{"id":3883,"date":"2018-08-28T16:12:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2018-08-28T16:12:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:12:34","slug":"why-i-like-voting-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/why-i-like-voting-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I like voting by mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/why-i-like-voting-by-mail\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,611\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"voting by mail 08-28-2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018-300x179.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018-1024x611.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3884\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/voting-by-mail-08-28-2018-768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a>It has been a few years since I queued up at a polling place, and I am the happier for it.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, I am a sucker for the pageantry: citizen volunteers man polling places; activists outside hand out flyers in hopes of swinging votes; I get a little sticker to wear proudly on my chest. I love it all.<\/p>\n<p>But I am a busy guy, with a full-time job and four kids. So, in recent years, I have opted to vote by mail. Why do I like it? Because it is wildly convenient. I don\u2019t have to vote on a particular date. I can drop my ballot in the mailbox any date up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>Voting by mail enables me to better deliberate. I open the ballot, look at the choices, and then I can ponder for days. I can supplement the somewhat-helpful voter guide by searching online, and I can discuss candidates and issues with friends and family&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rstreet.org\/2018\/08\/28\/why-i-like-voting-by-mail\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a few years since I queued up at a polling place, and I am the happier for it. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I am a sucker for the pageantry: citizen volunteers man polling places; activists outside hand out flyers in hopes of swinging votes; I get a little sticker to wear proudly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[161,64],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postal-service","category-public-and-governance","tag-r-street-institute-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBCzY-10D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3885,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions\/3885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}