It would be more logical to remove a voter from the "in-person" rolls if they were sent a mail-in ballot.
I was thinking about this the other day--I should request a mail-in ballot and mail it in (preferably later), then also try to vote in person. I'd have two ballots, and I'd suspect that this will happen quite a bit with other voters. They should invalidate one of the ballots, but I doubt that they can guarantee, with 100% certainty, that every instance of a voter having two ballots will have one of them invalidated, especially if it's a democrat ballot.
I'm voting in-person no matter what, but the potential exploit came to me yesterday. There's no doubt the dems will try to use it, so we might as well play the same game.
The issue is with states sending every registered voter a mail in ballot.
What you're describing is the case with absentee voting, but universal mail in is entirely different. That would effectively result in a complete inability to vote in person for entire states.
The issues are more profound for universal mail-in voting, but it's not limited to universal mail-in voting. In MA, we have to apply for a mail-in ballot. This is what MA Elections Division said about mail-in voting in their FAQs section:
If I vote by mail, can I change my mind and vote in person?
It depends. If you mailed your early ballot back and it was accepted by your local election office, then your ballot is considered to be cast and you can't vote again. If your ballot never reached your local election office, or if it was rejected for some reason, then you can vote in person.
The issue I described is still relevant in MA, which doesn't have universal mail-in voting.
EDIT: This is another FAQ from the same page:
If I apply for a Vote by Mail ballot, does that mean I can't vote in person?
No. You can vote in person as long as you haven't already voted by mail. If you choose not to return your mail-in ballot, you can vote in person on Election Day or during early voting. You can also vote in person if you mail your ballot and it does not reach your election office by Election Day or if your mail-in ballot is rejected for any reason.
It sounds like in-person will Trump mail-in if they correctly cross reference the two ballots.
It's going to be a cluster fuck for those states sending out unsolicited mail-in ballots. It should be by request only. I still think they should have separate rolls for whatever method is chosen, and have it be a one-to-one relationship instead of one-to-many. If a state chooses to send unsolicited mail-in ballots to every person, then nobody should be able to vote in person--this would be assuming a "perfect system", which is much different than the actual current scenario.
It would be more logical to remove a voter from the "in-person" rolls if they were sent a mail-in ballot.
I was thinking about this the other day--I should request a mail-in ballot and mail it in (preferably later), then also try to vote in person. I'd have two ballots, and I'd suspect that this will happen quite a bit with other voters. They should invalidate one of the ballots, but I doubt that they can guarantee, with 100% certainty, that every instance of a voter having two ballots will have one of them invalidated, especially if it's a democrat ballot.
I'm voting in-person no matter what, but the potential exploit came to me yesterday. There's no doubt the dems will try to use it, so we might as well play the same game.
The issue is with states sending every registered voter a mail in ballot.
What you're describing is the case with absentee voting, but universal mail in is entirely different. That would effectively result in a complete inability to vote in person for entire states.
The issues are more profound for universal mail-in voting, but it's not limited to universal mail-in voting. In MA, we have to apply for a mail-in ballot. This is what MA Elections Division said about mail-in voting in their FAQs section:
The issue I described is still relevant in MA, which doesn't have universal mail-in voting.
EDIT: This is another FAQ from the same page:
It sounds like in-person will Trump mail-in if they correctly cross reference the two ballots.
Ah, I stand corrected! Thank you for the informative response. Much appreciated :)
It's going to be a cluster fuck for those states sending out unsolicited mail-in ballots. It should be by request only. I still think they should have separate rolls for whatever method is chosen, and have it be a one-to-one relationship instead of one-to-many. If a state chooses to send unsolicited mail-in ballots to every person, then nobody should be able to vote in person--this would be assuming a "perfect system", which is much different than the actual current scenario.