Rachel Maddow warned viewers on Monday that President Donald Trump plans to interfere with midterm election results, following the Supreme Court’s recent 7-2 ruling against his executive order instructing the US Postal Service (USPS) to block states from distributing and collecting mail-in ballots.
Trump’s order, which he signed last March, would’ve directed the USPS to refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to anyone whose information hadn’t been properly submitted to a new state citizenship list maintained by the federal government.
“Trump is counting on confusion, uncertainty, and a lack of confidence in the mail-in voting system to suppress voter turnout,” she said.
Distance.
Australia does it as well. It’s fine as long as the system behind it is fair and well regulated.
That’s the issue they have. But yeah it’s distance, for one reason. Working away from home is another though most do an early or absentee vote here to get around that.
Edit: I also note local knowledge from who I think is an American about not getting a day off or on a weekend (like us) which only strengthens the reason to have postal votes.