re: #19 Hecuba’s daughter

From downstairs:

Have mentioned this before but my personal knowledge of cheating involved an elderly aunt with dementia who was bedridden. She received a VBM form to complete, and one of her sons, who was an ardent Republican and knew his mother was a Democrat, voted straight Republican for her. She was totally unaware of the ballot or what happened.

OTOH, in 2008, we received a form for our mother, who also suffered from dementia. She had been a Hillary fan, hated Obama, and hated Palin. We did our best to persuade her that voting for McCain meant voting for Palin, but she was determined and so we marked the ballot in accordance with her wishes, For the rest of the ballot, she wanted the Democratic candidate, though she was unfamiliar with the nominess in the other races.

So my concern about VBM is someone else intercepting the ballot and voting illegitimately on behalf of the voter. And we know Republicans will be happy to do that.

It’s a concern, but the increase in the number of voters will make up for it.

I dislike my brother enough I would have turned him in for that.