by Clayton Tramel
I've only ever voted on Election Day, but my party has asked for people to bank their vote early, so that's what I did. Just gotta say major kudos to the Cleveland County Election Board. Of course the line took time (which is a good thing) but it was a well oiled machine.
Essentially, I voted absentee, but it was an in-person absentee ballot, and the entire thing from request to processing was done in real time. There was a form requiring address and signature that I filled out. Then I went to the next table and I saw with my own eyes a woman look at my ID, look at the signature on my ID, check the signature on the absentee form, and approve it. Then they sent me to get my ballot and I turned it in myself and scanned it myself.
I dont want to ever vote by mail. I want to know my vote counted. I want to hear that machine scan the paper and I got all of that and banked my vote. Excellent job by the election board.
The idea of mass mail in voting is madness. The same people who told you the 2020 election was the safest ever for election integrity are the same people who told you in June that any videos of Joe Biden seeming to be disoriented were deep fakes. How'd that turn out?
Contrast this with Democratic run states like California BANNING showing ID to vote. In Virginia, the Supreme Court had to over-ride a judge who willingly kept self admitted non-citizens on the voter registration. If I get asked to show proof of election tampering again I'm going to go bananas.
The folks thinking they are voting to save Democracy by voting for Harris are voting for these types of voting regulations, as well as voting for a candidate for president that not one person ever voted to elect. It's just empowering a behind closed door rule from a party that's rotten to its core and wants nothing but power.
You can vote your way into empowering such people, but once they are there, you may not ever get to vote your way out of it. That's why I voted for Trump.