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In reply to the discussion: Nate Silver: One thing Democrats could do--with basically no strategic downside... [View all]russ1943
(618 posts)62. Not a good idea, IMO
NYT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/27/upshot/election-results-timing.html
"Usually the number of provisional votes is not large enough to be significant, but there is evidence from early voting that this election may be different. Some voters in at least 22 states are required to vote provisionally if they initially request a mail ballot but decide to vote in person instead (other states have different methods to prevent voting twice). Provisional voting can slow down lines at the polls, and those ballots are generally the last to be reviewed and counted, sometimes weeks after the election."
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Nate Silver: One thing Democrats could do--with basically no strategic downside... [View all]
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
The more it is said the better...some need more reminders & encouragement than others
List left
Sep 2020
#34
They will have to surrender their mail in ballot before receiving one at the polls
MagickMuffin
Sep 2020
#21
That's pretty close to Texas law. However, we get 6 days to go to the Election Office.
MagickMuffin
Sep 2020
#59
Agreed. This is exactly what I did last week. I handed them the unopened absentee ballot and my ID
spooky3
Sep 2020
#47
Two years ago when I voted in the midterms, I forgot that I had asked for a mail-in ballot.
panader0
Sep 2020
#33
Ga. does. It's great. We're both in our late 70s & have been voting absentee for quite a few years
napi21
Sep 2020
#50
The message bears repeating. Thanks Nate, we all should be repeating it. I'll do my part here....
RussellCattle
Sep 2020
#14
ALL READY DONE. WIFE AND I VOTED DEMOCRATS TOP TO BOTTOM AND RETURNED THE BALLOTS.....
usaf-vet
Sep 2020
#19
Which states can't start counting mail-ins till election day? It's some subset. Anyone know? nt
LAS14
Sep 2020
#27
Yup. I am personally dropping off my vote by mail ballot at my Registrar ASAP.
TomCADem
Sep 2020
#42
I'd go this extra step - if the ballots can be placed in an election commission drop box
Algernon Moncrieff
Sep 2020
#43
Hi, Cha! I received a similar USPS notice in VA, and a flyer from the Dem Party
spooky3
Sep 2020
#48
FWIW, when I did this last week, everyone was masked, there were socially distanced
spooky3
Sep 2020
#49