Sentence examples for mail elections from inspiring English sources

In Broward County, where thousands of people have complained that their absentee ballots never arrived in the mail, elections officials said Friday that about 9,000 replacement ballots had been mailed out on Thursday and 3,000 more would go out on Friday, mostly to Democratic voters.

Fraud Easier Via Mail Election administrators have a shorthand name for a central weakness of voting by mail.

As a fellow Oregonian, and a political scientist, I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Keisling's recommendation that other states consider vote-by-mail elections.

But rather than dismiss polling places as quaint anachronisms, we should recognize one cost of accelerating voter turnout via vote-by-mail elections.

However, the main reason voters in Oregon and Washington prefer all-mail elections is that last-minute emergencies do not prevent them from voting.

PRISCILLA SOUTHWELL Eugene, Ore., Oct. 17, 2012 The writer is a professor of political science at the University of Oregon and the author of articles and book chapters on vote-by-mail elections.

I believe that all-mail elections actually increase voter integrity by disallowing voting by those who have moved but still vote at their old precinct, since ballots cannot be forwarded.

In fact, all-mail elections should be more secure than poll-site elections because every signature on every ballot is checked against that on the original voter-registration card.

Oregon adopted all-mail elections by a 1998 voter initiative.

The three states that conduct all-mail elections consistently see significantly higher voter turnout than California does.

In response, Padilla said that all-mail elections will help counties move away from outdated election equipment, which they would need to replace in the future anyway.