# Universal mail-in ballots

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-mail-in-ballots/957726>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-mail-in-ballots/957726 "2022-01-13T14:09:23Z")\
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I could imagine a bad actor working at, say, a memory care facility could intercept the ballots, fill them out how he/she wishes, and get the memory care patients to sign them. I could imagine a domineering spouse or parent demanding that their spouse or kids vote a certain way and watching them fill out the ballot. I could imagine pay-for-vote schemes, where you can actually verify that the payee is voting the right way.

I’m not saying these are problems, but I could see them possibly causing problems.

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