“We know that the #VoterRolls are a mess. So if you’re doing #AutomaticMailBallots, nobody could credibly argue that that’s a sound policy,” said J. Christian Adams, the general counsel for the conservative @PILFoundation.
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Adams @ElectionLawCtr cited a study by @PILFoundation, based on data from the Election Assistance Commission @EACgov, which found that 28.3 million ballots in federal elections between 2012 and 2018 were lost or disappeared in the mail. @DanielBush to.pbs.org/3534Kfk
Critics argued that states should not consider expanding mail-in voting without updating their #VoterRolls and putting other security measures in place to ensure that #AbsenteeBallots are sent to the right addresses and can’t be tampered with. @DanielBush to.pbs.org/3534Kfk
Voting rights advocates acknowledged that states need some basic safeguards to make sure mail-in voting systems can’t be exploited. @voteathome pointed to #Colorado, a “mail-in” state that has a tracking system in place for #AbsenteeBallots. @DanielBush to.pbs.org/3534Kfk
#AutomaticMailBallot failure rate is about 20% in #Colorado, cited as having a safeguard tracking system. Looking only at #DenverCounty @EACgov 2018 data:
91,036 unknown
0 undeliverable?
2,644 rejected
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