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LiberalArkie

(15,727 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2019, 12:26 PM Sep 2019

Gotta love the paper ballot. I remember ballot stuffing as a kid in south Arkansas

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Gotta love the paper ballot. I remember ballot stuffing as a kid in south Arkansas (Original Post) LiberalArkie Sep 2019 OP

It's always a danger, but the methods of doing so are well known,... JHB Sep 2019 #1

The election judges at the courthouse never seemed to mind the ballots that were LiberalArkie Sep 2019 #2

The primary reason that it's not considered a danger Igel Sep 2019 #3

JHB

(37,161 posts)

1. It's always a danger, but the methods of doing so are well known,...

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 12:33 PM

Sep 2019

...easily understandable, and labor-intensive.

It can be done if you control all parts of the process, but if there is any effective oversight it's harder to bringing off.

LiberalArkie

(15,727 posts)

2. The election judges at the courthouse never seemed to mind the ballots that were

Reply to JHB (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 12:55 PM

Sep 2019

all folded up together.

Igel

(35,337 posts)

3. The primary reason that it's not considered a danger

Reply to JHB (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 01:43 PM

Sep 2019

is because it's not the current one.

Distant risks are always less than the immediate risk.

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