Myths/mail-in voting

myths about mail-in voting

🚫 MYTH: Mail-in voting is riddled with fraud and cannot be trusted.
✅ FACT: Out of every 10 million mail-in ballots, fewer than 4 are fraudulent.
🚫 MYTH: The United States is the only country that uses mail-in voting.
✅ FACT: Over 50 democracies worldwide use mail-in voting, including Germany, the UK, Australia, Canada, and Switzerland.
🚫 MYTH: Anyone can send in a mail-in ballot. There's no way to verify who it's really from.
✅ FACT: Mail-in ballots go through multiple layers of verification: signature matching, unique barcodes, ballot tracking, and in many states, witness or notary requirements.
🚫 MYTH: Mail-in voting is just a convenience for people who don't want to bother showing up.
✅ FACT: Mail-in voting is a lifeline for the elderly, people with disabilities, active-duty military families, and rural voters depend on it to make their voices heard.
🚫 MYTH: Mail-in voting is a new, untested idea.
✅ FACT: Mail-in voting in America dates back to the Civil War. Union soldiers cast mail ballots in the 1864 presidential election, making it a 160+ year tradition in American democracy.
🚫 MYTH: Mail-in voting is designed to benefit one political party.
✅ FACT: Research consistently shows mail-in voting does not significantly advantage either party. What it does do is increase overall voter turnout.