Here are the differences between an "absentee ballot" and a "mail-in ballot." It varies somewhat by state, but in general:
With an absentee ballot, you yourself have to contact the Board of Elections and give a specific reason as to why you want an absentee ballot before you'll get one. You fill it out and mail it back in. Signatures are compared because there are a relatively small number of absentee ballots used and they are usually sent in well ahead of time - that's the whole point.
With a mail-in ballot, you can ask for one; you can put yourself on a Permanent Early Voting List and automatically get one before every election; or, in some states, like California and Washington State, ballots are automatically sent out in mass mailings to anybody still on the voter rolls - even if they died, moved out of state, or are really a cat.
Once those ballots are mailed back in, there isn't the time or the manpower to check signatures on literally millions of ballots. That means there is no verification that the person who signed it was the person who was supposed to have it - or that's it not a duplicate.
So, if you moved out of state last year, the Board of Elections there could send a mail-in ballot to your old address. If the new resident gets your ballot, there's nothing to stop them from filling it out, signing your name, and mailing it back in. And no reason for it not to be counted because remember, there is no verification being used (VoterID is racist so we don't have that.)
This is why the Democrats want Vote-By-Mail so bad. This is why you should just say NO to Vote-By-Mail. Always vote in person if you possibly can.
Here are the differences between an "absentee ballot" and a "mail-in ballot." It varies somewhat by state, but in general:
With an absentee ballot, you yourself have to contact the Board of Elections and give a specific reason as to why you want an absentee ballot before you'll get one. You fill it out and mail it back in. Signatures are compared because there are a relatively small number of absentee ballots used and they are usually sent in well ahead of time - that's the whole point.
With a mail-in ballot, you can ask for one; you can put yourself on a Permanent Early Voting List and automatically get one before every election; or, in some states, like California and Washington State, ballots are automatically sent out in mass mailings to anybody still on the voter rolls - even if they died, moved out of state, or are really a cat.
Once those ballots are mailed back in, there isn't the time or the manpower to check signatures on literally millions of ballots. That means there is no verification that the person who signed it was the person who was supposed to have it - or that's it not a duplicate.
So, if you moved out of state last year, the Board of Elections there could send a mail-in ballot to your old address. If the new resident gets your ballot, there's nothing to stop them from filling it out, signing your name, and mailing it back in. And no reason for it not to be counted because remember, there is no verification being used (VoterID is racist so we don't have that.)
This is why the Democrats want Vote-By-Mail so bad. This is why you should just say NO to Vote-By-Mail. Always vote in person if you possibly can.
This is a CBS News story that shows only a small part of the problem with mail-in voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO4YwSCSPI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1YvNE1ZIkwYzdleFr4YXzhonjNYLthZFVEsS1A-hoxnWMkIVN9buosFK4