Posted on 08/19/2021 4:50:16 PM PDT by grundle
A woman voter in California posted a video on her Instagram account on Wednesday evening appearing to show that the return envelope for mail-in ballots in the California recall election could reveal a “yes” vote to anyone handling it.
Voting is already under way in the Sep. 14 recall election, during which California voters will decide whether Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will remain in office, or be replaced by one of 46 candidates, led by conservative talk show host Larry Elder.
Amy Rose Cox showed how two holes on the envelope, near the signature panel, could show that a voter had marked “yes” on the first question, which asks whether Newsom should be recalled and removed, depending on how the ballot is folded.
“You can see, if someone, from the outside of the mail-in ballot, you can see if somebody has voted ‘yes’ to recall Newsom,” she said. “This is very sketchy, and irresponsible in my opinion, but this is asking for fraud. So anybody that has access to this mail-in envelope can see who’s voted yes, toss it, do whatever they want to it.
“So, when you’re doing this, make sure that you line up your ballot on the inside of the envelope so that your vote is not visible,” she concluded.
With Newsom struggling in the polls, many Republicans fear that Democrats will cheat to keep him in office — a fear heightened by the fact that Newsom signed an extension of the state’s pandemic voting rules earlier this year, mandating that mail-in ballots be sent to every registered voter, rather than just voters who have requested them.
The state also allows “ballot harvesting,” in which people can turn in an unlimited number of ballots filled out by other people.
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I just folded mine so nothing showed through that hole except for white paper.
Not a smidgen of fraud. None.
Is there is no hole on my ballot envelope.
the DemoNaziCommie machine runs the “elections”
and counts the ballots
and then certifies the results
as is often attributed Joseph Stalin,
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“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
The state also has an online tracking system so you can track your ballot - when it was mailed out, when it was scanned by the post office, when it was counted etc. Not a fan of this idea it is just another step toward voting online.
We got our ballots before yesterday..what is the best way to fold it sod that nothing shows through the hole and also can fill in Larry’s name without it being thrown out
There is a hole in all 4 of the ballots mailed to our household. We have 4 voters so that is correct. What is the purpose of the hole?
Freaking forget it. As long as we have mail in ballots there is going to be cheating.
Here we go again. Another stolen an fraud election.
WOW! The fix is in! Crooked governor Newsom will stay put...California is a lost cause. Republicans will never ever have a fair shake in that state. The tentacles of evil corrupt politicians and election officials run deep!
Rigged as always. just one of many tactics being used.
Actually, a common trick of the ballot harvesters. They collect all the ballots and then they discard the ones they do not like. Done in AZ too previously (I do not believe in the last election?!).
Or, in the Dems dominated areas, where there are no reps to check them, it may be the board or whoever.
clearly a “honest mistake” “unintentional” “right wing conspiracy”
ORRRR
f*&^#% democrats being democrats.
Yes, mail in balloting should be banned.
It could be manipulated in one way or another!
to see how you voted before opening it.
only reason I can think of.
What won’t they (Dems) think of next? Just gotta cheat.
Just pulled out mine and this is what I found:
if you put the ballot in so the yes/no are towards the back, where the flap is = there isn’t a way to see yes or no. The yes/no is about where the signature warning paragraph is on the outside, so a good inch and a half or two inches above the hole.
There’s another, bigger hole center front. if you put the ballot in so the yes/no are facing front, with a little manipulation, great lighting and maybe scrunching the envelope along with a generous amount of accompanying squinting and facial contortions, you can sort of see the yes or no
FIX:
put your ballot in upside down with yes/no facing front. This puts your yes/no answer underneath the barcode where the stamp would go. No way to read it there without breaking the envelope seal. And the only thing that can be seen on the back are the ballot instructions.
Good to go.
I agree.
Mail in balloting should be outlawed.
Look at Oregon.
No republican governor since mail in ballots began in 1987!
Not to mention you must sign the OUTSIDE of the envelope so they KNOW who you are and your party affiliation before they even open the envelope containing your ballot!
OC Ballots don’t have holes in them.
What counties are you in that have them?
I saw some mail-in ballots that HAD NO CREASE, someplace a while back. WTH?
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