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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 12:40:25 EDT lnxw48a1
   I'm a permanent vote-by-mail voter. Compared to in-person voting, I don't have to worry about lines, breakdowns, or running out of receipt paper for the machines.
   
   (One time, I dropped #sonTwo off to vote. There were long lines, and while he was voting, they announced that because of the lack of receipt paper, most of their machines were inoperable. A couple of hundred people were unable to vote.)
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 13:15:30 EDT GeniusMusing

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      @lnxw48a1
      >I'm a permanent vote-by-mail voter.
      
      As is everyone in Oregon along with Washington, Colorado, Hawaii and Utah.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 14:27:30 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @geniusmusing I thought most of those were just temporary because of #COVID-19. I know Arizona has used online voting ... which I’m deeply suspicious of, even more than the electronic voting machines.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2020 14:36:23 EDT GeniusMusing

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            @lnxw48a1
            Oregon 1998
            Washington 2011
            Colorado 2013
            Utah 2014
            Hawaii 2020
            All are permanent unless they change the law.
            
            Also:
            
            Postal voting in the United States Wikipedia
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_United_States#In_states
            
            >In 2016, California passed SB 450 which authorizes a roll-out of vote by mail across the state, at county discretion.[49] For the 2018 elections, 14 counties were authorized to vote by mail and five ultimately did so: Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo. In each of those five counties, voter turnout was higher than the average turnout for the state.[50] For 2020, all counties will be authorized to do so, and as of 8 April 2020 the following ten additional counties have opted in: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Orange, Santa Clara, and Tuolumne.