#dropboxes — Public Fediverse posts

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

Battle Over #Ballot #DropBoxes Rages On in #Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of *Election Integrity* Debate

After court rulings that first outlawed the boxes & then made them legal again, #ConspiracyTheories continue to stir opposition that will result in heightened surveillance at sites this #election. The hijacking of one box reflects the controversy.

#weird #insane #Nonsense
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#law #CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/ballot-drop-boxes-wisconsin-election-conspiracies-voting

#Election Deniers Want #AI #Cameras to Stream Footage of #Ballot #Dropboxes

An election #conspiracy group has announced plans to #livestream footage from ballot dropboxes and recruit sheriffs to help. Local officials are concerned about potential #voter intimidation.
#privacy #election2024 #ElectionDeniers #electionconspiracy

https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-livestream-voting-dropbox-wisconsin/

All the #hysterics over #ballot #dropBoxes are absurd and unwarranted. Abundant empirical evidence proves they are a #safe and #efficient way for #Americans to #vote. If some no-gooder jams a fistful of #fraudulent #ballots into the box, it doesn't mean they will be counted and applied to the official tally. The ballots are still inspected and verified prior to #tabulation. The ballot box is just another way for #voters to transmit their ballot to the #election clerk.

https://apnews.com/article/ballot-drop-boxes-voter-fraud-conspiracies-af4751d78f87c8f5aeefc5daa2b1f6a9

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=BISyIBU2gVY

this past week

Woman confronts #farright ARMED arseholes (a pack of wankers calling themselves #ballotwatchers) who were threatening #voters #elections #dropboxes
#WTF is going ON in the U.S.?