Interesting perspective. Some mail-in ballots probably lose their secrecy aspect to them.

My take is that mail-in ballots also favor lukewarm voters who probably have not made as much effort to cast a wise vote. Taking some time to walk into the polls shows a higher degree of commitment to the democratic process. But probably not that much more.

Given that you are from Oregon, you probably recognize that the real election is the Democrat primaries in your state. Whoever the D's choose wins the general election. So that means only a small number of people get to choose the individuals who will govern. I estimate maybe 10%, but you would have a better idea of that percentage voting in the D primaries. When 10% are making the actual choice, that seems a bit feudalistic. To me, this is a bigger problem than mail-in ballots not being secret or not-as-committed.

When I was young, I spent six years in a Canadian political party, hoping that my involvement would help find better people for governance. I slowly learned that party politics in inherently dysfunctional--and that dysfunctions spills into governance and society at large.

Somehow I invented another system of governance, one without any political parties.

You might be the kind of person who would interested in this new system. Follow my byline.