Can someone please tell me the difference between voting absentee and voting by mail??? LOL!

[HDCowboy]

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Boy talk about a genius!!!! LOL!!!!!

[Gothmog]

1. From Marc Elias

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[underpants]

2. I have voted absentee AT the county offices

Prior to Election Day. Virginia - had to give a reason. I was working on the Kaine/Obama campaigns so I put work wouldn’t allow time to vote.

[dragonlady]

6. We can do this in Wisconsin also

We call it early voting. No excuse is required here (the corrupt Republican-dominated legislature has not gotten around to change that yet).

[Hoyt]

3. Not any real difference, although I think what the evil-genius is talking about is mailing everyone

a ballot automatically vs. requiring them to request one to vote no-excuse absentee.

trumpsters think Democrats will cheat, when all the evidence shows that GOPers have cheated, and are more likely to cheat, with mail-in ballots.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Republicans are really good when it comes to projection.

[Hoyt]

8. LOL.

[left-of-center2012]

5. Each state may have a definition.

In my opinion, voting by mail is just what it says.

Voting absentee may mean you will be out of state for some reason at the time of the election.

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[Maeve]

7. Also note "voting privilege" not "voting right"

From Ohio, I will note that we have "in-person absentee" voting that is done early at a central location as well as "Mail-in absentee&quot which can actually be dropped off in person to the BOE as well as mailed)--in this case, "absentee" means you won't be showing up at the regular polling place on election day.

The "precise process" he's blathering on about means that every ballot is requested and recorded---the ballots are barcoded so you can't easily counterfeit them and stuff the ballot box. He doesn't know what he's talking about and only the similarly ignorant believe him.

[LisaL]

9. Some states allow everybody to vote by mail.

Some states allow absentee voting by mail, but you have to have some reason (for instance, you will be out of state on the day of an election).
Some states allow absentee voting by mail without needing a specific reason.