From: Sharon Krieg
Columbus
I wholeheartedly agree with The Republic editorial of June 25th supporting greater mail-in voting availability.
Contrary to the opinion expressed by another letter writer, mail-in voting has not resulted in rampant cases of voter fraud.
Five states currently use all mail-in voting. A ballot is sent to each registered voter well in advance of election day. The voter has the option of returning the ballot by mail or voting in person on Election Day. I don’t believe anyone is suggesting eliminating in-person voting in Indiana.
The writer brought up the Voter ID law, a typical ploy by Republican-led legislatures to suppress the vote. The most newsworthy case of in-person voter fraud in Indiana was of course committed by the former Republican Secretary of State Charlie White in 2012.
That’s right, the person who was responsible for overseeing elections, after the Voter ID law was in place, was convicted of voter fraud.
The writer stated that the Attorney General has sounded the alarm on the possibility of voter fraud with mail-in ballots. Was that a concern when Donald Trump and Mike Pence voted by mail in the 2020 primaries? I believe the real concern for Attorney General Barr and the writer is exactly as Donald Trump stated in his all caps tweet: "IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE END OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS TRAGEDY BEFALL OUR NATION."
