Conservative pundit Cal Thomas is raising the red flag over mail-in ballots.
The reasons why mail-in ballots are a bad idea are so obvious. Anything to do with the government – especially the post office – should raise a million red flags.
Let’s face it, there’s a reason the USPS is going out of business and it’s not because they’re awesome and reliable.
They suck.
And speaking of the sucky United States Post Office, Cal Thomas points out how bad they truly are by citing a study from The Heritage Foundation that found over the last decade our government has “misplaced” 28 million mail-in ballots.
Unbelievable.
During the 2018 election campaign, the New York Post reported, “Homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row were bribed with cash or cigarettes in exchange for bogus and forged signatures in a ‘large-scale voter fraud scheme,’” according to state prosecutors.
There are many other examples of voting problems in several states.
Republicans are mostly opposed to universal vote-by-mail. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., claims the process invites fraud and cites over a thousand voter fraud convictions and a study showing that 28 million mail-in ballots are unaccounted for over the last decade.
For these reasons, mail-in balloting should be limited and thoroughly checked.
Voters can practice all the things medical experts tell us to do and vote in person. It is a civic duty and a privilege. It will also help reduce errors and fraud and improve the credibility and acceptance of the results.
There’s a reason that Dems are pushing for mail-in ballots and it’s not because they’re so “solid” and “trustworthy.”
Anyone with half a brain knows that mail-in ballots are ripe for fraud, but even more than the fraud concern is the government incompetence nightmare we need to worry about.
Just look at what’s happened in New York and Michigan with their mail-in ballots for the primary. It’s an absolute mess.
And trust me, there’s nothing that the Dems would like more than to have the election “up in the air” for a couple of months, and mail-in ballots can help them do just that.
This piece was written by Missy Crane on August 10, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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