Many reasons mail-in voting only is a bad idea
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html
http://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/07/danger-moving-vote-by-mail-168602
In 2018, nationwide 91.8 percent of all absentee ballots sent in by voters to local election offices were counted, leaving 8.2 percent not counted — a significant disqualification rate. For the last presidential election, in 2016, states reported their numbers somewhat differently, but still the rates of disqualification are alarming. For example, Georgia reported counting 93.6 percent of absentee ballots returned, meaning that 6.4 percent were not counted. New York reported counting 90.7 percent of returned absentee ballots, with 9.3 percent uncounted.
While absentee ballot voting has been around for a long time, we should still offer voting in person. Voter harvesting, lost mail, mistakes made from voters while filling out, late counting all lead to more fraud.
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