e_blazer
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well, claims of fraud and actual fraud are two different things. We know that actual fraud is extremely rare compared to the volume of ballots
I'm fine with ballot harvesting being tightly regulated. But as I said, vote by mail/drop-off box should be the norm in all 50 states, and all 50 states should expand their elections budgets, and that includes thousands of official secure drop-off boxes
I agree that the norm should be mail or official drop box. "Ballot harvesting" isn't necessarily fraudulent, but when political parties engage in it it's certainly intended to ensure that ballots in precincts that are generally favorable to your party get cast, while not worrying about collecting them in areas that predominantly don't vote for your candidates. That's not too much different than traditional get out the vote practices, but it raises the specter of fraud because it gives a third party control of the actual ballots. I'd be willing to bet that you place a lot more confidence in that not happening with Democrat ballot collection than you do with Republicans being the ones doing the harvesting. I'd also say that the mistrust is mutual. Just how hard is it to put a ballot in the mail and avoid the whole issue?
