1/ This article explains part of why we @CoalitionGoodGv warn that mail balloting risks must be managed by the public oversight and political parties.

Appointed watchers must be part of the process to challenge improperly rejected ballots on the spot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/21/heres-problem-with-mail-in-ballots-they-might-not-be-counted/

2/ When ballots are rejected but CAN be cured, advocates must be in a position to follow up immediately with the voter. Otherwise there is too much potential for the rejected ballot to get lost in the chaos and never get cured.

Georgia does not permit such transparency.

3/ The St. Bd. just passed a rule about "monitors" and mail ballots but it appears that officials can keep the monitors so far away that the role is meaningless.

I've spent hundreds of hours reviewing mail ballot acceptances and rejections in Colorado and elsewhere.

4/ There can be much subjectivity in the rejection process that would never happen in a public polling place. Imagine rejecting 3% of the voters in line at the polling place. Wouldn't happen.

But mail ballot rejection happens in a corner of an office closed to oversight.

5/ The other risk is improper acceptance of fraudulent ballots. It is hard to control for this risk in states without much history or practice in fraud detection. Rather than denying the problem, we should acknowledge the risk and work to enhance transparency and managing risk.

6/ Remember than in GA the clerk deciding to accept or reject mail ballots can see the voter's race, age, and past political party choices before they accept or reject the ballot.

Goes without saying why effective monitoring is essential.

7/ Both parties and the public must insist on better real time oversight of the mail ballot process. And they must use it wisely and step up to their oversight responsibilities to protect the vote.

8/ We @CoalitionGoodGv recognized this problem in 2018 and brought a lawsuit to rectify this problem. The court permitted thousands more ballots to be accepted, but there is still a gap that must be closed. https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/16/breaking-news-georgia-sued-over-rejecting-absentee-ballots-at-high-rate/

9/ This is the type of very hard groundbreaking work @CoalitionGoodGv quietly does, and other organizations follow with a big p.r. effort, and the public can easily forget that we plowed the hard ground first.
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