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Unless a state legislature has created an entire government organization with staff and rules to oversee mail-in ballots for corporate entities, I don’t see how this anything but an apples-to-oranges comparison.

They don’t have the infrastructure that a state brings to bear to oversee a fair election, nor are there laws to protect the integrity of mail-in ballots for a corporate election. It’s just disingenuous to compare the two.

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> They don’t have the infrastructure that a state brings to bear to oversee a fair election, nor are there laws to protect the integrity of mail-in ballots for a corporate election. It’s just disingenuous to compare the two.

That's completely wrong. Corporations definitely have the infrastructure to conduct a mail elections. They literally do it all the time for shareholders, to do things like elect the board of directors: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proxy-vote.asp. As far as I can tell, there's even an industry of 3rd party companies that have sprung up to provide the logistics for them.

I am not sure if amazon could afford that. Afterall its a big investment and you couldn't be sure if it worked. And amazon wants to ensure the best and fairest election for its workers. /s

I can't believe that people are defending amazon, even at HN. Their practices are undefendable especially for the biggest company in the world.

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