(iii) Proposed provisions specifying that the USPS shall not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from any individual unless those individuals have been enrolled on a State-specific list described in subsection (b)(iv) of this section with the USPS pursuant to this subsection.
That’s cool, I’ll just bring all dozen ballots from my family to the local registrar office drop off. No USPS involved.
Thanks for the warning Trump!
Can you do that in other states? In Pennsylvania we can only return our own and, if you get designated by another person by filling out a form, and even then you can only be one person’s designated person.
I get that you can’t actually fill out their ballot (like you can’t do that with Power of Attorney.) but you are talking about physically delivering the envelope you can only do for yourself and one other designated person? So if someone is unable to drop off their ballot due to a disability, there can only be one designated person to drop it off for them and only them?
I went back and reread it, and it says there’s an exemption if you all live in the same household. So I think if you live with your parents you can be designated for both of them, but if they live separately from you, you could only do one.
County drop box rules
And then from the agent form:
Last time I voted, they had signs all over the grass saying “One Person, One Ballot” and someone was guarding the box and checking envelopes.
I’m in Cali, so I don’t know with other states.
My local registrar just has a box out front and I’ve dropped off ballots there at 3am before. It’s locked, but it looks like a USPS envelope drop off box, but it’s the registrar’s. So just shove them in the slot. And then I get a text the following day or two saying it’s been collected and counted.
No one checks anything. I’ve even gone one time where it was drive-through style and I just rolled my window down and gave them to one of the dozen or so poll workers.
As long as the envelope is sealed and signed properly by the voter, I don’t see a reason it’d be contested. And when it all gets counted if there’s a discrepancy then it’ll get flagged and that individual who signed it will be contacted.
Been doing the drop offs for years now, for all elections. Never had a problem.
Our boxes also look like a postal box, just with a very narrow drop slot.
I think all ours are indoors at libraries and district courthouses.
There were some lawsuits here about people forgetting to date the ballots and I think that is why there’s a person there now to supervise drop offs.
Last year was noticeably different though with all the signs out front and people were stuck waiting as everything was being looked at during busy times because we didn’t have many drop off sites for how many people live here and they’re only open during business hours.
We got emails when our ballots have been received and then again when they’re counted.
Be ready to walk past ICE on your way there…
At 3am? 12pm? 7pm? 8am? They’re going to be there 24/7?
Because I got all of the time in the world
I mean… I wish you the best, but… if they go so far as to deploy their paramilitary to polling locations, it’s not that crazy to think they could post up 24/7, especially in targeted areas like swing districts and blue cities.
Best to brace yourself to walk past them nonchalantly and hope they don’t approach you on your way to the dropbox. If you’re carrying multiple ballots then they might ask questions, though… And we all know that when it comes to ICE there’s a thin line between “asking questions” and “publicly executing”…
But if you’re already doing that then you might as well offer to carry ballots for any of your friends who happen to be hispanic and visibly queer, cause they’ll likely have more trouble getting past ICE.
And also, you may want to double-check the legality of carrying someone else’s ballot in your state, as I am not a lawyer…
Not trying to be a naysayer, I just want to make sure we’re all mentally prepared…
Nah I totally get where you’re coming from and agree that shit can happen, I just don’t care anymore I guess? I’m gonna vote how I always do and if shit happens then shit happens
And good on you. Just making sure you’re mentally prepared
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