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0 pointsspecialist5y ago0 comments

Preaching to the choir. :)

I opposed going all vote by mail.

Inspection of the actual gear and procedures shows postal balloting is worse than touchscreens, election integrity wise.

Sadly, I lost. Too much money is involved for me alone to stop this gravy train.

I did get some minor concessions from my election administrators, so that auditing and recounts would remain feasible, as required by our laws.

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smitty1e5y ago

We need to broadcast the folly if vote-by-mail far and wide.

In defense of vote-by-mail proponents, if the voters are stupid enough to permit this folly to unfold, then I'm ready to blame the victims.

specialistOP5y ago

FWIW, my #1 lesson learned from my activism failures is:

Have an affirmative agenda.

Offense over defense. It's just so much harder to oppose stuff. Especially if you have an end goal. Like pushing rope.

If I could do it all over again, I would have started a "citizen owned elections" effort.

Creating an open source software and hardware stack, model legislation (for the policies, laws, rules, regulations, procedures), and educational materials (messaging, talking points, explainers).

I went all across my state with the "citizen owned elections" notion. It was a 90/10 issue. Broad support across Dems, GOP, Greens, good govt groups, etc.

Alas.

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