I've voted in every US general, congressional and local election via mail ballot since 2008. I was always required to have my ballot received by election offices no later than the day before election, to allow time for count. This year they changed rules to accept ballots beyond elex day, some up to 9 days after 😯 Since mail ballots are far less verifiable than in person voting, this invites massive fraud. No surprise this is benefitting only one side, this was no accident.
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@gawrsh Which state, I'd like to fact check this.
@freemo It's several states, Ohio, Mississippi and North Carolina to name a few. I found this article with more info: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-11-receipt-and-postmark-deadlines-for-absentee-ballots.aspx
@freemo I didn't say my state of Florida changed it's rules. I said some states did, with previous procedures similar to FL. You misunderstood. The link I provided lists a table of all states and their procedures which you can take a look at. "This resource is intended to reflect permanent state law. Many states have made changes to election policies that will only be in effect for the 2020 election.."
@freemo "...The most common state deadline for election officials to receive absentee or mail ballots is on Election Day when the polls close. Some states, however, accept and count a mailed ballot if it is received after Election Day but postmarked prior to the election.
What constitutes a postmark is changing. Because less mail gets truly postmarked, many states are accepting an Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) as evidence."
@freemo To my knowledge, I have never heard reporting of states accepting IMD/postmarked ballots extremely late post-elections. If this was the norm then every election (including primaries I suppose) would have the same outcome - no declared winner for over a week later. I personally haven't seen evidence of this in the past at least in the ones I've participated in.
@gawrsh Thats fair. I have no problem with states accepting ballots up to those marked election day. I would have issues with the rules changing last minute though.
@freemo I think the standard law also is they can't count ballots until elex day, so maybe if they made a last minute exception along with their last minute changes, to allow counting to start before election day that could've helped. Even so the addtl ballots postm'kd after would add to that but at least they'd have more time. This is just a mess
@gawrsh I was asking what state YOU were in where the law was, as you say, changed only this year, and where it must **arrive** by election day.
Most stays only require the mail be **post-marked** by election day, not arrive by it (which I'd say is reasonable). I am also unaware of any states changing their rules just this year.