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Wisconsinite here.
Not having the drop boxes has been super annoying.
My wife and I both work full time, and we have little kids. Having the ability to both fill out our absentee ballots and then one of us drop it off was really really helpful for getting our ballots to a place we knew it would be counted.
Instead our options now are to mail it (which is fine but as pointed out by OP, this is not maybe the most reliable or dependable since there is not a guarantee it gets there in time or at all), or to physically bring our ballots to city hall (which we have to each find time to do separately during business hours).
I would love to have the drop boxes back.
So does your state have everyone use mail in votes like my state or do you have to sign up for absentee? I'm trying to spread the word on the different types of voting, I don't think people are aware that standing in line isn't the only way to go.
In the state of Washington,
You have to sign up. Every attempt to expand access to voting is like pulling teeth from the gerrymandered, near-supermajorty conservative state legislature here. What Washington has is great, but there's no way that's happening in Wisconsin any time soon.
FYI, we had a Republican running our elections for years and she did a great job with this. She was elected to the position.
Edit: I guess she now works for Biden, interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Wyman
I mean, I'd love for more Republicans to work to expand access to voting. But I'm not going to hold my breath, particularly not here in Wisconsin.
No, it is not automatic. You need to register for absentee voting for every election. You can do it for a full calendar year's worth of elections, but no more. If you miss turning it in (for instance, one year we ended up just going to the polls because we missed getting it in the mail on time), they automatically unregister you and you have to redo it.
So yes there is tracking per voter, which only really starts after they receive it.
We get no candidate information as part of this.
That sounds terrible, I would really look at who you vote for for elections and start spreading the word that what Washington and a lot of other states have is what you want.
Lol yeah, I mean that is definitely the fight here. Those who actually care about it are extremely aware of the situation. Voting accessibility is a big topic, but us being the most severely gerrymandered state in the country is a more pressing concern right now.
The newly flipped state supreme court gives a small glimmer of hope for new maps. Much depends on that.
You're forgetting that it's also possible to vote in person, it's just not required. Hello, fellow Washingtonian.
Really? I didn't know that or I forgot. I was here when rhey switched but I don't remember knowing that. Hello from mf hot Seattle. 🥵
Yep, I had to once when I was sent a ballot for the wrong district. I wasn't able to vote by mail as a result. Pretty good proof against the whole voting by mail being fraudulent thing.
Also a fellow Seattleite. It is too damn hot.