Action | 2014 Absentee Material Omissions |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/21/2014 |
Details such as street name or a suffix should not invalidate a vote. It takes a bit of trouble to get an absentee ballot, so the person obviously wants to vote. We should be facilitating the process, not hindering it. Fraud has not been an issue in the past; witness the many recounts of contested elections that have not turned up fraud. Thus the purpose of the restrictions seems to be to limit the right to vote.