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I think they're just saying that everyone should have the option and use it.
Maybe.
Regardless, it should be clear that not everyone has this option today. There is no reason we should be saying things like "You have no excuse" like we are elsewhere.
There are more options than their used to be, but not everywhere, not for everyone, and its still not as easily accessed as it should be.
Which sucks.
Only eight states have automatic mail-in voting: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington state, plus Washington DC.
Some states have No Excuse Required mail-in options, while others have Excuse Required mail-in options. I’ve lived in all three types of states. The automatic (blue) state was best, and No Excuse (purple) state made the mail-in request easy, but I had to jump through hoops and lie my ass off to mail my ballot in the Excuse Required (red) state.
Every state should have automatic or No Excuse mail-in ballots.
https://ballotpedia.org/All-mail_voting
They absolutely should all be automatic.
We should also, IMO, have it as a holiday. As well as early voting options everywhere. Really everything to encourage participation.
Unfortunately not the case today...