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Originally Posted by mtdjed

Absentee voting like you said has been done in Florida for years but not necessarily without problem. See attempt to correct comment.

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And this is the uncontested issue. Absentee balloting OK.

But the issue being discussed is not ABSENTEE Ballots.

Amazing how some try to use absentee ballot success (with some problems) as the demonstration that state , city, district, mailout of unsolicited ballots. Is it too hard to figure out that they are two different issues.

Because at least in Florida, THERE IS NO UNSOLICITED BALLOTS.

It's not a thing, here.

No one is getting an actual ballot, unless they have actually requested one.

What is being unsolicited is a "request for ballot" form. Registered voters are getting them in the mail. You STILL can't vote by mail if you get one of these forms. You have to physically fill it out, and physically return that form to the Supervisor of Elections, and you have to wait for them to verify it and then mail you the physical ballot. And THEN you can fill that in and mail it in.

YOU have to ask THEM for the ballot. There are two things going on here:

Request for Ballot Form

and

Ballot.

The former is being sent to registered voters, unsolicited.
The latter MUST be requested from the voter, using that form.