I know mail fraud is, and will be committed, but in this story, it looks like the trashed mailers were campaign material, not official ballot applications. The address on one of them that the guy picked up had the name, and below that “or Current Resident.”
That’s not a ballot application. It would be specifically addressed to the person intended.
I have received three of these, one from state Rep party, one from Sec of State and one from Trump campaign...all unsolicited. It is just the request for a ballot, which probably has to be signed so they have something to match to. Still as despicable as dems and unions get....so far.