We have an upcoming election aimed at combating rigged elections. Our ballots and envelopes are mailed to everyone, unsecured, and are returned to unmanned ballot boxes. The instructions advise, “It’s OK to re-seal (the envelope) with tape.” The ballot instructions for voting advise, “If you make a mistake, mark an X over the oval filled in error … and mark the oval of your choice.”
I must be drunk on stupid to think these completed and signed ballot envelopes aren’t at risk of being hijacked (harvesters come to mind), opened, re-marked, re-sealed with tape, and sent on. That’s a rigging opportunity that leaves our votes, our democracy here unnecessarily at risk for cheating. Armed with these facts, do you trust the outcome?
Dan Smith
Arroyo Grande
This article appears in Oct 16 – Oct 23, 2025.
Nowhere in any literature I received with my ballot did it say I could reseal it with tape. So, that’s fake news. It says the election workers will see that as a “red flag” and possibly not count your vote. They will probably contact you and ask if you want a new ballot. As for putting an x through an inadvertent marked bubble, that’s always been the case since before everyone got a ballot in the mail and it was only absentee. So quit spreading disinformation.
In regards to Dan Smith’s opinion about election rigging. Then I am sure he would agree that Al Gore should have been elected President if a complete and accurate recount had proceeded in Florida.