One reason vote-by-mail remains under attack by Donald Trump is because of who it helps turn out

This is based on published research:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379421000822

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henfredemars@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 2d

When the people speak, conservatives lose.

LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2d

Yeah. No shit.

The other aspect of it is that urban voting would go way down. Congestion at city polling places would be a pain in the ass, but thankfully urban voters are historically very conservative.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d

Was someone unaware of this?

limer@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d

I’ve long thought the primary reason that it is attacked in many states, is that it’s hard to skew the results using hidden methods.

In fact, in several states, it’s the only honest ballot counting there is; when the only other option is using a privately run counting system that flunks United Nations testing