If 47 states already allow no-excuse early voting in this country, sometimes weeks before Election Day, why do we need mail-in voting except for very specific exceptions? That is the question Democrats are refusing to answer because it will expose the myth behind their push for no-excuse mail-in balloting.
Democrats are already living in fear over a case before the Supreme Court that could require massive changes in many states in regard to their mail-in ballot procedures.
Of all the forms of voting we have, this is what opens itself up to fraud, and is now so far away from its original intended purpose that the time has come to blow the doors off the Democrat narrative on this method of voting.
Many people don’t realize this, but mail-in voting has been around since the Civil War, actually, before that.
There are some examples of absentee voting during the 17th century, where men were permitted to vote if their homes were deemed to be “vulnerable” to an attack by Indians.
“Excuse-required” absentee voting was first used on a larger scale during the Civil War, reported Time Magazine. Few people would argue with the right of someone serving their country to be able to cast their vote in this fashion.
During the election of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln defeated George McClellan, with Union soldiers’ votes being supervised by clerks or state officials at field hospitals and camps.
Even dating back to the origins of mail-in voting, when used for this specific purpose, you rarely heard allegations of fraud related to this form of voting. It was only when it started to expand that corruption was alleged.
During the expansion of the country, absentee voting was expanded to include railroad workers who were not in their hometowns during an election. As the years passed, we saw more and more states expand mail-in voting options.
California was the first state to allow no-excuse mail-in voting, passing a state law in 1978. Other states would follow, such as Oregon, which conducted an entire primary and general election via mail-in voting in 1995 and 1996, respectively, when Ron Wyden won his election to replace Bob Packwood in the U.S. Senate (Packwood resigned due to a sex scandal). In 2000, voters approved a proposal to allow Oregon to be an all-mail state, with 70% of voters approving the measure.
Of course, the largest expansion of mail-in voting in this country took place during the COVID epidemic in 2020, with the percentage of mail-in voting more than doubling from the 2016 election, according to a study by Election Lab MIT.
In 2016, mail-in ballots accounted for 21% of the votes. But in 2020, 46% of the votes cast came via mail-in ballots. Keep in mind, there were also more than 19 million additional votes cast in the 2020 election, and the expansion of mail-in ballots played a significant role in that.
Moving forward to the 2024 election, there were a total of 99.2 million ballots processed by the United States Post Office, accounting for roughly 40% of all mail-in ballots cast in presidential elections since 2000. (Election stats via 270ToWin). Overall, from 2000 to 2020, there were more than 250 million ballots cast via mail-in voting in all 50 states.
Democrats always make the case that there is not enough “widespread” voter fraud to be worried about, but why should any level of fraud be acceptable? And the fact of the matter is that they are just wrong.
Local elections are often decided by only a handful of votes, and we have seen federal elections decided by less than 100 votes, so any level of fraud is unacceptable.
Look at the 2018 election for NC-9, where the entire election was tossed out due to mail-in voter fraud.
Ironically, the case centered around allegations made against Republican pastor Mark Harris, who held a margin of only 900 votes in the election. Democrat Dan McCready had conceded the race, but he withdrew his concession after it was alleged that Harris had bankrolled “criminal activity,” reported CNBC.
After the election was investigated, a campaign staffer for Harris wound up being indicted for the mishandling of mail-in ballots as well as encouraging others to engage in election fraud.
In 2022, Kimberly Zapata, the former Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Director, was charged by Wisconsin for having requested military absentee ballots using false names. She was eventually convicted and sentenced to probation for her crimes, reported Fox6 News Milwaukee.
In 2024, Samunta Shomine Pittman was charged with 70 counts related to election fraud in Georgia. According to the Heritage Foundation report, Pittman had filled out fake names on voter registration applications as well as letting others do the same while canvassing for the Coalition for the People's Agenda, a left-wing advocacy group.
We have also seen cases of people receiving ballots for dead people, as well as numerous instances of voter rolls not being properly maintained. This is something I have been reporting about for years, and it is a huge issue if we are going to be sending out mail-in ballots automatically, as we saw take place during COVID.
As noted above, that is the argument that is often made by Democrats, but that argument can easily be shattered.
They are likely latching onto a report from Brookings that claimed there is only "0.000043%" fraud among mail-in ballots, but they are missing some key figures.
For instance, that argument does not account for:
In addition to those cases, you have to look at the number of ballots rejected for mismatched signatures. For instance, Time reported that in 2016 and 2018, 27.5% and 15.8% of all rejected ballots were rejected due to mismatched signatures, respectively.
This proves that it is a problem, but when you have so many states with no controls in place for this, the amount of mismatched signatures missed could be staggering.
We saw how mail-in ballot fraud could be easily organized and implemented in the NC-9 case, which should have triggered nationwide control measures. Yet, we still hear how the problem does not really exist from one side of the aisle.
Today, 47 states and the District of Columbia allow for no-excuse early voting. The only states not permitting no-excuse early voting are Alabama, Mississippi, and New Hampshire.
This makes the most sense of any form of variation solely due to the fact that elections are on a Tuesday during working hours for most Americans. Either declare Election Day a national holiday or allow at least one weekend of early voting. It’s a simple fix.
If you allow no-excuse early voting, the only people who should be permitted to vote via mail-in ballot are the following exceptions:
If you do not fall into any of those categories, you should be voting in person on Election Day.
More than 70% of all Americans approve of some sort of voter ID laws, yet Democrats say that most people can’t find their birth certificates and have no way to get one. That, by the way, is an argument I debunked in a previous report, and it took me all of seven minutes to do it.
The SAVE Act seemed like common sense to most people, but Democrats and some media outlets have been blatantly lying about the restrictions in the legislation in terms of what forms of ID are accepted, and, as noted above, the difficulty in getting a birth certificate.
The Schmitt Amendment to the Act, introduced by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), would also call for an end to mail-in balloting except for the following exceptions:
This was rejected by the Democrats, and there were even a handful of Republicans who did not like the idea of this much limitation being placed on mail-in ballots.
For instance, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) pushed back, stating, "I think that's problematic because a lot of people use mail-in voting and a lot of them are in rural areas,” reported The Hill.
Democrats point to the fact that President Trump has regularly made use of mail-in voting, including in the most recent election. However, Trump actually meets the exception rules. Trump works in DC, but he resides in Florida.
When Trump was asked about using mail-in voting during the recent Florida election, according to NBC News, he stated:
“You know what, because I’m president of the United States, and because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida. I decided that I was going to vote by mail-in ballot because I couldn’t be there, because I had a lot of different things.”
Trump should have had a much better answer ready to go, but his point is correct. He is away from his home state due to work, and that is permitted.
For the record, Trump’s communications team should have told him to say, “I am working in DC for the American people; therefore, I qualify for mail-in ballot voting. This is not the type of mail-in ballot voting we are trying to stop. We want to stop no-excuse mail-in voting because it opens the door to too much fraud.” No charge for the advice, Mr. President.
One of the bigger issues that will be decided by the Supreme Court has Democrats on edge, that being grace periods on mail-in ballots. During arguments, Justice Samuel Alito issued the most devastating blow, stating:
“We don’t have Election Day anymore. We have election month.”
Mississippi currently allows ballots that are postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they arrive as many as five days after the election.
The case, Watson v. RNC, held initial arguments before the Court in March, with a decision expected in June or July of 2026.
In the initial case, the district courts ruled in favor of state officials, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal laws preempt state laws, finding that ballots must be cast and received by Election Day.
There are 13 states, in addition to the District of Columbia, that have similar laws in place, so this decision will reverberate around the country. Four states eliminated their grace periods in 2025 (Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota, and Utah).
To that point, Rebekah Caruthers, president and CEO of the voting rights organization Fair Elections Center, according to a report on The Hill, stated:
“This isn’t just a singular action that’s not going to have a ripple effect.”
How big an issue is this? Well, in 2020, there were nearly 32,000 ballots received after Election Day in Oregon alone. In 2022, that number was 13,000. These are numbers big enough to swing a state. And when you consider that, historically, it is Democrat voters using mail-in voting, Democrats have every right to be concerned.
Contrary to the arguments by Democrats, this is not about suppressing votes. This is about making sure that the person pulling the lever or filling out the mail-in ballot is the person they say they are.
We have 47 states in this country that let you vote early. If you serve this country, by all means, mail in your ballot. If you are disabled, ill, or know you have a trip on Election Day, we still want you to vote. That covers all the excuses.
This is the most important responsibility you have as an American citizen. It’s not too much to ask to head to the polls during early voting or on Election Day to carry out that duty. Just as important, it will help remove fraud from our elections, and we all do want free and fair elections, right?
