Absentee ballot are the same as a mail-in ballot, you idiot!

[imanamerican63]

I wanted to throw my phone at my TV!

[mr_lebowski]

1. My understanding it that there's a small difference ...

I think you're supposed to give a reason in many states as to why you need an absentee ballot, and not all reasons are 'valid'.

Mail-in Balloting (to my understanding) is global for a State, any registered voter can get one for any reason.

In every other sense, however, they are the same.

[maxsolomon]

4. In Mail-in States, everyone gets their ballot mailed to them.

Any registered voter WILL get one. And a Voter's Guide.

[mr_lebowski]

5. In Arizona you opt in to the permanent mail-in ballot list ...

I know because I did, and because all my ballots tell me that my opt-in is why I received this mail-in ballot.

[LisaL]

7. In my state you can vote absentee without giving a reason.

So there is no difference whatsoever. It's ludicrous for Trump to claim that absentee is good but mail in is bad.

[mr_lebowski]

8. Oh, well yeah ... Trump is always freaking ludicrous ... I was in no way suggesting

there is any difference from a 'security of the ballot' standpoint.

Do you also have 'permanent absentee' signup like we have for mail-in in AZ?

[soothsayer]

2. So let states say you're right, we'll only do absentee

And he’ll shut up?

[Brainfodder]

3. It's all MAIL voting and better than waiting in long lines because jackasses try to fraud the vote!

Stopping or discouraging voting should be called out as FRAUD as well. *cough* gerrymandering

We should have a voting WEEK, results tallied for 3 days later and results given at noon on PBS.

But since when do we do what we should?

[Nevilledog]

6. He can't understand that testing doesn't cause COVID-19.

And he won't understand the differences between vote by mail and absentee voting. That being that there is no difference.

[efhmc]

9. Can you choose not to vote with the mail in ballot and vote in person?