No Deterrence.
Pima County has decided to reduce costs around mail in voting by eliminating the outside return envelope of your ballot. The new approach is to have you sign and provide your contact number on the outside of the actual mailer. As a citizen incredibly concerned with government surveillance, data miners, and folks just stealing my data, there is no way I’m going to put my legal signature and phone number for anyone to see as my mail makes its way through the USPS. Instead, I dropped off my ballot at an official polling location. I am not deterred by this questionable action around voting.
You should vote every time you have the opportunity to vote. It is your civic duty to do this. Do it safely, but make sure you vote. Had there been no drop box, I would have taken the time off from work to make sure I voted.
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