[EL] Quick answer appreciated: Mailing absentee ballot requests to all registered voters vs. Mailing vote-by-mail ballots to all registered voters

[David Segal]

And there's the difficult question of how you deal with open or partially
open primaries, because you'd need to send multiple ballots to many or all
voters so that they can choose in which primary to vote.

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:29 PM Mark Scarberry <
mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu> wrote:

> California Gov. Newsom has ordered that actual ballots be mailed to all
> registered voters. If I recall correctly, a lot of list members who often
> disagree on absentee ballot issues agree that it is not wise to mail actual
> ballots to every registered voter.
>
> Am I right? I think I recall Rick (Hasen) agreeing on that point, but I
> can't find the email or source. Didn't an earlier election integrity
> commission recommend against mailing actual ballots?
>
> Sorry for the senior moment here.
>
> I have a media request and don't want to get this wrong. I won't use
> anyone's name unless you give me permission or unless I"m pointed to
> something you've written about publicly (not just on this list -- I don't
> refer to anything anyone has said on an Internet list using their name)..
>
> Mark
>
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>
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