Comment 4

4.a. Regulatory Provision: None included regarding Voter Trafficking in absentee voting. 

4.b. My Comment:

There should be a code of behavior for preventing trafficking of votes from people who can be preyed upon by “vote harvesting”.  This activity creates an environment where vulnerable people in our society can be preyed upon by bullies.  This is harshly against our American values. By indefinite authorization for absentee ballots, these voters become targets for those bullies seeking to exploit them and influence their vote.  If intimidation and manipulation are not part of the technique, certainly an unscrupulous “trafficker” can merely throw out ballots with which they don’t agree.

4.c. My Recommendation:

Add a paragraph to:

-  Require indefinitely confined voters to reapply each year to receive absentee ballots, rather than receive them automatically.

-  Require voters who are indefinitely confined due to age or disability to show a photo ID in order to vote absentee.