I received my mail-in ballot today...

[mac2766]

The ballot was glued to the envelope. When I - very carefully - tried to remove the ballot, it ripped in parts. I'm wondering if that will dis-qualify my ballot. I also wonder if I attempt to have it replaced, if I'll be able to get it replace.

Have any of you experienced this type of thing? If so, were you able to have it replaced.

I want my vote for Andrew Gillum to count in this election.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Don't chance it. Go to your county elections office.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Probably got wet or something. That sucks...

I'm not in FLA, so I don't know the process. There should be a way to fix things. I wish you the best.

We have all mail in here in the upper left corner of the country. I've never experienced that.

Good luck. We need every vote we can get, everywhere.

[Grammy23]

3. I live in Florida and voted absentee a few days ago.

My ballot and husband’s ballots were in the envelope with the secrecy sleeve and the return envelope as usual. Nothing glued. Yours may have gotten wet or damp. The instructions say if you make a mistake to get a new ballot. I’d call the supervisor of elections office and tell them what happened. You still have time to replace the old ballot and get it back by Election Day.

[In It to Win It]

4. Got mine last week

Just did it today.

There should be a number you can call to get it replaced. I don't know if these differ by county but there is a number on the "secrecy sleeve" if you have one of those.

[Sinistrous]

5. You are very lucky.

Nobody I know got any mail on this Federal holiday. There was no mail delivery today.

[HipChick]

6. Good point..

[mac2766]

8. So sorry. Let me clarify.

The envelope was delivered to my address on a date previous to this particular date. I, however, did not physically come into possession of the envelope until this very day. I am out of town often. That's why I vote the way that I do. Absenteeism. Because I'm absent from my home address from time to time. Since I was absent when the envelope was delivered, I didn't receive it on that specific date. I got home today and I physically received my mail. So.. in essence, I got my mail today, which included the envelope which included the mail-in ballot that I spoke about in my post.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Sinistrous]

9. Mea culpa.

The unconsidered alternative.

[mac2766]

11. Very refreshing.

I like you Sinistrous

[mac2766]

7. Thanks everyone

Thanks for the replies. I feel comfortable that I'll be able to get my ballot replaced.

As for the singular discrepancy, and to clarify... The mail was delivered to my address on a day previous to this particular date. I, however, did not physically receive the envelope until today. Sorry for the confusion, and wondering why it was important to have to clarify.

[MaryMagdaline]

10. If you live in Florida they will give you another ballot. You have to bring the damaged one in to

Exchange.

[mac2766]

12. for those of you in Florida...

What are your opinions on the amendments and the judicial questions?

[recovering_democrat]

13. Check them out carefully

There is some good info about the amendments on the League of Women Voters site. They support some not all and explain them clearly. Many are some political leaders ideas how to make more money. Other good information out there too.

I usually do not choose to vote for the judicial rubber stamps in any elections.

[mac2766]

14. I'm not looking at the ballot at the moment, but...

The one that demonizes the use of vape devices in public places, but supports off-shore drilling. How in the hell can those 2 things be related? How can that be a legitimate voting point? A singular voting point? I'm sure that with the tobacco nazi's of the world, the emotional support necessary to enact a state constitutional amendment to allow off-shore drilling will be written with this vote. I shake my head.

Don't get me wrong, and sorry to anyone that I've offended with the tobacco nazi statement... I am a smokeless tobacco user (review the legitimate scientific data on smokeless tobacco before demonizing my usage of the legal product before dismissing me) and was once a 3 pack a day smoker. I know that nicotine is addictive. Very VERY addictive, and that the smoking of cigarettes is very detrimental to any persons health. I also know, from first hand experience, that smokeless tobacco is extremely addictive. The other thing that I am very aware of is that smokeless tobacco is far less dangerous than driving a car on the roadway. That less than 1/10th of 1 percent of all tobacco related illness can be attributed to the use of smokeless tobacco.

Sorry for the lengthy disclaimer, but what does the use of vape devices have on off-shore drilling?

[pnwmom]

15. It BANS off-shore drilling. The idea was that the measures promote "clean air, clean water."

https://www.gainesville.com/news/20180416/drilling-vaping-bans-headed-to-november-ballot

The proposed ban on vaping and electronic cigarettes in workplaces was sponsored by Commissioner Lisa Carlton, a former state senator from Sarasota County. Commissioner Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, a former mayor of Sewall’s Point, sponsored the proposed drilling ban. She handed out seashells to fellow commissioners after the vote.

In a committee meeting last month, Thurlow-Lippisch called her proposal a needed “statement” to help the economy, wildlife and quality of life for Floridians.

“It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, or black or white or an alien from outer space, if you get to come here, you can walk the beaches and enjoy what they are,” Thurlow-Lippisch said.

Florida law currently prohibits the state from granting leases to drill for oil or natural gas in state coastal waters. But putting into the Constitution a ban on exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas in coastal waters would be more permanent.

[mac2766]

19. I'll have to read it more closely, but...

The way that I read it was that it banned the use of vape devices in "public" places, but supported off-shore drilling.

Hmm.. If my reading is correct and yours is incorrect, or mine is incorrect, but yours is correct, or neither of us is correct or ... neither of us is incorrect....

What in the world is that????? Why the HELL are the 2 things tied together in a vote that will affect a state constitutional amendment?

What the fuck are we talking about? Why the fucking god dammed hell are we needing to have a discussion about 2 very unrelated things being included in a SINGULAR voting point on a ballot in a state election that affects the state constitution that are SOOOOO unrelated?

No debate other than why the FUCK have the 2 things been linked?

[mac2766]

20. sorry for my vulgarity.

Seriously.

I just don't understand why we aren't SOOOO much more enraged by this type of thing.

[pnwmom]

21. To some people it is logical. They want clean air in their workplace

(no exposure to second hand vaping, no matter how safe the vapers claim it is) and clean oceans, too.

But I understand your point. In my state each initiative has to have a separate topic.

[mac2766]

22. But the REAL question...

I get that you want to work and live in an environment where you don't have to suffer from second-hand smoke or anything else that you don't want to have to suffer through. In fact, I support you. I am absolutely on your side. Take the cigarettes and vape devices outside! Get them away from anyone that doesn't want to have to be around them. I agree 100 percent.

I also agree that off-shore drilling must not take place in Florida. I'm an alternative fuels sort of guy. A renewable energy supporter. Believe me.

The real question that I'm trying to get through to this group is... Why in the world would a singular voting point on a ballot include a vote on an amendment to a state constitution that includes points about vape devices AND off-shore drilling? How in the world are those 2 subjects related?

No more talk about why vape devices or second hand smoke are bad, or why off-shore drilling is bad. The discussion that I want is "why are the 2 things included in the same - and singular - voting point on the ballot?

[pnwmom]

23. Did you read my whole post?

I said:

But I understand your point. In my state each initiative has to have a separate topic.

[recovering_democrat]

17. Amendments

There is a provision for amendments commission to "bundle" amendments relating to their commission review every 20 years. They just put more than one thing in it. For the offshore drilling and vapes that is why. The two have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

[Sancho]

18. I only voted for Four...

none of the others.

[In It to Win It]

24. Any one appointed by Rick Scott...

OUT!!!!

[Sancho]

16. Just call, they will send you another...

I just voted for Gillum!

[mac2766]

25. An update...

I did go to the court house and was able to exchange my ballot. Thanks everyone for your advice and opinions. Very helpful group.

I have voted.

Go Andrew Gillum!