2006-11-07 08:11:51 · 7 answers · asked by blonde101 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Because people hope their votes will count more than with a machine since many are aware of the voting irregularites and fraud here in Ohio and they want a paper record of the vote (the papertrail on machines will NOT secure the vote despite what they tell you). They may have been one of the unfortunate ones to wait in 2-13 hour rainy lines in 2004 and don't want a repeat of that horror.
Unfortunately, it is not a good idea to vote absentee. It should be outlawed. I once heard a speecher at a vote teach in who had run for elected office. He was greatly ahead in the polls yet lost the election. While at the board of elections, he started snoopping around when left alone and found several boxes full of envelopes with the voters address labels on and all contained black ballots. Why would all these people take the time to send in a blank ballot. Apparently they had switched the ballots. The longer votes are in the hands of people willing to be fraudulent, the more time they have to alter or loss your vote. If all is done election day, it is harder to do without making errrors (like in Ohio, one county the unknown 3rd parrty got more votes than Kerry..they messed that one up)..these messups are helpful in documenting fraud...when taken all together.
Some people probably found it more convenient to vote that way as well, but I dodn't recommend it. We need to call our representatives and ask them to cosign and support HB 6200 a bill that if passed will make all future presidential elections by hand counted and posted at the precinct and be on paper ballots. Voting this way is difficult to cheat when it is observed and locked, transparent ballot boxes are used.
2006-11-10 23:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by mindy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a little bit of a paper protest. Many absentee voters in Ohio are voting that way to ensure that there is a paper ballot on file for them. This is because of a lot of doubts about their new electronic voting machines, and also the conflict of interest surrounding the machines and Kenneth Blackwell...
2006-11-07 16:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by tamesbadger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that there are so many?
I'm in Ohio and I just voted at the voting location closest to me, and many others were there also.
To answer your question, it may be due to the people of Ohio wanting to prevent what happened here in the last election with the fraud and recounting problems that ravaged our state's election results 2 years ago.
That's why our state now allows anyone registered to vote to cast an absentee ballot, so that the ballot counters will have ample time to count and recount the votes, make sure there are no "dead voters", "double voters" and the like with more ease.
2006-11-07 16:16:51 · answer #3 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't trust the electronic voting machines so they voted with the only system that would work for sure. They also have long lines in the urban areas of Ohio so they use the absentee ballots to beat the long lines.
2006-11-07 16:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because our damn voting machines won't work! Thank you Secretary of State Blackwell.
2006-11-07 16:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't expect dead Republicans to show up in person to vote, do you?
2006-11-07 16:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so the dead can vote. mayor daley said "voter early and vote often".
2006-11-07 16:19:32 · answer #7 · answered by dwalkercpa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋