That comment offends me greatly.
At least in my state. I have the right to get a mail in ballot. For good cause, for bad cause , or for no cause at all. In my case, I am crippled and there is no way I can stand up for more than 2-3 minutes at a time. My wife is healthy but she gets a absentee ballot just because it makes no sense not to.
Now if the state is unable to accommodate this practice, perhaps they can create a job and put someone to work.
It is several miles, most of it dirt & gravel roads, to get to our poling station. At least 2 miles of those roads are not publicly maintained. It is far from unheard of for several inces of fresh, unplowed snow to be sitting on said roads around that time of year.
The alternative is to, while in town shopping & picking up mail, walk into the county courthouse any time up to 2 weeks prior to election day, and cast an early ballot. Voting boothes and ballot box right there; no need to wait nor to mail.
Beats the living heck out of getting blizzarded out of voting.
Of course, mail in absentee ballots are also available, and we used those when we still had homes in two states, and had a special interest in maintianing legal residency and voting in one, while temporarily staying in the other around election season.
These provisions exist for a reason, and not just to make it easy for ‘Rats to cheat. Not everyone can get a conveniently timed free ride to the polls, walk in, vote immediately, and walk back out, though I have managed it a FEW times over the years, but it was rare.
At least in my state. I have the right to get a mail in ballot. For good cause, for bad cause , or for no cause at all. In my case, I am crippled and there is no way I can stand up for more than 2-3 minutes at a time.
If you're not a lazy SOB then there's no need to be offended, is there?
My state is the same with absentee ballots. I think most states are the same now. But it wasn't always that way. You used to have to sign that an affidavit that said it would be impossible for you go to your polling place to get an absentee ballot. Now it's just for convenience. I have no problem with a legitimate medical condition being a reason you can't get to the polls.
For 24 years while I was active duty I voted absentee because I had to. Now I don't have to. Going to my local precinct is something I really enjoy and I think it adds an element to voting that mailing in a ballot just doesn't have.