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Hey, just a reminder that it is very important that we take time to vote in the upcoming election. If you are not registered, please do it before it is too late and make your voice heard.
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Hey, just a reminder that it is very important that we take time to vote in the upcoming election. If you are not registered, please do it before it is too late and make your voice heard.
I think I'm registered to vote but I keep on getting register forms in the mail. I swear I did send out a renewed registered voter's form in the mail.
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I have never voted before. But this particular election has a lot at stake, and I definitely want to try and make a difference.
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Hey, just a reminder that it is very important that we take time to vote in the upcoming election. If you are not registered, please do it before it is too late and make your voice heard.
I think I'm registered to vote but I keep on getting register forms in the mail. I swear I did send out a renewed registered voter's form in the mail.
I have never had to renew my voter registration. But I have also voted in every election since I turned 18 so it did not lapse. I have never received any kind of registration form in the mail. I know some states have sent those to every one. I did get some kind of something from usps about how to vote by mail if you are too scared to go to the polls. ::) People will go to Walmart but are scared to go to a voting poll. lol
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Indeed...and yet it's amazing how many people DON'T Vote...I received my absentee ballot instruction via email the other day so I can vote and deliver whenever I'm ready
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Jeremiah 10:23 To earthling man his way does not belong.He is walking to direct his own step.Correct me O God.NWT
Of course after A&E took themselves out from Gods rulership and sided with Satan,man needed to govern himself otherwise there would be complete chaos,as we have just experienced some of that in Oregon when some wanna do away with police.
But overall 6000 yrs of Satanic/manmade rule cant exactly say they got it right either.
BTW....i dont vote and remain neutral.
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We get new cards every time they change our district, and I have not moved tin 50 years.
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Completely agree. Thanks for the reminder. I am voting by mail this year and will be sure to get everything in on time.
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I requested an absentee ballot for the primaries and never received it. So, I'll be voting in person for the upcoming election.
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I requested an absentee ballot for the primaries and never received it. So, I'll be voting in person for the upcoming election.
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Check online some states haven't sent theirs yet:
State When are ballots mailed out?
Alabama 45 days before the election.
Alaska 25 days before the election.
Arizona 24 to 27 days before the election.
Arkansas 46 days before the election.
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I'm registered and plan to vote in person.
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I have been register since I was 18 - now in 50's!
Got my General election guide!
Last day to register in California is October 19 2020!
This election, we have 6 voting places in my area! Not my usual poling place!
I'm voting in person!
Democrats push to vote by mail. Many already sent by mail and was thrown in trash - votes for President Trump!
This is why Democrats want vote by mail so they can toss votes for President Trump into trash!
I would NOT vote for Joe Dementia Biden because he didn't do anything in 8 years as VP! You couldn't remember what he said last week or what he answers of any questions!!
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If I can I'm going to vote in person. Figure if you can go to a walmart were people are hearded into like sheep you can vote inside a voting place. Its kinda weird to have to re register unless if you move to a new town or city or state that make sense
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While some have requested absentee ballots,I requested just to be absent.LOL!
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We are registered here!
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Have been registered for years and I do plan to vote!
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I have been register since I was 18 - now in 50's!
Got my General election guide!
Last day to register in California is October 19 2020!
This election, we have 6 voting places in my area! Not my usual poling place!
I'm voting in person!
Democrats push to vote by mail. Many already sent by mail and was thrown in trash - votes for President Trump!
This is why Democrats want vote by mail so they can toss votes for President Trump into trash!
I would NOT vote for Joe Dementia Biden because he didn't do anything in 8 years as VP! You couldn't remember what he said last week or what he answers of any questions!!
Exactly!
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Yup I'm definitely voting. I vote every election.
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I usually absentee but I might go in person this time just to be safe. Expecting lots of tampering and fraud this year.
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Jeremiah 10:23 To earthling man his way does not belong.He is walking to direct his own step.Correct me O God.NWT
Of course after A&E took themselves out from Gods rulership and sided with Satan,man needed to govern himself otherwise there would be complete chaos,as we have just experienced some of that in Oregon when some wanna do away with police.
But overall 6000 yrs of Satanic/manmade rule cant exactly say they got it right either.
BTW....i dont vote and remain neutral.
> remain neutral
No offensive, but reading your posts, you clearly aren't neutral & definitely have a clear bias in your politics.
Is it just considered a neutrality by not voting?
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Voting in person. Voting for Trump. Biden and dems just come off to me as way to radical sensitive and nuts
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I'll be there with bells on
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Jeremiah 10:23 To earthling man his way does not belong.He is walking to direct his own step.Correct me O God.NWT
Of course after A&E took themselves out from Gods rulership and sided with Satan,man needed to govern himself otherwise there would be complete chaos,as we have just experienced some of that in Oregon when some wanna do away with police.
But overall 6000 yrs of Satanic/manmade rule cant exactly say they got it right either.
BTW....i dont vote and remain neutral.
> remain neutral
No offensive, but reading your posts, you clearly aren't neutral & definitely have a clear bias in your politics.
Is it just considered a neutrality by not voting?
I dont vote and havent in years.
My perception of Trump is clear.Hes a clown.But i also have said NO matter who is president backs up the biblical stuff...that NO man will fix our world.
Its quite clear who you support that you had to write this post to me.
I was entertained last night watching the debate.Its like watching wrestling
I dont vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My support is,Let your kingdom come on earth.........as Jesus taught his followers the prayer.
Being a Dem or a Rep isnt gonna make my life any better.....might even make it worse.
Maybe Biden is gonna wind up being a bigger clown then Trump...who knows....who cares......
BTW...TY for reading my posts.
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Hey, just a reminder that it is very important that we take time to vote in the upcoming election. If you are not registered, please do it before it is too late and make your voice heard.
Hi there!
I really wish I could vote this year. Nonetheless I'm not an American. Working on it though it is not easy ya.
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I live in Michigan, am 71 years old, and have just received my mail-in ballot. I will be filling it out in the next several days and taking it personally to my Clerk's office which is only about 3 miles from my home. Vote BLUE!!!
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I am registered to vote and have been doing absentee for several years and have never missed voting and if you don't vote you have no voice in what happens
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Hey, just a reminder that it is very important that we take time to vote in the upcoming election. If you are not registered, please do it before it is too late and make your voice heard.
Hi there!
I really wish I could vote this year. Nonetheless I'm not an American. Working on it though it is not easy ya.
Getting naturalized is a long process, but well worth the time! I worked with alot of naturalized citizens in my job and they were very knowledgeable of current affairs! Good Luck with yours!
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It's too bad that so many do not bother to vote. There is always an excuse or just don't care.
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i have registered only once, years ago and always been able to vote. I will be voting in person on Nov. 3, my state has early voting but the lines are so long that I better wait. I don't live in an overpopulated area and never have to do a long line at my voting place. My parents are voting via mail in Ballot and I will be dropping it of at the Ballot box at the Government Center.
But if you can I suggest you go vote in person, wear a mask and keep your distance,
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Yep, my vote will be there.
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I'm absentee and have been for only 8 years because I can't stand very long. This is the first year hubby will be absentee voting even though he could have done it for 14 years. I am worried, however, because we haven't gotten our ballots yet. Went on the county site and they have a note that due to COVID, they are short-handed so everything is late. We just better get them before the cutoff date for getting the ballots back, which is 10/29, so they're really cutting it close. Told hubby we've got to send them back by going to the town where the courthouse is (10 miles away) because I don't trust the mail lately.
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I'm absentee and have been for only 8 years because I can't stand very long. This is the first year hubby will be absentee voting even though he could have done it for 14 years. I am worried, however, because we haven't gotten our ballots yet. Went on the county site and they have a note that due to COVID, they are short-handed so everything is late. We just better get them before the cutoff date for getting the ballots back, which is 10/29, so they're really cutting it close. Told hubby we've got to send them back by going to the town where the courthouse is (10 miles away) because I don't trust the mail lately.
Check online some states haven't sent theirs yet:
State When are ballots mailed out?
Alabama 45 days before the election.
Alaska 25 days before the election.
Arizona 24 to 27 days before the election.
Arkansas 46 days before the election.
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Did Russia get their ballots yet?LOL!!
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The State of NJ has a web site you can go to to punch in your name and address to see if you are registered to vote or not. I bet a lot of states have this. It's an easy way to check for yourself.
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I received my ballot and will drop it off at the clerks office next week. First time not voting in person on election day.
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Thanks and it is very interesting watching the presidential debates right now. I am going to vote via mail in ballot this year to avoid going in person.
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I received my ballot in the mail and took it down this morning and put it in the drop box. First time absentee allowed for everyone and my first time not going on election day. I was the first one int he building at 8am. Glad I did my part.
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I requested an absentee ballot for the primaries and never received it. So, I'll be voting in person for the upcoming election.
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My county is just sending absentee ballots out today! Cutting it kinda close. I don't know if it's just our county or the whole state of PA.
Check online some states haven't sent theirs yet:
State When are ballots mailed out?
Alabama 45 days before the election.
Alaska 25 days before the election.
Arizona 24 to 27 days before the election.
Arkansas 46 days before the election.
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Thanks, singletonb for pointing out that we all NEED to VOTE. I voted early in person already. :icon_rr:
As a reward, I got a free pen that says "I voted" on it. :party:
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Just got the ballot this weekend:
Check online some states haven't sent theirs yet:
State When are ballots mailed out?
Alabama 45 days before the election.
Alaska 25 days before the election.
Arizona 24 to 27 days before the election.
Arkansas 46 days before the election.
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I'm voting in person on election day, with mask on and hand sanitizer in hand.
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We got our ballots by mail and had them back in the mail the next day. ;D
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My wife and I spent roughly ninety minutes researching candidates for the various positions as well as state government proposals. We will be dropping our ballot off at the police station on Friday Afternoon. Our presidential pick was easy but we were unaware of some of the issues up for vote and did not know many of the supreme court nominees. We managed to agree on all of the votes except one which, after discussing it, realized that one of us did not understand the question or read too much into it. Forty five seconds after discussing our different answers we agreed and moved on. If only politicians could resolve problems that quickly. So many people have become disenchanted with the House/Senate and every other level of politician because they act to childish and are seen as self-serving. I am hoping that we can all move on after this election.
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The State of NJ has a web site you can go to to punch in your name and address to see if you are registered to vote or not. I bet a lot of states have this. It's an easy way to check for yourself.
How can you not know if you are registered to vote? You have to KNOW if you went thru the process to register. You have to KNOW if you have voted to keep your registration current. I remember going to the court house and registering and I remember that I have voted in every election since registering.
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Thanks, singletonb for pointing out that we all NEED to VOTE. I voted early in person already. :icon_rr:
As a reward, I got a free pen that says "I voted" on it. :party:
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lol I am voting on election day. I might get a free sticker that says "I voted". They had ink pens (at the primary) but they were for some local place trying to drum up business. The point in the ink pens was so you don't touch what somebody else has touched but 2 of the election people touched it to hand it to me and the one that was wearing a mask took it off to talk to me. ::) Back to what I say all the time - You can't fix stupid - ::) Anyway, I have kept hand sanitizer in my car for a few years so my "I voted" sticker is on the back of the bottle of sanitizer.
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My wife and I spent roughly ninety minutes researching candidates for the various positions as well as state government proposals. We will be dropping our ballot off at the police station on Friday Afternoon. Our presidential pick was easy but we were unaware of some of the issues up for vote and did not know many of the supreme court nominees. We managed to agree on all of the votes except one which, after discussing it, realized that one of us did not understand the question or read too much into it. Forty five seconds after discussing our different answers we agreed and moved on. If only politicians could resolve problems that quickly. So many people have become disenchanted with the House/Senate and every other level of politician because they act to childish and are seen as self-serving. I am hoping that we can all move on after this election.
Most important issues cannot be resolved in 45 seconds. And you do not have to vote for the same person as your spouse. I know more than one where the 2 spouses voted for different people. There are actually couples who vote differently for the office of President. Although I don't see how you could be that different and get along well enough to be married.
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i am voting by mail
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My wife and I spent roughly ninety minutes researching candidates for the various positions as well as state government proposals. We will be dropping our ballot off at the police station on Friday Afternoon. Our presidential pick was easy but we were unaware of some of the issues up for vote and did not know many of the supreme court nominees. We managed to agree on all of the votes except one which, after discussing it, realized that one of us did not understand the question or read too much into it. Forty five seconds after discussing our different answers we agreed and moved on. If only politicians could resolve problems that quickly. So many people have become disenchanted with the House/Senate and every other level of politician because they act to childish and are seen as self-serving. I am hoping that we can all move on after this election.
Most important issues cannot be resolved in 45 seconds. And you do not have to vote for the same person as your spouse. I know more than one where the 2 spouses voted for different people. There are actually couples who vote differently for the office of President. Although I don't see how you could be that different and get along well enough to be married.
As different as the political parties are, I know for sure I couldn't be married to someone that voted the opposite of me. I am eagerly voting this year though! A lot is at stake for sure!
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Yes voted by mail for Biden. I think all ca voters are getting a ballet for voting. Even though want to dump trump,he may pull if off.
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Yes voted by mail for Biden. I think all ca voters are getting a ballet for voting. Even though want to dump trump,he may pull if off.
Not that ANY man will fix the problems of the world,but the phrase,"What have you done for me lately"goes a long way with many.
I would think Trump is on the hotseat from that,but i guess stranger things have happened.
BTW,I dont vote.
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I voted with a mail-in ballot. I drove to the Supervisor of elections to drop in off. I didn't trust it getting there in the "mail" so I called them and found out they had a drop off box right in front.
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We registered to vote by mail. We received our ballots one day and had them back in the mail the next day ;)
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Feds Charge Postal Employee For Destroying Mail | USAO ...
https://www.thecentersquare.com/kentucky/ex-postal-worker-charged-with-dumping-kentucky-ballots/article_422cd03e-1855-11eb-828d-cf68b9bc2761.html
and
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/feds-charge-postal-employee-destroying-mail
19 hours ago · DeShawn Bojgere, 30, of, Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with the delay or destruction of mail, a federal crime under 18 United States Code 1703. According to the criminal complaint, sometime between October 5 and October 15, 2020, Bojgere discarded a … large quantity of mail. The mail, found in a construction dumpster on Galene Drive in Louisville, included approximately 111 general election absentee ballots from the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office being mailed to voters to be filled out. The dumped mail also included approximately 69 mixed class pieces of flat rate mail, 320 second class pieces of mail, and two national election campaign flyers from a political party in Florida. An analysis of the mail revealed it was from a single route for one scheduled delivery day.
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I voted early. My voting location had drive-thru options, so I used that. Super easy and I felt safe.
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I was researching voting information on uncontested, unopposed candidates, why they remain on the ballot when there isn't anyone qualified to "write-in" and sub sequentially no one for us to vote for against them. Instead this came up on my search:
https://www.findlaw.com/voting/my-voting-guide/can-i-leave-blanks-on-a-voting-ballot.html
Can I Leave Blanks on a Voting Ballot?
Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors | Last updated March 16, 2020
There's nothing illegal or wrong about leaving some spaces on a ballot blank. By law, all ballots are to be counted whether or not they're completed.
Voters often don't feel sufficiently informed about a candidate, a race, or a referendum issue, and would rather leave those portions of a ballot empty instead of casting an uninformed vote.
While it's fine to abstain from voting or leave blanks on a ballot because you feel you lack knowledge, experts recommend that you do what you can to fill out an entire ballot. At the very least, they say, you should make a special effort to vote in the races and ballot issues that are likely to affect you directly: state legislature, city council, school board, and referendums that will impact where you live.
28 Million Mail-In Ballots Went Missing in Last Four Elections
To illustrate the risk, Churchwell notes that in 2016 Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by garnering over 2.8 million more votes than Donald Trump. But nearly 6 million unaccounted mail-in ballots were never counted in 2016, more than twice her margin in the popular vote. The potential to affect elections by chasing down unused mail-in ballots and make sure they get counted – using methods that may or may not be legal – is great.
Between 2012 and 2018, 28.3 million mail-in ballots remain unaccounted for, according to data from the federal Election Assistance Commission. The missing ballots amount to nearly one in five of all absentee ballots and ballots mailed to voters residing in states that do elections exclusively by mail.
States and local authorities simply have no idea what happened to these ballots since they were mailed – and the figure of 28 million missing ballots is likely even higher because some areas in the country, notably Chicago, did not respond to the federal agency’s survey questions. This figure does not include ballots that were spoiled, undeliverable, or came back for any reason.
Although there is no evidence that the millions of missing ballots were used fraudulently, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which compiled the public data provided from the Election Assistance Commission, says that the sheer volume of them raises serious doubts about election security.
These questions are particularly relevant as the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing states across the country to rapidly expand vote-by-mail operations in an election year. Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden have proposed the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020, a bill that would allow every eligible voter the
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html#!
In Georgia, too, young voters, first-time voters, and Black voters were far more likely than others to have their ballots rejected for mismatched signatures or for being incorrectly completed in 2018, one study found.
"Young people use one signature when they register to vote, and then they go off to college, become very creative, and their signature changes," Unger said. "I'm not ready to fall on my sword over this, but I think it's possible that signature matching could be the hanging chad of 2020."
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Definitely registered on my end. I mailed my absentee ballot about two weeks ago! Looking forward to this election.
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I am waiting until election day to vote. I was going to vote early, but never had time.
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voted in person. Not a big crowd. It was a very nice, hot windy day. I didn't have to wait in line. It was pleasant.
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Dropped the ballot off at the polling location, probably not even opened yet!!
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This election is SO close! I cannot wait to learn of the results. C'mon ballot counters, hurry up, LOL!
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How can they call a winner without a truly positive check system in place or voters to confirm their ballot was received and counted? They are more secure on Food Stamps (SNAP) when it comes to fraud!!
Case in point:
28 Million Mail-In Ballots Went Missing in Last Four Elections
To illustrate the risk, Churchwell notes that in 2016 Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by garnering over 2.8 million more votes than Donald Trump. But nearly 6 million unaccounted mail-in ballots were never counted in 2016, more than twice her margin in the popular vote. The potential to affect elections by chasing down unused mail-in ballots and make sure they get counted – using methods that may or may not be legal – is great.
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Here's a long wait for us to endure:
States have until December 8 to resolve election disputes, including recounts and court contests over the results.
Keep in mind the past isn't on our side:
28 Million Mail-In Ballots Went Missing in Last Four Elections