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Alternative to the USPS for voting by mail. This is in Maryland. (Original Post) soothsayer Aug 2020 OP
Go Maryland!! I would donate to that effort nationwide!! Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #1
How is the ballot going to get to you without USPS? LisaL Aug 2020 #2
I think the point is some don't trust mailing Solomon Aug 2020 #3
It's not an alternative if USPS still has to be involved. LisaL Aug 2020 #4
Yes. In CA if you don't receive your ballot by mail (or perhaps couldn't find it), you can indeed gristy Aug 2020 #5

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
2. How is the ballot going to get to you without USPS?
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:21 PM
Aug 2020

Carrier pigeons? You still need USPS to deliver you the ballot before you fill it out and drop into one of those things.

Solomon

(12,305 posts)
3. I think the point is some don't trust mailing
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:24 PM
Aug 2020

the ballots in, we want to drop them off to make sure.

If they don't mail them to you in the first place you would know that in advance and take other steps.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
4. It's not an alternative if USPS still has to be involved.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:26 PM
Aug 2020

And if your ballot shows as mailed to you, but you never receive it, now you can't vote regular ballot. So we really need USPS to be working properly.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
5. Yes. In CA if you don't receive your ballot by mail (or perhaps couldn't find it), you can indeed
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 01:57 PM
Aug 2020

go to your polling place to vote, but it will be a PROVISIONAL BALLOT! I learned this in March during our primary, and I went home and found my ballot. Provisional ballots are perhaps well-meaning but must be avoided at all costs.

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