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One of the negatives of mail on voting that people don’t want to acknowledge. (Because mail in voting good, and everything must be black and white.)

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blady_blah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
100%. This is the true “voter fraud” if there is any. Voting for parents, voting for significant others, voting for kids, but doing so on a mail in ballot and usually with their approval.

(I have to admit that I do this with my wife. She says “just fill it out and I’ll sign and turn it in”, so I do. But this could easily be done with coercion also.)

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- Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m sure you mean that you tell her each marking to fill in and watch her do it. Nearly the same thing. Just clarifying the words you’ve put on the Internet for everyone to see. The words that can be traced back to you if convenient.
  
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- barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I help my elderly parents fill out their mail-in ballots, but they are always sitting with me, and I read off each vote, and we discuss it, and I check it off for them. If any of us don’t understand something (like the issues and judge votes), I Google it and we figure it out.
  
  We dont always agree, but I always out down the vote they want, because I have ethics, and respect the voting process.
  
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Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That’s a good point. I don’t think it makes a difference in this particular situation because she’ll vote as ordered. Having said that, there are people who would benefit from voting away from the watchful eyes of their partners.

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barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If he is filling out her mail-in ballot, then when she signs it, it should indicate that she’s voting with her own free will, under penalty of perjury and ballot fraud.

Later, if it’s determined that he coerced her into signing a ballot that he filled out, he can be charged with fraud, and she can be charged with perjury.

And then prosecute every single instance of it. The real problem in America is that too many people think that everything is legal unless they arrest you for it. It is the core philosophy of MAGA.

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