Well, there's a problem with that too. How do you guarantee the absentee ballots will be counted? Speaking of the 2,000 election, there was a huge flap about the Military absentee ballots that were supposedly deliberately delayed by orders from Sandy Berger to ensure that the mostly pro-Bush military votes that would have flooded into Florida missed the deadline and were not counted. So you see, there's more than one way to try to "steal" an election. Of course, this story wasn't widely run by the major news outlets, but that's another story entirely.
The problem is, nobody can guarantee anything. Absentee ballots can be lost, either accidentally or deliberately, just as easily as electronic ballots can be tampered with. Then you get into the issue of election districts. Ever see how election districts are drawn? No matter which party is in power the sole concern is keeping the incumbents in power, so you end up with election districts that look like topographical maps. Government for government's sake. Remember the old aristocracies from Europe? Remember Feudalism, and the Divine Right of kings? Replace "divine right" with "natural right" and it's no different. Once in power, people like to stay there and do so by whatever means they can.
I'm afraid I don't see any way out of this little mess, except following the path that it's already been set upon to its inevitable conclusion. Hopefully people's voices will be heard, and their votes will still count for something. I would encourage people to not let the corruption within the system prevent them from speaking out and casting their ballots. If you do nothing, if you despair and just give up, then you've given power over to these people willingly, and given up your rights completely. If you exercise your rights, and it is ignored or subverted by corrupt people, then the blame lays squarely on them; You've done your part.
It is far better to shout and not be heard, than to say nothing at all when there was still a chance of someone listening.
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