I don't what this Lookingbill guy's political orientation is, but the title of this diary is his quote. Article where he's quoted is here.
I decided to look at the Constitution to see if he was right. I started with the amendments:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
So far, none of those suggest that any form of voting is anything but a right.
But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Combining this with our other amendments above, we can actually see that absentee voting is not just a right, but a RESPONSIBILITY of the government. As to not have such would be effectively denying the voting rights of soldiers, the enfeebled, and so on.
So, Mr. Lookingbill, do you still want to claim absentee voting is a "privledge?"