Mail-in ballots in Colorado have pre-cut holes which reveal the red markings on Republican Party ballots.

threadreaderapp.com ^ | Aug 1st 2020, 2 tweets, 2 min read | Mike Yoder

[Red Badger]

These El Paso County, CO ballots have color-coded envelopes, Democrats are blue and Independents are orange.

[fhayek]

I am sure it is just an inadvertent oversight. Don't be such a paranoid Polly.

(Yes, sarcasm)

[Bullish]

That figures. They’re dead set on stealing our vote. Mail-in voting must be fought as if it were an invasion of America by communists. Because it basically is.

[Tench_Coxe]

Easier to red marked into the traxh?

Its just me, but should not these ballots be blind from the outside?

[Dutch Boy]

How else are the to sort through so many ballots and trash the republican ones?

[Red Badger]

If they were smart, they would by cheap, thin envelopes that you could read through..............

[Red Badger]

Yes, they should ALL be identical and not see-thru..............

[Red Badger]

A very good time-saving device..............

[LouAvul]

Their strategy is so obvious, I can’t believe the Republicans aren’t getting all militant about it. If we acted with the same passion as the fascists, we wouldn’t always be taking it on the chin.

[fhayek]

Yeah, at least in that case, you have a modicum of plausible deniability.

[Magnum44]

Not that I am not concerned about mail vote fraud, but isnt this a primary ballot in the posted article? Primary ballots would be by party. Generals should not have this ‘feature’. Help me if I am missing something obvious.

[Red Badger]

Let’s hope that is the case and not a subversive method of tainting the election in November.........

[Missouri gal]

In Missouri, we almost always have other issues that are on all ballots, such as the Medicare expansion measure on today's ballot. If they tossed a lot of R ballots, the measure would certainly pass. They can also pre-dispose a primary winner if they know which ballots to toss-or substitute?

[Magnum44]

I am not validating what is shown here, but it would make some sense that since ballots in a primary are party specific, you might have indication of what party (not the actual votes inside) the ballot was associated with so that the primary votes get tallied by party reps. I am just guessing here, so I could be wrong. In CO we have to register as either in a party or as an independent, and if you register independent, you dont get to vote in primaries. That is the only reason to stay in the party in my opinion.

[Openurmind]

California did this for years with absentee ballots.The return envelopes were different colors. Probably how the communists took over.

[Hostage]

Unbelievable ...

[roadcat]

Everyone should register as Democrats. Then vote for Trump in November. Problem solved. (Except for the endless lawsuits if Trump wins...)

[KarlInOhio]

Since this is a primary election the Republican, Democrat and Independent ballots have to be counted separately. It’s not like a general election where they can just throw out the Republican votes to let the Democrats win. Either they separate them out before opening them, open them and separate them, or run them all through the counting equipment and let some mark on the ballot tally them differently. They will be separated somehow.

[RandallFlagg]

Colorado ping.
This one will turn your stomach.

[KarlInOhio]

That makes sense. I hadn't thought of common issues on all the primary ballots. I rescind my previous lack of concern. The ballot should be hidden until it is opened by the board of elections in front of witnesses from both parties.