That's how Al smith put it back in the '20s.  Voter fraud is a fact, and mail-in ballots are vulnerable to being altered, stolen, lost, or rejected.  Mail-in ballots also make it easier for your pet cat, conjoined twin, or dead uncle to cast a vote. In ancient Greece, two safeguards were introduced to combat voting error and fraud: the "secret ballot" and the protected "polling station."  These simple measures minimize intimidation, "vote-buying," and errors in tabulation.  Polling stations also offer inexperienced voters an opportunity to interact with knowledgeable poll workers.  Mail-in ballots provide no mechanism for the correction of errors. The primary assurance that the returned mail-in ballot is kosher is a signature received in the mail without witnesses.  The integrity of mail-in ballots depends on the signature verification...(Read Full Post)