Originally Posted by Carole clausen (Post 1834364)

I sent a priority package on June 30th to Minneapolis, it arrived on July 30th. Priority rates!

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1833970)

IMO it will take till Xmas to count all the mail in votes. This will be the most SAFU election of all time.:boom:

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1833970)

IMO it will take till Xmas to count all the mail in votes. This will be the most SAFU election of all time.:boom:

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1834039)

The first post is just a copy/paste from an internet meme. It is fabricated.

Meanwhile, back in reality, there are states still encouraging semi-isolation. There are still states that have towns still with mask mandates and strict enforcement of curfews and social distancing.

The US Postal Service serves ALL of those states. And in some of those states, there's a legitimate concern about gathering at the polls to vote. In November, in the north, it will be COLD. If you're social distancing - 6 feet apart, then no polling place will be able to accommodate every one who shows up to vote. Many will have to stand outside, some of them for hours.

And so - mail-in ballots are a thing. An important thing. A significantly important thing. What I see is people who live "in the bubble" once again not noticing that the rest of the world exists, and is not like the bubble. The bubble is not real. It's a facade. Even immediately outside the bubble, there are people getting sick and dying at higher rates than in some states that have stricter guidelines. Marion and Lake Counties in particular. Those residents of those counties - if they have any brains in their heads, will want to know what other way they can vote, besides gathering in a crowded polling place without social distancing, or being stuck outside with social distancing waiting to get in to vote. And it doesn't even get all that cold down here.

The rest of the world is experiencing a world of hurt, coming at it from every subject-matter that can affect the world. Some people in the bubble are paying close attention to it. Some are intentionally ignoring it. And some are sincerely oblivious because it doesn't occur to them that they probably should care.

Originally Posted by Bonnevie (Post 1834179)

my problem with voting in person is that there is no back up to the computer. this is what Florida has: Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Systems: DRE systems employ computers that record votes directly into the computers' memory. These interfaces may incorporate touchscreens, dials, or mechanical buttons. The voter's choices are stored by the computer on a cartridge or hard drive.

Florida has DRE with no paper back up unlike other states. we know this happened in 2016: Russian hackers breached the systems of two county elections systems in Florida in 2016, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday at a news conference. DeSantis said no data were tampered with and vote tallies were not affected.

so I'm more concerned about interference. at least by voting by mail there will be a paper ballot to check if necessary.

Originally Posted by ufu1395 (Post 1833877)

A Villages mail carrier just shared this with me.

I have told many customers that if you care about your vote please do not put it through the mail. And that’s highly unfortunate to say but, I do see and hear about the issues the office is having with standard letters and bills. I strongly suggest voting in person, and spreading that word too to yourself friends and anyone who cares about their vote at all.

Originally Posted by banjobob (Post 1834019)

Vote in person , no one is so busy they need a mail in vote period . Voter fraud is real , and improperly filled out ballots are destroyed.

Originally Posted by chet2020 (Post 1834316)

Five states have systems where most votes are cast by mail. Three blue states, a red state, and a back-and-forth state. You can monitor your ballot online from the date it is sent to you to the date they receive your completed ballot. They confirm whether your ballot was accepted, i.e. contained no errors that invalidate it, giving you time to resubmit or vote in person. Post-election, there are hard copies of the ballots available for auditing. The latter is why they have no problems with fraud.

Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 1833883)

You can fill out your absentee ballot and drop it off at register of voters drop box.
There are no mail persons at the Villages mailbox they are contractors that pick up your mail in Lady Lake then distribute it to us, the lowest hanging fruit on the Postal Chain Gang.

Originally Posted by PaulinTV (Post 1834201)

From Chicago (CBS) a snippet, full article link below:
"Those are just a few of the cases CBS 2 Investigators found by merging Chicago Board of Election voter histories with the death master file from the Social Security Administration.

In all, the analysis showed 119 dead people have voted a total of 229 times in Chicago in the last decade.

Jim Allen, a city election board spokesman, says a majority of those dead voters were most likely clerical errors, involving family members with the same names and addresses."

My opinion - I cannot think of any system in our country that services 331Million people that doesn't have a few flaws, errors, glitches in it. If we consider 229 times over a DECADE a lot, it sounds like someone is trying to create something where there is almost nothing.

Chicago Voters Cast Ballots From Beyond The Grave – CBS Chicago