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CMV: There is no democratically legitimate reason not to implement vote by mail

It seems to me if we’re expecting people to stay home generally, we can’t just continue to expect people to go gather together in polling places. We’re talking people to work from home and avoid crowds. And fortunately, technology has made it so that for some jobs, working remotely is possible. 

Well it also seems that mail makes it possible to vote without exposing people to crowds. Five states already have vote by mail, and it works. It’s not a new or untested system at all. So any municipality that has an election coming up, can and should make that an option for people. 

When you aren’t actively trying to disenfranchise people, the response to the increased risk associated with crowds is straightforward. We should implement vote by mail. And the only motivation behind the rationalizations for not doing so are naked attempts to favor the Republican Party in spite of the will of the electorate.

It seems to me that the most parsimonious explanation for why any given district won’t embrace this proposal is that they are republican controlled and want to disenfranchise voters in order to maintain power illegitimately. There isn’t a democratically legitimate basis for opposing these efforts.
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I’m guessing the issues are as follows:

1)	It costs money to implement

2)	It takes longer to count votes and may lead to votes that are unclear (not unique to mail in voting)

3)	People without mailing addresses are unable to use it (I’m not sure if you want vote by mail exclusively or as an option, your title is ambiguous and but your body says it’s an option)