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RandySF

(69,088 posts) Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:09 PM 5 hrs ago

1 in 5 voters ready to use mail-in ballots. Is the Postal Service prepared?

Roughly a fifth of voters are expected to vote by mail in the 2024 election, according to recent polls, meaning millions of ballots will be in the hands of postal workers.

Is the U.S. Postal Service prepared to process and deliver that kind of volume in a timely manner? In short, yes, according to officials and election experts.

But they stressed that voters — particularly those living in specific areas — should take certain common sense steps to ensure their ballots are counted.

“The U.S. Postal Service is committed to the secure, timely delivery of the nation’s election mail,” Debra Fetterly, a USPS spokesperson, told McClatchy News. “We are employing robust and proven processes to ensure proper handling and delivery of all election mail, including ballots.”

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/10/21/postal-service-prepared-mail-in-ballots/

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1 in 5 voters ready to use mail-in ballots. Is the Postal Service prepared? (Original Post) RandySF 5 hrs ago OP

USPS got it done in 2020. But voters need to return the ballots quickly. We're using drop box. Silent Type 5 hrs ago #1

In the 2020 General Election, approximately 89% of AZ ballots cast were early ballots. Ptah 5 hrs ago #2

Answer: Yes. stopdiggin 4 hrs ago #3

My advice to those 1 in 5: Vote in person Polybius 4 hrs ago #4

Personally, I wouldn't chance it. If I were to vote that way, I'd use a Ballot Drop Box instead. Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 4 hrs ago #5

We live 13 miles from Town Nictuku 4 hrs ago #6

Silent Type

(6,000 posts)

1. USPS got it done in 2020. But voters need to return the ballots quickly. We're using drop box.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:11 PM

5 hrs ago

Ptah

(33,435 posts)

2. In the 2020 General Election, approximately 89% of AZ ballots cast were early ballots.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:21 PM

5 hrs ago

Arizona's Ballot By Mail System

Ballot by mail has been available in Arizona for over two decades. In the 2020 General Election, approximately 89% of ballots cast were early ballots. As the majority of Arizona voters already choose this method to vote, the infrastructure and security measures are well in place to ensure ballots are safe and secure.

Arizona has an Active Early Voting List (AEVL, and formerly the Permanent Early Voting List (see SB1485, 55th Legislature)). AEVL allows a voter to sign up for a mail ballot to automatically be mailed to them for every election they are eligible to vote in. Voters may also make a one time request for a ballot to be mailed to them. Early voting begins 27 days before the election, so voters can expect to receive their ballot in the mail shortly after.

https://www.azcleanelections.gov/voting-methods/ballot-by-mail

stopdiggin

(12,593 posts)

3. Answer: Yes.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:28 PM

4 hrs ago

1) the 'volume' does not represent any kind of 'overload' for the system
2) postal workers (and the system) have absolutely no motivation nor incentive to 'mess' with the election
3) even if you dick around to the very last minute, the chances are very good that your ballot envelope will have a qualifying postmark. and then there's always the option of trying not to be a dick - and maybe drop it in the box like a whole day ahead ...

Polybius

(17,224 posts)

4. My advice to those 1 in 5: Vote in person

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:44 PM

4 hrs ago

Pretend it's 2019 or earlier.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(619 posts)

5. Personally, I wouldn't chance it. If I were to vote that way, I'd use a Ballot Drop Box instead.

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Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:45 PM

4 hrs ago

Nictuku

(3,838 posts)

6. We live 13 miles from Town

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:46 PM

4 hrs ago

Rather than mailing in our Ballots, tomorrow we are going to take them to the Drop Box.

I love how in California you can monitor the SoS website to find out when it is accepted. It seems to be a great system. Everyone where I live has absentee ballots.

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