[justjim]

Originally Posted by Accidental1

We have to get rid of mail-in ballots because once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections

Your opinion. Our elections are not crooked and mail ballots are fine.

[paulajr]

Originally Posted by Accidental1

We have to get rid of mail-in ballots because once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections

I can only Speak for Sumter County, but “mail in” ballots have to be requested every year, are placed in a secure lock up, and counted on Election Day. You can also track the receipt of your ballot.

[Regorp]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

EARLY VOTING
October 22 - November 2, 2024
9 AM - 6 PM
Voters can vote at any Early Voting Location

There are seven early voting locations in Sumter County. Six are in the Villages and the seventh is in Bushnell.

Sumter County Maps

Since 1972 I have voted in person on the day called Election Day and will continue to do it the traditional way always. Don't like early or mail in voting at all!!

[Carlsondm]

Originally Posted by Accidental1

We have to get rid of mail-in ballots because once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections

Substantiate the statement please.

I have voted by mail/ absentee ballot for over 20 years. It is wonderful for those on the road, caregivers, servicemen overseas, and recovering athletes and surgery patients. Most election workers vote by mail or absentee. My traveling daughter (a nurse) votes by mail. Essential for active, productive, mobile society. Fewer chances to catch something from the sneezers at the polls too.

[Jrn130]

Can I vote at Rohan if I’m considered in lake county?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Accidental1

We have to get rid of mail-in ballots because once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections

I don’t mind mail in ballots but there has to be cut off date well before the election day. Once polls close no more ballots excepted.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Jrn130

Can I vote at Rohan if I’m considered in lake county?

I believe you must vote in your own county.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Accidental1

We have to get rid of mail-in ballots because once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections

There have been mail-in ballots since the Civil War, when soldiers were unable to vote in their precinct because they were stationed elsewhere. And since the Civil War, there has been NO statistically significant incidences of mail-in ballot fraud.

Yes, some folks have tried to vote twice - once with a mail-in and once at their voting location. But when that happens, the mail-in becomes invalid and doesn't count. In some cases, the person will be detained at the voting location and informed that they've already voted and can't vote again.

This is standard procedure and has been since the 1800s. Fear-based reactions of problems that don't exist, do nothing more than increase the profits for pharmaceutical companies that sell Xanax and Valium.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I don’t mind mail in ballots but there has to be cut off date well before the election day. Once polls close no more ballots excepted.

You can't refuse to accept mail that comes in after your arbitrary date. If it's POSTMARKED before that date, then you have to count it no matter when it shows up.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

That is interesting. No standard rule for the entire state??

These are the current statistics from the Florida Division of Elections.

Statistics - County Vote-by-Mail and Early Voting Reports

There is a state-mandated date - but individual counties can allow voting earlier than that date. The mandate basically says all counties must begin to allow early voting BY a certain date (at the latest).

This benefits counties that are mostly rural, where it's more difficult for voters to get to their assigned voting location. It also benefits suburbs, where most voters work in a nearby city that might be in a different county, and don't have as much opportunity to get to the polls in their authorized locations.

If Election Day were made a National Holiday, things would be different, because employers would be required to give EVERYONE paid time off to vote that day. Full-timers would split shifts with other full-timers so that there's still coverage at the job.

But it's not a national holiday, and so those voting locations are insanely crowded during the lunch rush and from 6pm til closing. The rest of the day, people are at work. Now that some counties and some states have eliminated many voting locations, it's created even more of a gridlock. The only solutions to that, presently:

1. Force people to not vote (which some areas are trying to do by making it harder to get to the polls and putting unreasonable restrictions on mail-in and early voting)
2. Expand voting locations on Election Day
3. Expand hours on Election Day
4. Support more efficient mail-in voting options
5. Support more efficient early-vote options.

[ByebyeMichigan]

Such b.s…….what ever happened to election DAY ??????

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ByebyeMichigan

Such b.s…….what ever happened to election DAY ??????

A single election day wasn't even a thing when our country was first founded and our first elections were held.

Mail-in voting has been a thing since the Civil War, and ALL of that was "early" voting, since the voter had to submit their vote through the mail BEFORE election day.

Early voting has been an established thing since 1864. You just didn't care about it enough to notice, until recently.

[Emkay56]

What about Lake County?

Originally Posted by Rainger99

EARLY VOTING
October 22 - November 2, 2024
9 AM - 6 PM
Voters can vote at any Early Voting Location

There are seven early voting locations in Sumter County. Six are in the Villages and the seventh is in Bushnell.

Sumter County Maps

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Emkay56

What about Lake County?

Lake County Supervisor of Elections > Voter Information > Early Voting

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by ByebyeMichigan

Such b.s…….what ever happened to election DAY ??????

Good day to vote. Another manmade day off with pay some people while everyone else works to pay for their day off.