Voted! (Non-political)

intparent
Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:04:11 +0000

It would be a big hassle for a kid away at college voting absentee to get it notarized. For that matter, I don’t have one near my house. If I needed one, I would have to drive or take transit to get there. My previous state required a witness FROM YOUR STATE for an absentee ballot. My kid who voted absentee while away at college across the country had to find another student from her home state to witness – they witnessed for each other. If she hadn’t happened to know someone, she might not have been able to vote. These restrictions sound like a great idea, until you really think through the scenarios and whether the end result of vote suppression is worth it to deal with what from the evidence is a pretty hypothetical problem. But again… if vote suppression is the goal, then it makes more sense.