Florida: Higher percentage of Democrats requesting mail-in primary ballots than Republicans

[RandySF]

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[RKP5637]

1. K&R!!! Important swing state, of course. n/t

[jaysunb]

2. Same thing happened leading up to the 2016 election too. n/t

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

3. Good 👍

[mitch96]

4. Mail in ballots scare me...

For the one single fact that the mail can be "diverted".. I know that machines can be changed also but one angry postal person could do a lot of damage...Especially if Dems have a majority of mail in's.. He/she could just dump any and all mail in votes and a greater % being Dem, that would hurt...
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[RandySF]

6. I've voted by mail for 12 years since moving to CA

Never had a problem.

[mitch96]

7. "Never had a problem."

And how do you know some disgruntled postal employee or "contract" delivery person just trashed it?? THATS what bothers me...
My father worked as a postman years ago and told me some stories about pissed off employees that just dumped the mail in the sewer to "get back" at the bosses... Hummmm
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[Garrett78]

8. When I lived in Oregon, we got a notification from the county commissioner...

...after our mailed-in ballot had been counted.

[mitch96]

10. Ahhhh...

Old proverb.. Trust but verify...
That would work for me...
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[pnwmom]

12. We have mail in ballots. And the reason I know they get there is I can go online

and see when it is counted.

And if it didn't come some year, I could call and get a replacement ballot and get that one voided. (They have double envelopes so they can protect your privacy while still being able to monitor that they got your ballot.)

But for anyone who doesn't want to mail it in, there are large, sturdy, locked boxes scattered all around the county, in places like public buildings and malls. So you can drop it off there, too.

[RandySF]

15. We can go online and verify receipt of our ballots.

[mitch96]

16. "online and verify receipt of our ballots."

You can do this in Florida?? I did not know that.. Would you go to the board of elections website?
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[retread]

14. Ok. But you are in California. This is Florida.

[Loge23]

5. One reason: amendments

There will be 13 state-wide ballot measures on the ballot in November.
This, in my opinion, is part of a broader voter-suppression attempt - make the ballots hopelessly long, thereby guaranteeing that the measures will not be read properly and that the lines for voting will discourage voters from hanging in there.
Local Democratic clubs are encouraging Floridians to get - at least - a mailed copy of the ballot before voting in order to be as prepared as possible for the actual vote. Many are opting for a mail-in ballot for this reason.
The voter-suppression industry in Florida is formidable. As people get more and more used to quick answers and minute sound bites, the old-school method of actually reading a ballot is a sure-fire way to discourage voters.

[mitch96]

9. " be as prepared as possible for the actual vote."

Now that makes sense.. The vote on MJ in Florida was on of those tricky word games. Yes was really no and no was really yes? Same with Solar energy.
Eschew Obfuscation...
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[mcar]

11. This has been a big push by the state Democratic party

Glad to see it's borne fruit.

[Cha]

13. Good Sign!