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Some US states do this as well. Here in Colorado they mail you your ballot a few weeks before election day as the default. You are able to mail it back, but most people drop them off at secure boxes around town on their own time. You can still vote in person but its way more of a pain in the ass to do, idk why anyone would. Mailed ballots are far better
I can't ever imagine going back to filling out a ballot at the polling location. It's so much easier to do at home, when you can take time to actually research all eleventy-billion candidates for federal and state and county and city, then props and measures and....
Voting isn't like a test, where the questions are unknown before you get your hands on it. Sample ballots are available well before you go to vote, allowing you to research all the candidates and ballot issues as much as you want, before showing up at a polling location.
And as far as I'm aware, every state lets you bring a "cheat sheet" with you, in case you don't remember who you preferred for city council position #5 when you looked up the candidates last week.
I spend a day or two making my cheat sheet so that I don't have to figure out what all the down-ballot stuff is the day of.
And with mail in ballots, you can just put a stamp on that cheat sheet and your job is done. No need to stand in line and re-copy everything again.
This is one of the most terminally online things I've ever seen...
If anyone reading this is stressed about voting in person (and don't have a viable mail-in option), you need to know that your anxiety is completely unfounded. You will be just fine, trust me.
If the first time you're seeing the candidates/issues is when you step into a voting booth, you're doing it wrong.
Washington State uses only mail voting, it’s fantastic. You get your ballot in the mail, a voter booklet with candidate statements, and you can use a drop box or USPS to return your ballot. Then you can check your ballot status online and get a text when your ballot is received! It’s wonderful when your state actually wants people to vote
republicans only do it in person, thats probably why the gop banks on thier votes, and they dont voter suppress thier districts either, they do it in a democratic county though.
Tons of Republicans voted by mail in 2020
I have seen a lot of Republican states making it harder for voting
remember densantis, when red districts were hit hard by a natural disaster, he had voting booths stationed all over the place, but none in blue areas.