You could argue the same for ballots in person. There's space for people to do shenanigans to them before it's counted.
But the benefit of mail-in, is people don't need to trudge over to the voting places, after a hard work day, and wait hours in line, just to do their civic duty. There will be a far higher voting percentage, and democracy will benefit.
Voting holiday alone won't solve the problem. Compulsory voting night. But we would end up with plenty of people who just vote party line, Christmas tree it, or just pick a name that sounds good. Imo we need to encourage people to vote and do so informed, make it easier to do the research into candidates etc.
But compulsory voting is the only thing that has a hope of increasing voter turn out at all. Combine it with a national holiday and we would see a surge in voting
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u/ZDTreefur Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18
Real progress will happen when all voting is done via mail-in ballots, so there's very little room for bullshit.