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14. It's a slippery slope

Reply to bathroommonkey76 (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:49 AM

Oct 2012

Yeah, it sucks that the postage isn't correct and, hopefully, people will read directions carefully and take their ballots to the post office to be certain. However, were the Post Office to withhold and send these ballots back to the voters' homes, perhaps risking the voter not having enough time to send it back, couldn't that be seen as interfering with an election?

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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