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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 04:56 AM Jul 2020

The Postal Service is telling Americans to give every ballot 14 days round trip.


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The Postal Service is telling Americans to give every ballot 14 days round trip. That means if you want to vote by mail, and you want to feel good about your vote being counted, Election Day is not November 3.

Election Day is Tuesday October 20th.

Spread the word.
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The Postal Service is telling Americans to give every ballot 14 days round trip. (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2020 OP
Unless you absolutely have no choice vote early in person. live love laugh Jul 2020 #1
In my case, it would be the City Hall basement. RandySF Jul 2020 #2
In most places, you can drop your absentee ballot directly in a collection box. N/T CottonBear Jul 2020 #3
No collection boxes in OH. LisaL Jul 2020 #14
That is a good thing! You'll know that it has been delivered! CottonBear Jul 2020 #15
The BEST way is with a ballot you receive by absentee or routinely sent to all registered voters hlthe2b Jul 2020 #4
In-person early voting has way fewer people than Election Day live love laugh Jul 2020 #5
That's why I stated that if one can not receive a ballot early by absenteed that is then dropped off hlthe2b Jul 2020 #6
It depends on a state. LisaL Jul 2020 #11
Many communities will have early voting in large spaces, like sports arenas & civic centers CottonBear Jul 2020 #18
Not in OH. You vote early in one place, which is board of elections. LisaL Jul 2020 #20
Well, hopefully you have multiple weeks of early voting. N/T CottonBear Jul 2020 #22
Early voting in OH (in person) is problematic. LisaL Jul 2020 #17
Come hell or high water I'm voting in person. Even if I have to wear a hazmat suit. Vinca Jul 2020 #7
By November the hazmat suit wouldn't be too uncomfortable. jaxexpat Jul 2020 #8
Me too riverwalker Jul 2020 #9
Check with your Board of Elections--Ohio has a Track My Ballot option Maeve Jul 2020 #10
You can also drop off your absentee ballot at the board of election. LisaL Jul 2020 #13
In my town, we receive our ballot via mail and can either send back or JDC Jul 2020 #12
Repubs let the moratorium on evictions lapse Friday, and Hortensis Jul 2020 #16
Well, it's not just democrats that are going to be displaced. LisaL Jul 2020 #19
Kick dalton99a Jul 2020 #21

live love laugh

(13,114 posts)
1. Unless you absolutely have no choice vote early in person.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:13 AM
Jul 2020

Avoid putting your vote in Trump’s hands via the Postal Service.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
15. That is a good thing! You'll know that it has been delivered!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jul 2020

My county had 5 collection boxes, including one in the centrally located downtown Board of Elections office. All locations were accessible by car, bus, sidewalks, and/or bike routes. All locations were handicap accessible.

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
4. The BEST way is with a ballot you receive by absentee or routinely sent to all registered voters
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:04 AM
Jul 2020

which you then drop off EARLY (as soon as you receive it) at an official receiving point. Every ballot includes a list of when/where you can personally drop them off. Even those at city/county recreational facilities, churches, police precincts and elsewhere are locked and guarded by official observers. I intend to complete my ballot the day it hits the mailbox and to drive it to the county building that houses the Elections office and City/County Recorder.

Voting in person increases your risk for COVID-19. So, if that is your only option, rather than an early absentee paper ballot then yes, go in person to vote, but EARLY, EARLY, EARLY.

live love laugh

(13,114 posts)
5. In-person early voting has way fewer people than Election Day
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:30 AM
Jul 2020

and I think the option is available in most cities. I’ve done it many times and there are a lot less people and less time is needed.

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
6. That's why I stated that if one can not receive a ballot early by absenteed that is then dropped off
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:31 AM
Jul 2020

personally in an official secured and observed locked box drop-off then early voting is indeed the best option.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
11. It depends on a state.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:30 AM
Jul 2020

In OH, there is only one early voting location per county. That means a lot of people trying to early vote in large counties.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
18. Many communities will have early voting in large spaces, like sports arenas & civic centers
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jul 2020

which are designed to handle large numbers of people.
These places are not being used during the pandemic.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
20. Not in OH. You vote early in one place, which is board of elections.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:23 AM
Jul 2020

Normally it's mostly easier to vote on election day in OH, because many voting places will be open. Mostly, because in large cities election day places still can get pretty crowded.
But who knows what will happen in November, with pandemic going on.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
17. Early voting in OH (in person) is problematic.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jul 2020

There is only one place to vote per county. Which makes it difficult to vote in large counties (cause large counties have a lot of people, and one place per county doesn't really cut it). States like TX have many early voting places. This is not the case in OH.

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
7. Come hell or high water I'm voting in person. Even if I have to wear a hazmat suit.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 06:32 AM
Jul 2020

Few things are worth dying for, but getting rid of Trump is one of them.

jaxexpat

(6,831 posts)
8. By November the hazmat suit wouldn't be too uncomfortable.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:35 AM
Jul 2020

In summer it's impossible.

Wife and I have decided that we will vote in person and vote early at our local library. Unless, of course, DeSantis decides early voting is too dangerous and has early voting cancelled. He'd have to see what Trump wants first.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
10. Check with your Board of Elections--Ohio has a Track My Ballot option
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:00 AM
Jul 2020

We can go on-line and see what the status of a ballot is--mailed, received, accepted---and rest assured that it will be counted. Other states may, as well.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
13. You can also drop off your absentee ballot at the board of election.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:08 AM
Jul 2020

In case you don't think you have enough time for it to be mailed back.

JDC

(10,128 posts)
12. In my town, we receive our ballot via mail and can either send back or
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:07 AM
Jul 2020

Drop off at several ballot boxes at town buildings ie City hall. Both that I know of are drive through. Works great

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
16. Repubs let the moratorium on evictions lapse Friday, and
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jul 2020

there will be a gap even though Kudlow just announced it will be extended.

The Repubs are believed to have screwed up big time by not making a deal months ago when they were much more powerful, instead of failing to foresee the course of this pandemic. They of course would want widespread evictions for their expected devastating effect on voting by those displaced. They need to be able to play their usual viciously corrupt hard ball, but this close to the election it's their balls in the Democrats' vice, with blame falling squarely on them if they made it happen now.

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