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Maeve

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22. Ohio early voters are "in-person absentee"
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:45 AM
Nov 2012

You fill out an absentee request at the designated polling place and vote there (usually not your normal polling place)

It is the truth kansasobama Nov 2012 #1
DON'T fret. Many did In-Person Absentee balloting instead, others will vote on Tues. leveymg Nov 2012 #2
Thank you for sharing! Dalai_1 Nov 2012 #4
Look at McDonald's resume - he works with Norm Ornstein at AEI, does GOP redistricting, gets $ from leveymg Nov 2012 #9
Yep, and his post is definitely misleading (see link below) berni_mccoy Nov 2012 #13
I looked at the Herald link and at the blog SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #20
The issue concerns the statement that Ohioans who received mail-in ballots should bring them leveymg Nov 2012 #23
That's not what I'm talking about SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #24
How can a person be both "in person" and "absentee" voter at the same time? Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #14
Virginia has in-person absentee voting SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #16
Ohio early voters are "in-person absentee" Maeve Nov 2012 #22
If they can't mail them Life Long Dem Nov 2012 #3
Absentee ballots are more favored by Repubs and in person early voting is more favored by Dems Jennicut Nov 2012 #5
Thank you for the link! Dalai_1 Nov 2012 #6
Exactly which is why we have mail ballots here in WA jenw2 Nov 2012 #8
Here in Ohio NEOhiodemocrat Nov 2012 #7
Very glad you pointed that out. LisaL Nov 2012 #10
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. The PuffPost piece appears to be misleading. No surprise. leveymg Nov 2012 #15
That blog post is suspicious. Go directly to the source. berni_mccoy Nov 2012 #11
I just looked at his blog numbers and compared them to the Herald numbers SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #19
Dear NEOhioDemocrat kansasobama Nov 2012 #12
Why would someone take the time to request a mail-in ballot Fla Dem Nov 2012 #17
Well, in OH, SOS Husted mailed every voter an absentee ballot application. LisaL Nov 2012 #18
I'm trying to , but I don't remember Fl sending out mail-in vote applications. Fla Dem Nov 2012 #21
If you did not personally request a mail-in ballot, you don't have to use it. But, if you do, mail leveymg Nov 2012 #25
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