Response to Trib letter opposing mail-in voting

It’s puzzling my fellow Glen Ellynite Dan Schuchardt (Letters, April 20) has “serious concerns about our ability to prevent substantial voter fraud” if we go to mail-in voting this November. Is he unaware that mail-in voting is the primary procedure in 5 states and can be accessed in 28 others with no cause required? Since 2000, over a quarter billion such votes have been cast. Oregon has sent out a hundred million mail-in votes during this time. There was documented voter fraud…an infinitesimal 12 cases, amounting to 0.0000001%.

Besides concern about phantom voter fraud, Schuchardt ignores the pressing need for mail-in voting this November. “Sounds like a good idea, especially in these times”, drastically understates the voting crisis we’ll face if, as predicted by top US virus experts, we’re hit with a double whammy of covid-19 and seasonal flu this fall. Schuchardt’s letter dares not utter the word ‘pandemic’.

Nor does Schuchardt detail the cause of his concern. But Trump’s statement “If we have mail-in voting we’ll never see another Republican elected again” provides a clue.