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I noticed they had a little mailbox with queens to collect absentee ballots. Did not seem really secure.
Must have been the kings day off...
I noticed they had a little mailbox with queens to collect absentee ballots. Did not seem really secure.
A few years ago I did that... The election judge gave me "what for" and I'll never forget "the lesson"... Why I asked? The time/cost/trouble of sending out mail in ballots and then folks not using them.... Well EXCUSE ME!We will now both be voting in person at an early voting site, surrendering our unused absentee ballots to the election judge.
Must have been the kings day off...
Spoke too soon.Dropped my ballot off today. I had earlier expressed concerns that an unmanned box (thinking like an outdoor US postal box) would be subject to vandalism, like someone pouring water or worse into the slot, ruining any ballots in there. But the box I went to was directly across from a manned table for early voting, so it's very secure. Sounds like other places are like this too. Glad to see it.
A few years ago I did that... The election judge gave me "what for" and I'll never forget "the lesson"... Why I asked? The time/cost/trouble of sending out mail in ballots and then folks not using them.... Well EXCUSE ME!
I got the same first page, the one in the upper left in your pic. But mine's a third-generation xerox, and it's tilted. I also got a "Information About Returning Your Carrier Envelope - November 3, 2020" page. It is approximately a sixth-generation xerox, tilted, and many of the letters of text have filled-in due to it's long heritage of a copy of a copy of a... I read and re-read all of it many times, in different sittings just to be sure (?) what they meant. I think I got it figured out... I hope... too late now if not.The instructions that came with absentee ballot are almost overwhelming (see photo - note each of the four pictured items has the same information printed on the reverse in English/Spanish). All that small print and excessive detail is bound to lead to confusion and improper completion/submission of ballots. It did for us.
Not sure where you folks are with the hard to understand absentee ballot instructions.
Telly, as I understand it (that's a big qualifier) the signature on the outside of the carrier envelope has to "match" the signature on your voter registration or it will be rejected. I agree there was no ballot signature mentioned on any of those forms.
WHEW! Thanks!Telly, as I understand it (that's a big qualifier) the signature on the outside of the carrier envelope has to "match" the signature on your voter registration or it will be rejected. I agree there was no ballot signature mentioned on any of those forms.
We voted and as usual we cancel each other out .My vote is the correct one .
Voted in-person today - 8th of early voting. About 10-12 in front of us with 4 clerk's office folks processing. Took 5 minutes or so to get ballot. What was new to me was the ballot being printed off right there once they knew which ballot we should get. Previously during election day voting, ballots had been pre-printed & distributed to each precinct.
Only thing we touched is electronic signature pad which worker cleaned after each person signed. Blank ballot is printed & then filled out via ink pen. They gave everyone a new cheap pen to use & keep.We ran into the same thing, except there wasn't really any 'line' to speak of. In and out in 10 minutes. I was a bit surprised to be tapping a screen for all my selections, *then* having the device print out my ballot which was then fed through a scanner to count the votes.
Seemed like a lot of extra steps, but it worked OK. Although my ballot jammed when printing. Not too many years ago, I would have been the guy to call to fix that problem...
Less than 0.84% rejected, only 1 of every 119, sounds like tremendous success to me. And some/many of the rejected ballots will be corrected and counted in time. IMO NC is doing a great job handling voting this year.Not sure where you folks are with the hard to understand absentee ballot instructions. I voted absentee in NC, the instructions were well written and very clear to me. However, I understand that there are many many NC ballots that were completed incorrectly and have to be redone in order to count.
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/n...atus/275-451bcd14-3467-441d-b617-04c9de7eb845Just as important as filling out your mail-in ballot is returning it and making sure it is counted! Across North Carolina thousands of ballots have not been counted.
This data comes from the U.S. Elections Project, a site compiling and analyzing information from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. According to their findings, 613,879 mail ballots have been returned. A total of those returned 5,134 have been rejected. That equates to just less than 1% of ballots.
If there is an issue with a ballot, the county board of elections will alert the voter. If an issue does arise and the voter is unable to successfully cast an absentee ballot, that voter may still vote during in-person early voting or on Election Day.