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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by jeffbee on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:40AM (#23966140)
You'd have to be pretty crazy to actually mail your mail-in ballot. What is the only way to expose every election in the country to the meddling of the federal executive branch? Interpose the USPS between the voter and local election officials! Whether by incompetence or malice they'll find a way to fuck it up. I intend to carry my own ballot to the county election office.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by usefulcat on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:10PM (#23966442)
That's fine for you but that's not saying much because that approach is not at all scalable.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by jeffbee on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:16PM (#23966503)
Wait, why? It scales at least as well as in-person voting.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by munk-a on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:42PM (#23966770)
Welp, I'm an out-of-country voter personally. I can't really walk 3000 miles.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by jeffbee on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:02PM (#23966990)
When I lived abroad I delivered my ballot to my nearest consulate. I understand they are just putting it in the mail, of course.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by snowron6 on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:44PM (#23966794)
Except in areas that use more polling stations than they have county election offices.
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by frank2 on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:19PM (#23967197)
In California at least, you can drop your mail-in ballot off at a polling station.
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