As long as the non-in-person option exists, the results won't be trusted.
In the US, there was a lot of discussion that the Biden win over Trump in 2020 is a result of the younger family members quarantined on Covid with their parents and mail-voting for them. I don't believe that's what's happened, but this discussion could not have taken place at all in a world where mail-voting is not an option.
As long as the non-in-person option exists, the results won't be trusted.
In the US, there was a lot of discussion that the Biden win over Trump in 2020 is a result of the younger family members quarantined on Covid with their parents and mail-voting for them. I don't believe that's what's happened, but this discussion could not have taken place at all in a world where mail-voting is not an option.