I’m Swiss too (dual citizen with US) haha. And yeah man it’s so much easier to just get the letter without even needing to register to vote or whatever. Automatically get it when you turn 18 and an election comes up.

Each state has their own little constitution. West coast states have it built in that ballot measures are by the people, for the people, and honored by the state, so The People can fix or add things at the state level. Other states rely entirely on the legislature.

Voting setup and enforcement is a state thing, that in federal elections then gets handed to the fed for certification.

Voting is only done by mail in Oregon. I love it!

Every state I've lived in has had vote by mail. I've never voted at a polling place because of the convenience of vote by mail.

Is there a reason for such a high proportion?

We have mail as an option here (our province in Canada is having an election this month), but quite a lot of people go and vote in person either on the day or on one of the early voting days

No downside to either option, just curious about the history behind it

Something that I've heard recently that's made me rethink voting by mail as a common practice. It's very common for a head-of-household husband to be more passionate/insistent on how they vote than their wife. It's also very common for the husband to vote one way (Republican) than the wife (Democrat).

It would be much easier to coerce (even mildly) while voting from home than at a confidential voting booth.