Republicans argue the state constitution requires voters to cast ballots in person unless they get an absentee ballot, which they can only do for certain reasons, such as illness or being away from home for an election. Mail-in voting skirts those constraints, they say.
In addition, GOP opponents claim the practice will facilitate fraudulent voting, and point out that New York voters defeated a constitutional amendment in 2021 that would have allowed absentee voting for any reason.
The scary truth about allowing no-excuse mail-in voting in one state is, when acts of corruption infect an electoral process in one jurisdiction âthey transcend mere local concern and extend a contaminating influence into the national domain.â Justice DOUGLAS in United States v. Classic (1941)â.
There is no reason why people can not vote in person, if theyâre not out of town, at a designated place, show their ID proving they are who they say they areâŚexcept 1.
Two years ago, voters rejected constitutional amendments that would have expanded voting rights in New York. We didnât like the outcome, but thatâs how democracy works â rather contradictorily in this case, considering these measures would have enhanced democracy in our state.
But themâs the breaks. If you donât like the outcome, go out and try to change hearts and minds and take another shot at it. That, too, is how democracy works.
There was no widespread or significant voter fraud in the 2020 election. The election manipulation appears to have been intentionally concentrated and limited to a few key battleground states and geographical districts which decided the electionâs outcome.
In 2021, the No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment was defeated by actual voters 1,677,580 to 1,370,897 (55.03%/44.97%). Voters in the State of New York made it clear that they did not want to have their elections run through the mail. Albany Democrats chose to go around the people they represent and chose to impose their own partisan agenda instead.
âVoters of New York State do not want this, county board of elections did not ask for this,â said Walczyk.âThe only people who approve this law are self-serving Albany Democrats who have become so unpopular theyâve stooped to electoral rules changes to embezzle power from the voting public.â ___ Senator Mark Walczyk
Most developed countries, especially in Europe, ban mail-in voting to fight vast fraud and vote buying that had threatened the integrity of their elections, according to an exhaustive review of voting rules and histories in over 30 major nations.
Why are you, and the Democrat Party Leadership, so intent on defending a system of voting which is ripe for fraud?
Iâm now wondering if corrupt actions like Hochulâs will inspire âwe the peopleâ to form some sort of a union to observe all voting stations around the country in 2024 to watch out for âmulesâ or other nefarious, illegal activity? Iâm in.
Didnât the bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform conclude in 2005 that âabsentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraudâ?
Can you explain how mail-in, no-excuse voting, assures us that the one who filled out the ballot and sent it in is the actual person whose name appears on the ballot?
and you never answered how utah does no fraud mail in ballots.
trump won utah handily.
the only thing you have against mail in ballots is that it makes it easier for citizens to cast ballots and high turnout is the death kneel for the GOP.
Why are you, and the Democrat Party Leadership, so intent on defending a system of voting which is ripe for fraud?
The Carter-Baker bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform concluded in 2005 that âabsentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraudâ
And one of the targets of voter fraud using mail-in ballots are nursing homes, where the elderly are taken advantage of.
Can you explain how mail-in, no-excuse voting, assures us that the one who filled out the ballot and sent it in is the actual person whose name appears on the ballot?
