I estimate that half my mail ends up lost in the system or returned to sender, which includes a lot of checks from clients, since I'm freelance.

Perhaps we need a system whereby each ballot has an ID number, with a website where you can log on to make sure your ballot was received.

Or perhaps they already have such a system in place.

Does Diebold do the GEMS for central tabulation?
because if so that's a problem, but at the very least we know that we can rely on hand recounts.

-C.

Forced Mail-in Voting Class Action Lawsuit0

Most Washington State Polling Places are being shutdown. Millions of disenfranchised voters are now forced to vote by mail-in ballots thereby opening the way for massive voter-fraud.

Please join the class action lawsuit challenging forced Mail-in Voting in Washington State. The lawsuit will claim that there is no assurance to the voter that the ballot cast is private, is received, and is counted as cast. The voter also has no assurance that other voters are actually qualified to vote. (Many dead people have been voting via mail-in ballots as well as voters voting simultaneously in multiple states via multiple mail-in ballots). Additionally Washington State election officials have not been able to track and account for the mail-in ballots they send thereby opening the way for voter fraud.

In contrast, voters casting ballots in Washington State at polling places must sign their names in front of two witnesses (poll workers) as well as show their identification prior to being permitted to vote. They are also not permitted to influence or observe how another voter votes. 'Except for the signature (which is not notarized), the mail-in ballots have none of these safeguards in place. (the election officials have recently turned off the vote counters on the machines so we cannot know that our ballot was counted as we cast it.)

The proposed law suit is based on the concept that elected officials cannot deny their constituents the right to vote. The "right to vote"  implys reasonable assurance to the voter that his ballot was counted as he cast it in a timely manner and that most if not all other voters are qualified to vote and that the voting be done in a public forum whenever possible. (i.e. a traditional polling place with voting machines that count votes)

Here is a quote  -- Attributed to Josef Stalin
 that underscores the issue.
""It is enough that the people know there was an election.
  The people who cast the votes decide nothing.
  The people who count the votes decide everything."