Expert: Absentee ballots more likely NOT to be counted

[Freddie Stubbs]

Absentee isn't a guarantee
Requests are on the rise for absentee ballots because they provide a paper trail, but that still might not ensure your vote will be counted.

ALISA ULFERTS and TAMARA LUSH
Published August 8, 2004

Victoria Mraz had never voted with an absentee ballot before the March Democratic presidential primary.

She's not sure she'll ever do it again.

Her ballot was rejected because it wasn't properly witnessed, a problem she says she discovered only because she called Pasco Elections Supervisor Kurt Browning to make sure he got it. Now she's wary of absentee ballots.

"I don't trust them," said Mraz, 77, of San Antonio. "I just don't trust them."

more: http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/08/news_pf/Tampabay/Absentee_isn_t_a_guar.shtml