The only fraud connected with voting by mail is Trump’s attempt to sabotage the mail system and get millions of low-income people evicted so they have a harder time registering to vote or receive voting materials by mail.
Trump knows the mail is safe for voting, at least when the system has not been deliberately (and probably illegally) sabotaged. Trump votes that way as do his kids and most of his staff.
Trump has told voters in Florida and Arizona that mail-in voting is safe in their states. Apparently it is only a problem in states with Democratic governors, even though states like Washington, Oregon and Colorado have been doing it for years. He is sending robocalls to his supporters in other states saying that it is safe and encouraging them to vote by mail, even as he says the opposite to the general public.
Trump knows mail ballots work. That is why he is trying to stop them. Because he knows that the more people the vote, the bigger the margin he will lose by, and Putin can’t hack mail ballots and the paper trail they leave and Trump is counting on Putin to rescue him from an election that he can’t possibly win without massive cheating and voter suppression (again).
So, in places where there they really do mail-balloting, they give you TWO options for returning the ballot: You can mail it back or you can drop it off at a lock box. (Because the USPO makes you stamp them if you mail them back… and that would be an illegal poll tax). As for mailing them out, if you don’t get your ballot, you just call them and ask for another.
Right wingers flat HATE the idea of letting everybody vote, so of course, they’re working as hard as they can to make it seem as if mailing ballots around is dangerous and wrong. They lie.
Note that Ms Benson has not criticized one whit the recent primary debacle in Georgia, where problems, especially with in person voting, were more pervasive. But corrupt Republicans were in charge there, so they get the Lousy Lisa Seal of Aproval.
Trump claimed he won the popular vote because millions of illegals had voted. Trump established a Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (PEIC or PACEI), also called the Voter Fraud Commission to look into illegal voting and voter suppression. VP Pence was the chair and Kris Kobach was vice-chair. It ran from May 2017 to January 3, 2018. In November 2017 a federal judge ordered the Commission to turn over its documents to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap because the Republicans on the Commission had been working in seclusion keeping all of its documents from the Democrats. The Commission disbanded and shredded its documents just to make sure they were not available. No evidence of wide scale voter fraud was ever presented.
Terri Lynn Rote voted for Donald Trump twice in Iowa in October 2017. She got caught. She said she did it because she believed that the elections were rigged against Trump. She got two years probation and a $750 fee.
In Texas, Rosa Maria Ortega, a Republican and permanent legal resident, was convicted of voting. She was brought here when she was two and thought that as a permanent legal resident she could vote. She was sentenced to eight years and could be deported when her sentence is up.
Lisa, you need to be smarter than this. Instead of blindly following the talking points of a deranged President, you should look at the actual situation. People will want to mail in their ballots because there is a chance that standing in a long line can either get them or their families killed from a nasty disease. There is no evidence of large scale voter fraud from mail in ballots. You can go to www.ncsl.org and read the extensive security protocols for absentee/mail-in ballots.
I’m more interested in the New York investigation by the Mahattan District Attorney, who indicated that his investigation into Trump Enterprises might span more financial and possibly criminal activity than has been in the papers. PINO Trump better hope he gets another 4 years so the statute of limitations on a number of alleged pecadillos and crimes while still in office.
Since Lisa can ‘twist’ others cartoons . . . I’ll repeat my comments made on a good cartoonist.America and the entire world were treated to a sneak preview of “coming attractions” while Trump was running for President. All his enablers that supported him wanted something in return. In order to accomplish this he needed first to divide the country knowing what each would want most. The South’s greatest fear was having a person of color become President as well many others across this nation. The evangelicals and many fine Christians who believed God was “on their side” wanted everyone to think the way they thought and could use the Bible to cherry pick any verse to prove they were doing was God’s will. Never questioning why this candidate broke most of the Ten Commandments. They rationalized segregation, Cain who killed Able was somehow Black, God didn’t want people of a different race to marry or go to school together or forced busing. The most recent rallying cry was abortion and of course not having to bake a wedding cake for people of the same sex and the classic of not issuing a marriage license in some areas even if the person in charge had once been married to two men at the same time. Coal miners would continue to work in a dying industry, steel workers would get their jobs back, auto workers would as well. Something for everyone. A chicken in every pot and a good five cent cigar. Plenty of promises to go around. Each group only cared for themselves and paid no attention to the needs of others like the others given promises.
It’s difficult for many to see their Chosen One had no Love for anyone or anything including them, just Greed. Stupidity is a tough pill to swallow. Refuse to wear a face mask to show you’re “undying” support as you go to the food bank and drop the kids off at school to get their lunch and possibly that virus that’s just a hoax. What have you got to lose ?
Fine, Ms. Benson. Then I suggest that the President’s mail-in absentee ballot to Florida also be nixed. He should go to the polls in his “home-state” and vote in person. The same for all White House workers and staff. And why not all members of both Houses of Congress. Let them stand in the same lines in their “home-states” with their constituents. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, Ms. Benson.
It.. has to be amazing to the rest of the world that America is admitting they have a defunct postal system.. Amid all the best technology money can buy… that once admired postal system.. the pride of the US of A.. where neither sleet nor snow………….. under trumps stewardship is no more. MAGA indeed
That’s the rejection rate you’re talking about. Which mostly happens because ballots are not marked properly or sent in too late. So, funnily enough, this happens because of more restrictions, not less.
I wonder what the masses who can’t think for themselves that are now denigrating the USPS use for their mail service. The Postal creed won’t allow it, but all the torch carriers should be made to fend on their own when it comes to sending and receiving mail.
I believe what the cartoon refers to is that only 20% of Dems voted in the mid term election in several areas, including my own. Something I personally found frightening.
Damn it, don’t try to imply that it Democrat fraud which caused NY problems. That’s garbage.
This is all about COVID, and the leadership failure to deal with it. Failure to grasp how big the problem was. Failure to anticipate what would be necessary. Failure to act in a timely manner.
Don’t blame this on the Democrats, Lisa. That way fixes NOTHING. This is a red alert that our government cannot handle a serious, world event changing catastrophe. Heck, we can’t even RECOGNIZE it when it craps in our laps.
As a Coloradan I have voted by mail for years. It’s safe, convenient, and it allows for a much higher percentage of registered voters taking part. But, now we have to worry about the Postal Service which is being seriously underfunded. And the new Postmaster just fired a whole group of top executives. Hopefully, many places will also do what Colorado does, and have many drop off boxes for ballots.
the San Jose Mercury New paper (liberal) last week published an article saying the California had 100,000 ballots that were not counted in the spring elections. But not to worry, the dems say nothing could go wrong with the Nov elections.
sipsienwa Premium Member over 3 years ago
Lisa has been drinking the tangerine toad juice again.
DD Wiz Premium Member over 3 years ago
The only fraud connected with voting by mail is Trump’s attempt to sabotage the mail system and get millions of low-income people evicted so they have a harder time registering to vote or receive voting materials by mail.
Trump knows the mail is safe for voting, at least when the system has not been deliberately (and probably illegally) sabotaged. Trump votes that way as do his kids and most of his staff.
Trump has told voters in Florida and Arizona that mail-in voting is safe in their states. Apparently it is only a problem in states with Democratic governors, even though states like Washington, Oregon and Colorado have been doing it for years. He is sending robocalls to his supporters in other states saying that it is safe and encouraging them to vote by mail, even as he says the opposite to the general public.
Trump knows mail ballots work. That is why he is trying to stop them. Because he knows that the more people the vote, the bigger the margin he will lose by, and Putin can’t hack mail ballots and the paper trail they leave and Trump is counting on Putin to rescue him from an election that he can’t possibly win without massive cheating and voter suppression (again).
Concretionist over 3 years ago
So, in places where there they really do mail-balloting, they give you TWO options for returning the ballot: You can mail it back or you can drop it off at a lock box. (Because the USPO makes you stamp them if you mail them back… and that would be an illegal poll tax). As for mailing them out, if you don’t get your ballot, you just call them and ask for another.
Right wingers flat HATE the idea of letting everybody vote, so of course, they’re working as hard as they can to make it seem as if mailing ballots around is dangerous and wrong. They lie.
Judge Magney over 3 years ago
Note that Ms Benson has not criticized one whit the recent primary debacle in Georgia, where problems, especially with in person voting, were more pervasive. But corrupt Republicans were in charge there, so they get the Lousy Lisa Seal of Aproval.
jdeathlogan over 3 years ago
Trump claimed he won the popular vote because millions of illegals had voted. Trump established a Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (PEIC or PACEI), also called the Voter Fraud Commission to look into illegal voting and voter suppression. VP Pence was the chair and Kris Kobach was vice-chair. It ran from May 2017 to January 3, 2018. In November 2017 a federal judge ordered the Commission to turn over its documents to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap because the Republicans on the Commission had been working in seclusion keeping all of its documents from the Democrats. The Commission disbanded and shredded its documents just to make sure they were not available. No evidence of wide scale voter fraud was ever presented.
Terri Lynn Rote voted for Donald Trump twice in Iowa in October 2017. She got caught. She said she did it because she believed that the elections were rigged against Trump. She got two years probation and a $750 fee.
In Texas, Rosa Maria Ortega, a Republican and permanent legal resident, was convicted of voting. She was brought here when she was two and thought that as a permanent legal resident she could vote. She was sentenced to eight years and could be deported when her sentence is up.
Lisa, you need to be smarter than this. Instead of blindly following the talking points of a deranged President, you should look at the actual situation. People will want to mail in their ballots because there is a chance that standing in a long line can either get them or their families killed from a nasty disease. There is no evidence of large scale voter fraud from mail in ballots. You can go to www.ncsl.org and read the extensive security protocols for absentee/mail-in ballots.
homeboy over 3 years ago
Grasping at straws as usual.
Patjade over 3 years ago
Lisa uses distraction. It fails.
wyneaux over 3 years ago
What about southern CA’s COVID fail rate, Lisa? Are you happy with that considering where you live?
mourdac Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m more interested in the New York investigation by the Mahattan District Attorney, who indicated that his investigation into Trump Enterprises might span more financial and possibly criminal activity than has been in the papers. PINO Trump better hope he gets another 4 years so the statute of limitations on a number of alleged pecadillos and crimes while still in office.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
⇧ you can recognize an informed, intelligent voter from the use of the word ‘libtard’…
The Love of Money is . . . over 3 years ago
Since Lisa can ‘twist’ others cartoons . . . I’ll repeat my comments made on a good cartoonist.America and the entire world were treated to a sneak preview of “coming attractions” while Trump was running for President. All his enablers that supported him wanted something in return. In order to accomplish this he needed first to divide the country knowing what each would want most. The South’s greatest fear was having a person of color become President as well many others across this nation. The evangelicals and many fine Christians who believed God was “on their side” wanted everyone to think the way they thought and could use the Bible to cherry pick any verse to prove they were doing was God’s will. Never questioning why this candidate broke most of the Ten Commandments. They rationalized segregation, Cain who killed Able was somehow Black, God didn’t want people of a different race to marry or go to school together or forced busing. The most recent rallying cry was abortion and of course not having to bake a wedding cake for people of the same sex and the classic of not issuing a marriage license in some areas even if the person in charge had once been married to two men at the same time. Coal miners would continue to work in a dying industry, steel workers would get their jobs back, auto workers would as well. Something for everyone. A chicken in every pot and a good five cent cigar. Plenty of promises to go around. Each group only cared for themselves and paid no attention to the needs of others like the others given promises.
It’s difficult for many to see their Chosen One had no Love for anyone or anything including them, just Greed. Stupidity is a tough pill to swallow. Refuse to wear a face mask to show you’re “undying” support as you go to the food bank and drop the kids off at school to get their lunch and possibly that virus that’s just a hoax. What have you got to lose ?
Bookworm over 3 years ago
Fine, Ms. Benson. Then I suggest that the President’s mail-in absentee ballot to Florida also be nixed. He should go to the polls in his “home-state” and vote in person. The same for all White House workers and staff. And why not all members of both Houses of Congress. Let them stand in the same lines in their “home-states” with their constituents. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, Ms. Benson.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago
It.. has to be amazing to the rest of the world that America is admitting they have a defunct postal system.. Amid all the best technology money can buy… that once admired postal system.. the pride of the US of A.. where neither sleet nor snow………….. under trumps stewardship is no more. MAGA indeed
flpmlp over 3 years ago
I think it means that Lisa loves honest elections!
VadimUzdensky1 over 3 years ago
That’s the rejection rate you’re talking about. Which mostly happens because ballots are not marked properly or sent in too late. So, funnily enough, this happens because of more restrictions, not less.
Diamond Lil over 3 years ago
I wonder what the masses who can’t think for themselves that are now denigrating the USPS use for their mail service. The Postal creed won’t allow it, but all the torch carriers should be made to fend on their own when it comes to sending and receiving mail.
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
I believe what the cartoon refers to is that only 20% of Dems voted in the mid term election in several areas, including my own. Something I personally found frightening.
Jack Dawson over 3 years ago
The rate of failure in vote by mail elections is huge. Absentee voting is a different thing entirely.
Durak Premium Member over 3 years ago
Damn it, don’t try to imply that it Democrat fraud which caused NY problems. That’s garbage.
This is all about COVID, and the leadership failure to deal with it. Failure to grasp how big the problem was. Failure to anticipate what would be necessary. Failure to act in a timely manner.
Don’t blame this on the Democrats, Lisa. That way fixes NOTHING. This is a red alert that our government cannot handle a serious, world event changing catastrophe. Heck, we can’t even RECOGNIZE it when it craps in our laps.
Red Zinger over 3 years ago
As a Coloradan I have voted by mail for years. It’s safe, convenient, and it allows for a much higher percentage of registered voters taking part. But, now we have to worry about the Postal Service which is being seriously underfunded. And the new Postmaster just fired a whole group of top executives. Hopefully, many places will also do what Colorado does, and have many drop off boxes for ballots.
BWR over 3 years ago
Since when is a 20% fail rate ‘honest’? Of course, how many dead people vote Democratic in IL?
jerryxj Premium Member over 3 years ago
the San Jose Mercury New paper (liberal) last week published an article saying the California had 100,000 ballots that were not counted in the spring elections. But not to worry, the dems say nothing could go wrong with the Nov elections.