Somebody in Lackawanna County put a number of ballots in a drop box at the same time, and now some Republicans are in a tizzy, using this as an excuse to try to eliminate drop boxes for ballots. What they ought to do is get rid of the requirement that each voter must put only his or her ballot into the drop box. If I can collect ballots from my neighbors and save them a trip to Jim Thorpe, why shouldn’t I be able to do that?
I would remind these Republicans that each ballot has to be inside a security envelope, and that security envelope must be signed by the voter. The only thing that seems to have happened in Lackawanna County was that a voter was no doubt doing a favor. Luckily we don’t have restrictions on mailing letters or returning library books for friends. Now let’s get rid of the requirement that each voter must individually drive to a drop box.
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