" devoting so much manpower, labor and resources to a system that is less reliable than simple show your id and vote real time is just dumb."

Since you have yet to find anybody casting fraudulent ballots, it must be "certain" legal voters you're worried about.

Simple question: should it be made harder or easier for a legal voter to cast a legal vote?

" In the long run I will be right and unsolicited ballots sent out will be a thing of the past."

You've had a quarter century in Oregon, and a century and a half for the military. And you've yet to find a single problem.

Define "long run".

" Perhaps at some point our leaders are going to evaluate the cost/benefit of processing mail-in ballots and realize its dumb."

The military has been doing it for over 150 years. Why haven't there been any large scale problems? Oregonians have been doing it for almost 3 decades. Why no report of problems?

Face it, the reason you've come to that conclusion is more people participating makes your side lose. That's the sole reason. You're not worried about illegal voters casting a vote, you're worried about "certain" legal voters casting a vote.

" Absentee ballots are not the same thing in my definition."

Sorry, Humpty Dumpty, you don't get to change definitions at will.

Absentee ballots are mail-in ballots are absentee ballots.

" I see a lot of deliberate confusing of the issue in the liberal controlled media."

What you see is a media demanding even the barest of proof for the serious claim of fraudulent ballots, and pointing out, repeatedly, there is none, and never has been.

The only folks "confusing the issue" are those still pretending fraud at scale exists without producing a scintilla of proof, after decades of chances.

"The confusing I was referring to is calling absentee ballots mailed-in ballots and not differentiating between the two."

The "confusing" I was referring to were those who have had decades to accumulate even the most basic proof of systemic fraud, can't produce an iota, yet still refuse to admit what really bothers them is people voting he wishes wouldn't have as much opportunity.

"I was complaining about mail in ballots a month before the election."'

So??? How does that change the fact you have no proof, and never had any proof of voter fraud?

Pro tip: theories which produce NO EVIDENCE over 150 years are false theories.

"I saw the potential for there to be doubt in the results."

By purposely misunderstanding things like evidence, and macro math.

Your theory is, ballots were taken by Democrats from Republicans, and cast in their name, against their Republican will and wishes.

Of course, if that was actually happening, folks would be coming out of the woodwork to substantiate your theory...ESPECIALLY after a close election where their candidate lost, possibly in part from the results of your theory.

The fact NO ONE has come forward can lead to only one conclusion: your theories are malarky. In fact, the lack of ANYONE coming forward suggests how cockamamie your underlying concept remains.

"At a minimum it probably means until covid ceases to be something Democrats are able to use to manipulate policy."

Just say it, if you want it that badly: You're not upset about illegal voting, you just don't want "certain" groups of LEGAL voters voting.

For proof: should it be made easier or more difficult for the legal voter to cast their legal vote?