2020 was the first time I voted by mail, absentee since I retired from active duty back in 1986. Being over 65, I didn’t even have to request a ballot. Georgia sent ballots out to everyone over 65. Now that might have been just a county thing, I don’t know. Georgia’s new law also changed my polling or voting place. Instead of 3 miles away, it’s now 1. Halfway between home and Home Depot.
I thought nothing about absentee voting while in the military. But I’m still skeptical of it. I have a close cousin who lives in Oregon, mail in state, she’s always calling me up to ask me how she should vote. In a way, it’s like I’m officially voting in Georgia and unofficially in Oregon. Another quirk, I don’t like ranked voting, but I love runoffs when no candidate receives 50% plus 1. I’m a huge fan of the jungle primary also. Place all candidates on a single ballot without the party identification with the top two advancing to the general election, runoff if you will in November if no one received 50% plus 1 vote. At least this way, the voter will have to know the candidates name they want to win or vote for instead of just going down the line checking the R and or the D. Not caring who the candidates are or what their names are.
