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LisaL

(44,973 posts)
2. If that's true, buckle up your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:57 AM
Nov 2012

Although I am not sure why they are expecting so many?

Democat

(11,617 posts)
4. Are they expecting this many, or planning to manufacture this many?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:58 AM
Nov 2012

Hope someone in Obama's camp is watching and listening closely. There would be no way to do this without leaving some kind of trail.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
11. Ohio sent out millions of absentee ballot forms
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:04 PM
Nov 2012

if someone requested an absentee ballot but then decided to vote in person then they would have to use a provisional ballot to ensure the didn't vote twice.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
14. I know that, but they can still turn absentee ballots into the board of election today.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:07 PM
Nov 2012

Which is what I would do instead of voting provisional.

savalez

(3,517 posts)
12. I could be wrong but
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:05 PM
Nov 2012

if you opted to vote absentee but you didn't mail it in you vote provisional on election day. Somebody correct me if I am wrong.

hockeynut57

(230 posts)
13. i can only answer for my son
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:06 PM
Nov 2012

even though he verified his reg online last week, his name wasn't on master list. my address was listed incorrectly too. if i had netioned that i would have had to vote provisional too.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
9. Well, let's just do it without OH then.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:03 PM
Nov 2012

Or win it with a large enough margin where Romney will have to concede the PBs can't get him there.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
10. Yesterday on msnbc they said many people move in Ohio
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:03 PM
Nov 2012

and this is the reason for the provisional ballots -?

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