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DRoseDARs

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2. Hell, more simple than that, it needs to be postage free. A poll tax is a poll tax is a poll tax...

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:56 AM

Oct 2012

...and poll taxes are unconstitutional.

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Absentee ballot postage confusing voters [View all] bathroommonkey76 Oct 2012 OP

post office needs to deliver them no matter what postage pn them - nt msongs Oct 2012 #1

Hell, more simple than that, it needs to be postage free. A poll tax is a poll tax is a poll tax... DRoseDARs Oct 2012 #2

+1000! Fearless Oct 2012 #3

Pretty damn obvious to me, too. marble falls Oct 2012 #20

Yes, they should deliver them but NO, it's no more a poll tax - lynne Oct 2012 #25

yep 2pooped2pop Oct 2012 #11

PUT ON TWO STAMPS TO BE SAFE. Instructions with the ballot should say so, and they should be advert- RBInMaine Oct 2012 #4

The news station is in Indiana, not Ohio. bathroommonkey76 Oct 2012 #5

Front page of Columbus Dispatch a few weekends ago ColumbusLib Oct 2012 #22

"Instructions with the ballot should say so..." greiner3 Oct 2012 #8

It's an issue the voting board is going to have to remedy. I always put two stamps on mine. RBInMaine Oct 2012 #33

Here in Colorado the place for the stamp says "requires 65 cents of postage." joshcryer Oct 2012 #37

My daughter's ballot is mailed back in here in Ohio NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2012 #6

It would be in the Postal Service's best interest to deliver those ballots... Blue State Bandit Oct 2012 #7

WA state Carigal Oct 2012 #17

Is your signature on the outside envelop in Ohio? HockeyMom Oct 2012 #9

That's the best way to go. Bring it in in person. LisaL Oct 2012 #16

The secrecy sleeve should protect your vote. joshcryer Oct 2012 #38

"about 20 cents more"? Would it have hurt the reporter to give the precise figure? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #10

I was wondering about this for my absentee ballot for CT wordpix Oct 2012 #12

What is the rate for junk mail? julian09 Oct 2012 #13

Junk mail is NOT forward-able NOR Returnable, thus cheaper happyslug Oct 2012 #21

It's a slippery slope Tree-Hugger Oct 2012 #14

Is This Different Than Past Elections DallasNE Oct 2012 #15

The postal service should deliver them no matter what. UCmeNdc Oct 2012 #18

I agree and can we get a "Deliver the Vote" petition going? wordpix Oct 2012 #19

There may be a law that compels them to deliver because voting is government business. L0oniX Oct 2012 #23

My c0unty (Bergen) in NJ had the same problem, fortunately solved by a Democratic county clerk Jersey Devil Oct 2012 #24

unfortunately my clerks in CT are both R wordpix Oct 2012 #28

In this day and age... defacto7 Oct 2012 #26

My Absentee ballot envelope is postage prepaid: Image Melinda Oct 2012 #27

Not necessarily Retrograde Oct 2012 #29

now I'm feeling discriminated against b/c I live in CT, put a stamp on & don't know if I should have wordpix Oct 2012 #31

As someone who's done a bit of graphic design, bigworld Oct 2012 #30

Is Anyone Else RobinA Oct 2012 #32

It costs $1.30 in Lucas County du_grad Oct 2012 #34

If you want to make your voice heard--go to the post office! Maeve Oct 2012 #35

I wasn't sure of the postage here in CA, but it does state that it is .65 in the IndyJones Oct 2012 #36