As the attorney Rick Barnes mentioned in the video, there
Posted on: September 6, 2020 at 23:41:30 CT
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are a few big safeguards in absentee or early voting that are not in place for the mass mail voting some states have used or are planning on using.
For instance, for absentee voting the voter has to request a ballot. They typically also need to have it notarized.
In one state he mentioned they mailed out ballots to everyone, including people who had died, moved out of state, etc. They got a huge batch of undeliverable mail back... but there were undoubtedly many that WERE delivered, despite people no longer living there... or living at all. Anyone could take any of those ballots, fill it in and drop it in a mailbox, and still have the ability to vote again.
He spoke of the much higher probability of voter intimidation and bribery. No privacy. No signing in front of a notary who can verify no one is making sure grandma or the old man living alone are voting the way that they are "supposed to vote".
Or what of the risk of workers at an assisted living home picking up ballots and voting many times?
That type of fraud is very difficult to prove, of course.