Voting by Mail

[tw]

Trump and his sidekick UG have alienated so many people that he needs his disciples to vote twice. Since everything Trump says is only to promote Trump.

Can't remember if UG once said that. Maybe it was lost in translation.

[xoxoxoBruce]

When I brought the mail in tonight, along with the politicians wasting their money, AARP selling insurance, and the usual crap, there were two letters.
One was from the UAW with a list of addresses of all the election boards in PA, instructions for voting by mail, an application form for requesting a mail-in ballot, and an envelope addressed to my local election board with my name and address filled in for the return address.

The second letter was from The Center for Voter Information in Harrisburg, PA.
Under “about us” on their website...

“Politics is often cluttered with loose accusations, half-truths and unfounded assertions.
Center for Voter Information is a non-profit, non-partisan partner organization to Voter Participation Center, both founded to provide resources and tools to help voting-eligible citizens register and vote in upcoming elections.”

The letter, addressed to Current Resident, starts out...
According to our review of publicly available records someone at this address may not be registered to vote.
It goes on with instructions how to register, gives me the form, the web address of the PA election board where I can check to see if I’m registered, and an envelope addressed to my local election board with the return address filled in and Postage Paid.

You see they don’t know who lives here, the government doesn’t know who lives here, and the USPS doesn’t know who lives here. They know I live here, but not how many are just getting mail here so they can’t be found, and not how many are chained in the cellar waiting for my Fava beans from Amazon.

[BigV]

Encouraging everyone to vote is worthwhile, imprecise, and never completed.


How to vote by mail in 2020

Originally Posted by Vox

First, make sure you’re registered — some states’ relevant deadlines are as early as October 4 (many have later deadlines if you are voting in person).
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If you’re not sure how you plan to vote — in many states, early in-person voting is also an option, as is depositing your absentee ballot in a secure ballot dropbox!
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But if you are planning to vote by mail, Vox has collected the dates you need to know — deadlines to register to vote (if you want to vote by mail), deadlines to apply for an absentee ballot, dates when ballots are expected to go out to voters, and deadlines to return your ballot — right here.

A sample of the info at the link:

Pennsylvania

Register to vote by: Oct. 19
Request your ballot by: 5 pm on Oct. 27
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Sept. 14
Return your ballot by: 8 pm on Nov. 3

All the other states and districts are listed too.