Well, like a stripper, I'm working the poles both in early voting and on November 3rd. So I didn't know when I would actually get the chance to physically vote so I did it ahead of time and let me tell you there is quite a protocol this year especially for mail in's.I'm gonna vote in my polling place on election day.
I'll wear a mask. It'll be fine
Slacker.
I just urge everyone that is planning on doing mail in, to do it as soon as possible to avoid any perceived delays in delivery. I don't think there will be any because postal workers are not politicians and with the current incentive will do whatever they can to insure proper delivery. Just make it easier for them.
I always vote in the advance polls.
Slacker.
Amen to that! I've done mail in voting for the last 2 elections....I don't remember if I voted in the election before that. I don't think I did because if I remember correctly, Wyoming's law said you had to register in person, and I couldn't fly all the way there just to register to vote. But now they have the postcard application to register, so it's not as huge of an effort/explense. But I've had to argue about that with various people on the book of face that absentee voting is the same as mail in voting, and we've been doing it for decades.
I think the process can differ from state to state so I’m not exactly sure. I do know that some states are mailing out ballots or ballot applications to everyone in their voter rolls, which is very different for most compared to previous elections. Lots of those rolls are inaccurate. Also, I expect an influx of a large amount of mail in ballots to be overwhelming for many states. We have already seen that in some elections this year. Many just don’t have a proper system to be able to handle the amount they are expecting. That is where I’m worried the most.
Yes, it does! Here in NC, at least, you receive a ballot only if you are registered. Once registered you are entered into the system and as they send you the ballot it is recorded. If you were to go to the poll, in person, after that when you give your name it comes up with a large coded word that states that you have been issued a mail in. And you cannot vote in person at that time. When you send it in, they register it as already voted. That way if you decided to vote in person on the same day that you send in the ballot it will not be counted twice. There are usually a lot of people that work in the Elections office and this is their really busy time of year.
Seems like NC has their [stuff] together. I asked my boss. He's a former Assemblyman in NY state. He said the way they used to do it here was all the mail in ballots were compiled and put in piles, still sealed. After the in person voting on election day the names on the sealed ballots were compared to the names on the voter registry of those who voted and if a vote was recorded in person the mail-in was discarded. THEN the mailed in ballots would be tallied. Sounds kinda backasswards to me. And time consuming. Although I do know that if the margin of victory is greater than the total number of mail in ballots they don't even bother opening them. Crazy.
It definitely differs by state, and I know in the past, you had to have a specific reason for requesting a mail in ballot. Not anyone could request one because they didn't want to go to the polls. I think that's different this year because of Corona. I have no choice....I have to do mail-in or I can't vote. But living in another country is one of the valid reasons for requesting it. I also have to sign a document that swears that I am eligible to vote in the district where I'm mailing the ballot to, that I am not voting in any other place, that I have not been influenced by someone in my voting, and that I have marked the ballot in private and no one else has seen it but authorized officials.
so when did you get your ballot for the US election?
I’ll allow her to vote but only if it’s a swing state.
my local cemetery got theirs last SaturdayI’ll allow her to vote but only if it’s a swing state.