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LisaL

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17. Not all states would allow you to vote on election day if you requested an absentee ballot.

Reply to Tom Rivers (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 01:34 AM

Oct 2020

OH will only let people vote provisional on election day if they requested an absentee ballot. People definitely need to know the rules of their specific state. Otherwise they could be up for a nasty surprise on election day.

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70% of requested mail ballots from Dane County (Madison) WI have been returned. [View all] Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 OP

Ours be 2 of 'em. AllyCat Oct 2020 #1

Almost everyone I know has voted as well........ Heartstrings Oct 2020 #2

Whew! I misunderstood your subject line. pandr32 Oct 2020 #3

I thought the same thing. dem4decades Oct 2020 #9

As I.. denbot Oct 2020 #14

K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #4

For those of you who might be waiting to drop your ballot off..Don't do it tomorrow..please Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #5

Anyone who hasn't mailed their ballot yet needs to take it to a drop box or a register of voters still_one Oct 2020 #6

K&R! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #7

Kick Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #8

30-40% still seems like a lot of ballots that are still outstanding TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #10

I don't know what WOW means but there's no county in Wisconsin with 80%+ Returned. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #11

WOW Counties TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #12

I'm going off this... Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #13

There is still a week left. LisaL Oct 2020 #18

I wonder how that compares to requested mail ballots PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #15

Here's the site.. Rice4VP Oct 2020 #20

Not good enough, local Dem leaders need to be URGING people walk ballots in NOW Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #16

Not all states would allow you to vote on election day if you requested an absentee ballot. LisaL Oct 2020 #17

Absolutely Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #19

Most states do. Ohio is the only one that's Rice4VP Oct 2020 #21

Keep in mind the actual number is always higher Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #22