How the mail-order vote takes place, because of which Trump spoke about the postponement of the election

US President Donald Trump once again criticized the intention of many states to expand mail-order voting capabilities in the 2020 presidential election. The President insists that mail-order voting will lead to inevitable election fraud, writes "Voice of America".

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Ensuring the voting process for the November elections will be challenging. To reduce congestion at polling stations and the associated risk of contracting COVID-19, most states are expanding their ability to vote by mail.

“If we assume that 65-75 percent of all ballots in the 2020 presidential election will be mailed,” says Eddie Perez of the Institute for the Advancement of Open Election Systems, “that's almost 100 ballots. That's a very, very large number."

The first step is to ensure that only registered voters who request it receive a ballot.

“Voting by mail is often talked about as if blank ballots are sent around the world almost at random without any control,” Perez notes. “This is absolutely not true.”

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The voter receives a ballot, which is printed specifically for his site. After filling it out, you need to seal it in a secure envelope, sign the outer side of which, and send it to the polling station. Next, automatic scanners check whether the signature on the envelope matches the voter registration data. This is how the validity of the bulletin is established.

“It looks like a quality control room in a factory. This is where letters that need to be verified are sorted out, says Neil Kelly, a vote registrar in Orange County, California. “For example, checking signatures.”

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The check is over, and it's time to count the votes. To do this, the ballots are taken out of the envelopes containing the name and address of the voter, and then the counting itself is already anonymous.

“A voter’s personal information and how they voted are physically separated,” Perez explains. “This is truly a critical step in our democracy in terms of protecting the secrecy of voting.”

The voting data is read by a scanner. Any mistake, unclear filling, extra mark - and the document is sent to the site employee for review. However, voting by mail is not a complete replacement for voting at polling stations. The risk that your vote will not be taken into account is higher here.

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“Ballots may arrive late if they are sent after the deadline,” says Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation. “Perhaps the voter did not sign the envelope or his signature does not match the one in the registration database.”

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According to the President of the California Voters Foundation, the most unprepared for voting by mail are young voters and those who will vote for the first time.

“They have three big problems: they're not familiar with the voting process, they're not very familiar with how snail mail works, and they're not used to signing,” Alexander says.

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Voting by mail will also complicate the counting of votes. The name of the next president of the United States may only become known a few weeks after election day.

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