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Re:Man creatively sneaks onto Delta flight, but gets caught by mulmen on Saturday April 13, 2024 @03:24AM (#40021214)
We do all elections in the mail. We frequently have votes come down to a few hundred ballots without issue. They are all counted and tracked.
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Re:Man creatively sneaks onto Delta flight, but gets caught by dehrmann on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:57PM (#40165547)
Just heard about this:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/25/evan-low-up-by-one-vo...

> Some of those challenged ballots in San Mateo County had illegible or no postmark dates and Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry said they were waiting on information from the U.S. Postal Service

With small margins, an election could come down to how people read a smudged postmark. It might not be an issue, but you won't know who "really" won, either. It depends how you count it.

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