Minnesota
Related: About this forumDo mail in ballots require a witness signature?
I think they do, in Minnesota. It's my first time using a mail-in ballot
So I can take my mail-in ballot to city hall (where early absentee voting takes place), have the person witness that my ballot is blank, fill out my ballot, have witness sign, I sign, and hand it over to the election people?
I want to do it this way because Putin's puppet is effing up the mail.
onecaliberal
(32,786 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,309 posts)suegeo
(2,571 posts)Someone below posted a link. I clicked around an eventually landed on the following.
[link:https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/4258/2020-general-registered-signature-envelope-witness-section-suggestion.pdf|]
RainCaster
(10,842 posts)For example, hands in casts or paralyzed.
efhmc
(14,723 posts)Hope this helps.
suegeo
(2,571 posts)It says the witness is not required for the 2020 Minnesota general election.
[link:https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/4258/2020-general-registered-signature-envelope-witness-section-suggestion.pdf|]
efhmc
(14,723 posts)Glad it helped.
suegeo
(2,571 posts)I still wonder if I can avoid mailing the ballot in (1 less piece of mail to be handled by USPS) by taking it into the absentee ballot voting location and handing it to the poll workers there.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Note that the instructions say you must print certain information , not cursive, print. The ballot will have instructions. Read them twice.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,615 posts)mzmolly
(50,980 posts)Read the instructions that come with your ballot carefully.
Your signature envelope might have a box for a witness to complete and sign. Due to COVID19, there is no witness requirement for registered voters for the November 3, 2020 State General Election. Non-registered voters will still need a witness, to indicate their proof of residence.
Mail the ballot and forms back right away after you finish. Your returned ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day (November 3, 2020) and received by your county within the next seven calendar days (November 10). You may also drop off your ballot envelope in person--see details below.
https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/vote-early-by-mail/
The ballot has a place for a witness to sign, but there should be a blue flyer clarifying that it's not necessary. Another reason that I fear valid ballots being rejected.
BainsBane
(53,016 posts)but they normally do require a witness. When you get your ballot, read the instructions. They tell you what to do. They are actually very particular about how the ballot needs to be signed, placed in envelopes, etc.