Re: British government to probe alleged postal ballot fraud

[Lou Puls <lpuls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

alkolwicz wrote:

> There may be something for us to learn from Britain’s experience with 
> mail ballots this week.
>
> Al
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I have voted by Absentee Ballot since the 1980's, but NOT by mail. Not 
accepting the constitutionality of my polling place, for years I had to 
apply for special exemption to the County Clerk to get my ballot, since 
I was not planning to be absent from Boulder County. (Eventually she 
changed the rules so that now anyone can get an Absentee Ballot for any 
reason.) Then to be certain the ballot really got into a ballot box on 
time, I've always delivered it by hand on election day.
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Last November with the "mail-in" system, I didn't need to apply for an 
Absentee Ballot. Instead our County's generous Sequoia computer sent me 
two identical ballots (to my home address and to my P.O.Box address). I 
appreciated the practice copy and was briefly tempted by the Digital 
Evildoers to hand deliver both into the ballot box, but I had learned in 
kindergarten that one person gets one vote (if counted that is) and I 
resisted such temptation.
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Lou