It was a hard sell in Oregon. I’m also a STAR proponent. The problem is the average voter is scared by conservative headlines and they already don’t like the idea of mail in voting. Changing the votting system even further would be some Communist conspiracy outside of the Metro area, with a non trivial number in the Metro area believing the same lies.
I live in Utah where I’ve only ever voted by mail, and we’re a very red state. I’ve never had anyone express concern about our mail in voting process, the main concerns are typically over voting machines (which I share, I don’t trust single points of failure with minimal audit capabilities). Mail voting is equitable since you can either drop off a ballot or mail it, they can be tracked to ensure they’re received, and they can be recounted in person.
So the opposition to mail voting seems centralized in areas where Republicans have less control. So it’s obviously BS. How they’re not suffering for this from independent voters is beyond me.
Fair. I just like the simplicity. STAR voting is nice, I just don’t know if it’ll be a hard sell.
It was a hard sell in Oregon. I’m also a STAR proponent. The problem is the average voter is scared by conservative headlines and they already don’t like the idea of mail in voting. Changing the votting system even further would be some Communist conspiracy outside of the Metro area, with a non trivial number in the Metro area believing the same lies.
I live in Utah where I’ve only ever voted by mail, and we’re a very red state. I’ve never had anyone express concern about our mail in voting process, the main concerns are typically over voting machines (which I share, I don’t trust single points of failure with minimal audit capabilities). Mail voting is equitable since you can either drop off a ballot or mail it, they can be tracked to ensure they’re received, and they can be recounted in person.
So the opposition to mail voting seems centralized in areas where Republicans have less control. So it’s obviously BS. How they’re not suffering for this from independent voters is beyond me.