ONLINE FEEDBACK
Online commenters reacted to a letter from a reader, “Mail-in balloting works well” (July 7).
“Fully agree. In fact, I received an absentee application in the mail from the State of Connecticut several days ago. It was sent to me in anticipation of the August primary. Completed the form essentially just a signature- and returned it in a posted/ addressed envelope provided with the application. Works like a charm. If President Trump was not on the verge of losing in a landslide, and thus committed to suppressing the vote, this would be a non-issue.”
— John Welch
“...I’ve never really paid attention to mail-in voting in the past... but I find it odd that most Republicans are against mail-in voting and most Democrats are in favor of mail-in voting. The Republicans claim there is a major problem with voter fraud in this country yet I never see any news source that has that documented to a point where it is a major issue. Have there been instances of voter fraud in the past? Of course. What is the percentage? It is probably not even a blip. Trump claims millions of people voted illegally in 2016 which is why he lost the popular vote. Has anyone seen direct evidence of that being true? If so, please let em know where to find it. As for mail-in voting, it seems it works pretty well in the twenty or so states that allow it and I don’t recall seeing a huge fraud issue . ... ”
— Sean Rowe
“Ballots must be signed — when received for counting signature is matched with the signature that is present on voted registration card which is signed when one registers to vote. It must match to the letter, period, etc. I sometimes sign my name with and sometimes without my middle initial. if I sign my mail in vote with it and didn’t on my registration card my ballot is not counted.”
— Celeste Brown
“... If you insist votes must be cast in person in the age of COVID, then make voting day a national holiday or move it to Sunday; spread out voting over several days; and increase the number of polling places, all to avoid long and crowded lines and maintain social distancing and masking. And yet Republicans fight each and every one of those changes, all to restrict rather than enlarge the electorate.
— Dan Storms