Mail-in voting ballots

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton

I had the misfortune of seeing Trump speaking on the TV about mail in ballots while watching the news. He told 3 lies in 3 minutes. The first lie had to do with mail in ballots. He said they were corrupt and a scam. They could not be more secure! To have a mail in ballot sent to your mailing address, you must go to the Court house and register by giving them your name, your address, your date of birth, your Social Security Number and where you were born. I don’t think an immigrant would be dumb enough to bring attention to themselves by trying to register to vote. The second lie he told was that none of the European countries have mail in voting. Thirty countries in Europe have mail in voting. He told one truth; he said France didn’t have mail in voting which is true, instead they have proxy voting which means if you live in France you can go to the voting poll and vote for your friend, your neighbor, your grandmother or anyone that can’t make it to the voting place. How about that! The third lie was that President Jimmy Carter didn’t like mail in ballots. The Carter administration ordered a study to be done to see if mail in voting was feasible. They never announced a conclusion one way or another! The Republicans and Trump are afraid of mail in ballots because they have no way of controlling this system. It’s a great way to vote if a person is not able to get to the polls, or if they don’t want to be around other people or if they don’t want to be bothered by ICE agents.