some random position inconsistent with US voting systems is not helpful discourse

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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by hef19898 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:09AM (#31678367)
All over this thread I shared details from other Democracies that shiw that paper based, save, secret election cam, and do, work at scale. I'm inclined to consider this to be helpful as it provides additional perspective and context.
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