My mother (Illinois, absentee) printed out a “ballot” which is then mailed in and transferred to the appropriate form by whoever opens the envelope. It seems needlessly complicated and outdated to me — in California we fill it out online and then print out and mail in the QR code, which somebody will scan.
I assume that physically mailing something in is legislated.
I vote in all elections, even the smaller primaries. Usually I go in the afternoon. This time I will be there when the polls open, then go home and avoid the news.
I still remember when my mother called me on Jan. 6, and the horror in her voice as she asked me if I had the television on. Please God don’t let that happen again.
Our ballots won’t be mailed out until October 16th at the earliest, through the 22nd. I’m like a hen on a hot brick waiting for mine to arrive.
I will complete it as immediately as possible, then drive to my local drop box to deposit. (Louis DeJoy played a lot of games with our Oregon vote-by-mail election in 2020.)
I’ll follow along on my county’s website to ensure it is received and counted.
Then all will be in the hands of fate.
I look forward to being able to add my own, “I voted!” post to this thread when I’ve done it.
When you vote by mail do you get a sticker? One of the things I like about voting in person is the sticker I get.
No, it didn’t have to do with disabilities. After I registered, I got an acknowledgment from the Champaign County board of elections and a check box asking whether I wanted the ballot by snail mail or email. I checked email and returned it. I will look in old mail file for the ballot and post them if I can. BTW, I had to append a signature to the registration form and then sign the ballot envelope. Not that care whether anyone knows how I voted, but I assume that someone will compare the two signatures and then remove the ballot and perhaps transcribe them to a form that the machine can count. I really don’t know how they do it.
Ah here are the instructions that accompanied the email:
" Attached to this email are your ballot, voting instructions, and a template for mailing the envelope. You MUST print out the documents attached and mail them back to us. [Detailed instructions and an instructional video can be found on our website.]
We must receive your printed ballot by postal mail, and it must be mailed/postmarked by Tuesday, November 5, 2024 and received at the Clerk’s Office by November 19, 2024.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at elections@champaigncountyclerkil.gov or call us at 217-384-3724.
We appreciate you doing your civic duty.
Sincerely,
Aaron Ammons
Champaign County Clerk
Elections Division
Office of Champaign County Clerk & Recorder, Aaron Ammons
Brookens Administrative Center
1776 E. Washington Street
Urbana, IL 61802
217-384-3724
I do! It comes with the ballot on a separate sheet. They didn’t used to include it so I’m glad they do now. It’s a little thing, but it makes me happy.
I vote by email and I don’t even get an emoji.
I don’t get the sticker. I just get a notice on a website that indicates my vote was accepted, and only if i go and look for it
I know how it’s done in my precinct, because i did that last year. I told all my friends i voted early and often, because i cast my ballot early (i mailed it in) and i also cast the ballots of lots of people who mailed in ballots closer to the election.
I got a stack of envelopes with a printed name and address, and a signature on the outside. I took two or three at a time to the woman who checked off voters as they came in (during breaks when we didn’t have a line) and she looked up the voter, made sure they were on the list, and checked them off as having voted, just as if they were standing in line. Then i took the ballots to the ballot box and cast their votes. I could have looked to see how they voted, but i didn’t. Except in the two cases where the ballot box rejected the vote. In those cases i looked to see what the problem was. Both were minor (one had a stray mark, and the other had an over-vote in one race, but was okay for all the other races.) in those cases, i put the ballot into a separate compartment of the ballot box to be counted by a human being. So i cast 22 ballots on election day.
Yes. Or at least they do in Colorado as an all-by-mail state, they’re normally big, and embossed on the instruction sheet.
But if I go by the dropbox, I normally get another one.
Washington also includes a sticker.
Same in FL.
One of the inclusions in the envelope with your mail-in ballot is a sticker sheet with the “I voted” sticker. Other inclusions are instructions and QR codes to monitor your ballot’s progress through the counting system.
My guess is SP loses 6 or 7 seats. Hopefully Moe than that but I dont think so.
Also overseas resident and I get to vote by email. However, New Jersey requires the original by post.
Received the ballot on the 19th, and just completed it today. Sent the scanned version by email and the original is in an envelope which is addressed and stamped. I will drop it in a post box tomorrow morning.
Just glad that they accept A4 - they used to only accept American letter size.
No sticker, unless I make my own.
I voted by mail yesterday in a California election. I found it a lighter task than a previous election where the ballot was three pp long.
I felt some pain in voting for a successor to US Senate. I’ve found the interim senator Laphonza Butler [sp] enthusiastic in the duties of the office. The candidates, Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey, have similar enthusiasm for the job but seemingly don’t have as much charisma from where I sit.
My neighbor and his wife are voting by mail this year. He asked me to drop their ballots off to save them a drive. His wife has some type of dementia, so he has tried discussing the ballot with her when she is aware, but those times are less and less frequent.
So, he filled out both their ballots (Harris/Walz!!) then had her sign a paper a few times to make sure she could do it, then had her sign her ballot. He told me all this to “get it off his chest” that he might be breaking the law.
I have no doubt this is how my grandma “votes”.
My husband’s ballot was mailed to him over a week ago, but we haven’t received it. I’m starting to think he needs to ask for another.
I think he might be—if she’s eligible to vote but not intellectually capable of voting, someone can’t legally vote for her. You can fill out the ballot for a disabled person, but that person needs to be the one directing the actual vote.
On the other hand, if I had to do that for my husband, I know exactly how he would vote and that he would want his vote cast, so I’m not going to castigate your neighbour.
My neighbor’s wife has always voted straight D. Her husband has always leaned a little conservative. He voted her ballot exactly as she would want, and voted his ballot straight D out of respect for his wife. It was actually kind of sweet.
Think of this thread as the digital version of the I Voted sticker. Maybe also include an image of what your sticker looks like.
I received my California ballot today and I will insert it in a drop box at the court house this evening.