How do you know voting by mail works? The US military's done it since the Civil War. - aseitzwald
For a century and half, critics have objected to mailed ballots by raising many of the same points President Donald Trump and his allies use today.
And during the Civil War, Republicans and Democrats alike suspected that soldiers would vote overwhelmingly for the party of their commander-in-chief. "Before that, there had really been a close adherence to residency requirements and voting near home," said Keyssar."It starts with soldiers, but then the same logic applies to others who, because of their work, are unable to be in town on Election Day. And the thought was they should not be disenfranchised as a result."
Some members of Congress want to let all Americans take advantage of the voting rights now given to members of the military and other citizens living overseas. Members of the Army National Guard fill out absentee voter ballots for the presidential election while temporarily stationed along the New Jersey coastline to help with Superstorm Sandy clean up on Nov. 6, 2012 in Bay Head, N.J.While elections are run by individual states, there’s a federal agency under the Department of Defense that standardizes the process for both military and civilians overseas.
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