Wa State Anons probably already know this but definitely needs a little moar light…
ERICKSEN: Let’s Get Serious About Voter Fraud — It’s A Problem
State Sen. Doug Erickson
Contributor
October 10, 2020 11:57 AM ET
It is time for an honest discussion of elections, vote by mail and voter fraud in the United States.
First and foremost, the majority of American citizens will cast their vote legally in person or via mail — a vast majority. For the voting public who are not involved in campaign politics, who do not study voter systems and vote legally, the idea that America has a voter fraud problem may not be as clear — but it’s a very real problem.
In-person poll voting is the safest and most secure election system that has the least amount of fraud. Poll voting almost completely eliminates fraud if you require photo ID to vote.
Vote-by-mail is the least secure system of voting that allows the greatest amount of voter fraud. In many ways, vote-by-mail promotes voter fraud and many laws in states where it has been implemented make proving voter fraud very hard to do.
When it comes to universal vote-by-mail, a number of issues raise very serious and legitimate concerns. For one, there is no way to know who actually votes the ballot, and it’s very easy for people who are not legally eligible to vote to register and vote.
With universal vote-by-mail, door-to-door ballot harvesting cannot be stopped and, as we have started seeing in states across the country, ballots are being mailed to addresses where a specific voter no longer lives. Ballot harvesting involves a couple of steps. First, the idea is to register as many people as possible (citizens and non-citizens alike). Step two is to force states to use vote-by-mail systems — and the COVID-19 pandemic is very helpful in making this a reality. When the ballots are mailed, operatives go door-to-door to collect the ballots.
Individuals can be pressured by family members, employers, unions, churches or other groups to bring the ballot to “group voting sessions” where they are forced to vote a certain way.
And, after the election, ballots can be “perfected” or “cured” by campaign workers regardless if the ballot was legally voted.
On top of all these issues, it is just common sense that the longer ballots are floating around the country the more opportunity there is for fraud.
The fact that there is no way to know who votes a ballot is one of the biggest fundamental problems with vote-by-mail. There is zero way to know who actually voted a mail-in ballot. When a person votes at a polling place, we know who voted that ballot.
Sen. Doug Ericksen is as a member of the Washington State Senate for the 42nd District
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/10/ericksen-lets-get-serious-about-voter-fraud-its-a-problem/