“In 2016, vote-by-mail was a boon. With my children asleep, I found lots of uninterrupted time to research candidates and issues. I filled out my ballot a little here, a little there with my research fresh in my mind. I had time to reconsider each vote before finally dropping it off. Absentee ballots make me a more thoughtful and informed voter, and spare others from the chaos that sometimes comes with my entourage of young children.” MWEG member Maria Bettinson Evans believes absentee ballots are an essential piece to voter enfranchisement. Read her full letter to the editor in the Salt Lake Tribune. “Voting by Mail Is a Boon for…