Mail In Voting

Thank you Mr. Soul for giving me this avenue of preserved-privacy to air my disturbing concerns. I have been a state employee for almost 17 years, focused much on election administration. Shortly before the 2020 elections the Democrats pushed for relaxing signatures-matching criteria for accepting mailed in votes. Their argument…

Republicans are waging a war against mail-in voting. Like much of what Republicans do, it doesn’t make much sense and is not based on reality. For example, not too long ago, more Republicans voted by mail in Florida than Democrats did. Mail-in voting works pretty well for older folks and…

“Honey, would you pick up the dry cleaning on your way home from work and put my mail-in ballot in the drop box?” In Lehigh County, it’s still OK to pick up someone else’s dry cleaning, but dropping off another person’s mail-in ballot can result in two years in jail…

The election systems of Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Hawaii have the distinction where ballots are automatically mailed to registered voters. As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in 2020, the mail ballot voting systems of the five states were placed in the spotlight as other states and local jurisdictions throughout the…

Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots can be rejected because of mistakes, such as mismatched or missing signatures. Voters are often notified by their local elections office, but are they actually taking action? Through this first-of-its-kind project, alongside the Center for Civic Design, I led research efforts, and tested a…

With the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19, humanity has been forced to reevaluate numerous aspects of daily life, and electoral activity has not been spared. The pandemic has coincided with a US presidential election, one for which pre-pandemic polls forecasted unprecedented levels of enthusiasm. In fact, the specific date of…

At the outset of this pandemic, it was unclear as to how our damaged voting systems could adapt to this historic challenge and allow Americans to participate safely in this election. Many expected that voter the pandemic would depress voter turnout. In the end, this country set a record for…

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds?” The abysmal USPS. I have experienced terrible service for years from either the Williamsburg Post Office (11211) or the U.S. Postal Service in general. For years, whether it was…