On the mail-in vote

Postal voting, if it works properly, will go some way towards curbing the problem of rising abstention that should concern everyone, regardless of party affiliation.

At the same time, it is a long-standing request of diaspora Greeks and a measure that has been applied in almost all modern democracies.

It has certainly helped in the United States, although apparently not to the desired extent, judging by the continued high abstention rates. Still, if there were no mail-in vote the situation would be much worse, if not dangerous, as the ever lower participation of citizens in the electoral process would have a negative effect on the legitimacy of the elected government.

I can also pass on the experience of many friends in the US who have told me directly that if there was no postal voting, it is not at all certain that they would go to polling stations to vote.<...