Sigh. I used that as an example that costs *more* for in-person voting
than mail-in voting. You need many voting machines per polling place. You need way fewer scanners for counting mail-in ballots at centralized/consolidated locations.
Sure, it takes a couple seconds to open an envelope, and another, what, 30-60 seconds to check if a signature matches the one on file. But it also takes a couple seconds to wave a voter over to check-in as the next person in line and another 30-60 seconds to check the voter's identification, cross his/her name off a list, etc. for an in-person voter.
I have no interest in spending my Friday afternoon listing out every single cost associated with in-person voting and every single cost associated with mail-in voting, but I am quite confident that when the weighing of trade-offs is all said and done, the costs are pretty damn similar.
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Posted: 04/09/2021 at 4:52PM