Democrats urge swing-state voters to turn in mail ballots, consider bypassing Postal Service

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Prominent Democrats told voters on Monday that if they have yet to send in their mail or absentee ballot, it might be better to take that ballot and cast it in person, if possible.

“Send your ballot in the fastest way possible,” said Stacey Abrams, president of Fair Fight Action, on a conference call hosted by her and two Democratic governors.

“We’ve still got time, so we’re not panicked, but we know that time is running out,” Abrams said.

She and the two governors — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon — noted that in many swing states, there are still significant numbers of mail ballots that were requested that have yet to be returned to election offices where they can be counted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-urge-swing-state-voters-to-turn-in-mail-ballots-consider-bypassing-postal-service/ar-BB1apNqa?li=BBnb7Kz

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[bluestarone]

2. YES!

THIS!

[Upthevibe]

3. Kick....n/t

[LizBeth]

4. Oregon, we have been mailing in for decades. Two Oregonians told me they took it to a drop box

this election instead of mail in like they always do. We have always trusted mail, and two specifically told me that. I was in the drive up, walk up to the drop box and had to talk a woman into trusting the drop box because in Calif one box was lit on fire. There was a line of cares around the block. Middle of last week, a couple days after they were sent out.

That we all have to adjust to criminal and nasty behavior with our votes exclusively from Republicans says something.

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5. The media have also adjusted

In elections past, the news shows said that the Thursday before the election was the last day to mail your ballot. This year, they're telling voters to get their ballots in the mail on Tuesday, and failing that, deposit it in an official elections drop box.

Oregon has a slight quirk in its procedure. Other states allow ballots with an election day postmark to be counted, but Oregon's law is that the completed ballot has to be in the hands of the elections office by 8 p.m. on election day. Oregon's been doing it long enough that most voters have the hang of it, but there are probably a lot of first-time voters (who are, for some obscure reason really motivated to vote this year) who are using the system for the first time.

[LizBeth]

7. +1

[Thekaspervote]

6. Good! I think most here on DU agree! Don't trust your ballot to the mail..PLEASE