# I Haven't Received My Absentee Ballot Yet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940 "2020-09-18T18:55:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/1 "2020-09-18T18:55:18Z")
First a little background. I live in Detroit, MI. And as I said, I haven’t received any absentee ballot yet.
My cousin and his wife, who live in the relatively rich suburb of Grosse Pointe have already received it, and voted.
What gives? Is anyone else a little suspicious about this?
And I might as well ask. Is there anyone else, anywhere else in the country, who hasn’t received a ballot? Post your story. I certainly want to hear it.
🙂
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/2 "2020-09-18T19:05:16Z")
When did they request theirs compared to you? Looks like you can track it online:
[https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index](https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index)
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/3 "2020-09-18T19:10:37Z")
In Ohio ballots haven’t been finalized or printed yet, and won’t be until Oct 6, so I don’t expect to get mine until after Oct 6. If you recall the news from various states last week, Kanye West was out there just missing deadlines. So the deadlines to close state ballots were just last week or so.
I see on the Wayne County, MI elections web site that the Official Candidates List was last updated 9/10 so that was just a week ago. Ballots have to now be certified and printed.
Anyway, hang loose. It’s coming.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/4 "2020-09-18T19:11:27Z")
I don’t know when they requested theirs. But I requested mine almost as soon as I could.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/5 "2020-09-19T17:16:44Z")
Oregon is 100% vote by mail and AFAIK won’t send ballots for awhile yet.
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### Author:  [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/6 "2020-09-19T17:31:22Z")
Wasihngton also - most ballots do not get mailed in my county until October 14\*. So, I’ve obviously not received mine yet.
What happened when you tracked your ballot?
Also - it looks like there isn’t even an official proposal list yet for your county. Are you sure they’ve already voted? I’m surprised that the ballots are printed, much less mailed.
\*ballots for overseas, out of state, and military were mailed yesterday. They most likely will not receive them until at least Monday - laws of time/space & all.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/7 "2020-09-19T17:39:08Z")
I received mine today. I requested one from the county election website approximately a week and a half ago and I got it this morning.
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### Author:  [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/8 "2020-09-19T19:26:54Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> I don’t know when they requested theirs. But I requested mine almost as soon as I could.
What did it say when you checked with the Michigan Secretary of State site linked in the post you just replied to?
Here’s that link again… [Your voter information](https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index)
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### Author:  [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/9 "2020-09-19T20:14:26Z")
Arizona (at least Maricopa county) sends ballots out October 7.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/10 "2020-09-20T06:30:24Z")
Stan County, CA here. County clerk sent notice to entire county about a month ago, saying that ALL voting in this county will be done by mail-in ballots (that was the first I had heard that); and that ballots will be sent out first week in October. Also gave county web site to find locations of drop-boxes. I’ll be drop-boxing my ballot of course, instead of mailing it!
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/11 "2020-09-20T06:31:10Z")
@Lance_Turbo I just checked, and they said it was mailed out yesterday (it is Sunday as I write this). BTW I feel compelled to point out, mail delivery isn’t that bad in Detroit. They’re struggling. But somehow they seem to be getting it done. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/12 "2020-09-20T17:04:06Z")
Got the email on Friday. Printed it out, filled in the little bubbles, scanned it, sent it, and then mailed the physical copy, according to the instructions.
I be done. I voted 🇺🇸
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/13 "2020-09-20T18:15:45Z")
I haven’t gotten mine, yet, but i assume my state hasn’t mailed them yet.
Interesting how differently the states are handling this.
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### Author:  [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/14 "2020-09-20T18:32:46Z")
Colorado has been doing this for a few elections, and by state law the first day they can mail out ballots is, “Not sooner than 22 days before the election or the previous business day if the 22 day before the election falls on a holiday.” This year that’s October 9 since October 12 is Columbus Day.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/15 "2020-09-21T17:20:30Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> My cousin and his wife, who live in the relatively rich suburb of Grosse Pointe have already received it, and voted.
Who did they vote for?
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/16 "2020-09-21T19:42:56Z")
@Omar_Little Perfect pair. My cousin (who ironically may be an atheist) voted Republican. And his wife voted Democrat. (My cousin joked that their votes canceled each other out.)
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/17 "2020-09-25T17:40:03Z")
I don’t know if anyone’s interested. But I _still_ haven’t received my absentee ballot in Detroit yet.
I went back to the Michigan Secretary of State website. And they still maintain it was sent out September 19. So where is it?
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/18 "2020-09-25T18:21:14Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> So where is it?
In the hands of the USPS.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/19 "2020-10-01T03:14:15Z")
_FINAL UPDATE:_ I just got my absentee ballot in the mail today, and I promptly voted. 🙂
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940/20 "2020-10-01T04:33:48Z")
My Michigan ballot didn’t even get mailed till yesterday.
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