This “easier and more accessible” argument is a red herring.
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Don’t disagree. But voting needs to be looked at from a mobile
society concept to some extent. Not sure of how it should be done,
but mobility is a concept that needs to be considered for those
that aren’t at home on election day.
Absentee ballots worked fine for those away from home. I was often away from home and that system worked well. The safeguards and security for an absentee ballot are a LOT higher than they are for the mass vote-by-mail with all of its abuses and the ease with which it can be scammed.
The USA has always been a mobile society. Other than lots of people working from home, I don’t think it is any more mobile today than it was. But the key is people are working from HOME — they have a domicile and can do absentee ballot from that address.