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

[Mark Scarberry]

Interesting point. Could there be a comprehensive ballot, with each party's
primary contenders listed under that party's heading, so that voters could
simply choose one?

Mark

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*Mark S. Scarberry*

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On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:35 AM David Segal <davidadamsegal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> [image: Pepperdine wordmark]*Caruso School of Law*
>>
>> *Mark S. Scarberry*
>>
>> *Professor of Lawmark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu
>> <mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu>*
>>
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