Will GOP states start marking ballots that get mailed out as absentee or vote by mail

[OregonBlue]

so the post office will know which ones to slow? Currently I don't believe there is any way to tell the difference but I'm willing to bet some sleazy GOP elections officials in close states will try to change it.

[Historic NY]

1. Order Republican ones......

[OregonBlue]

4. Great idea.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. There is no difference. An absentee ballot IS a mail-in ballot.

In a few states you have to have an excuse for using an absentee ballot, but in most there's no difference at all and no distinction is made.

[OregonBlue]

3. I know that. But my point was the GOP states may try to find a way to differentiate between absentee

and regular vote by mail ballots. I think we should be on the lookout for such a sleazy tactic.

Ballots are not marked absentee or mail-in because there is no difference.

County elections officials check each and every vote-by-mail ballot that is cast, so even if a ballot was sent to the wrong voter it would be caught. Elections officials check to see if the voter has cast a ballot elsewhere. Every vote-by-mail ballot also has a unique bar code that elections officials scan. A voter’s signature on the vote-by-mail ballot return envelope is compared against the voter’s registration record. If a signature is missing or does not match the registration record, elections officials will reach out to the voter. If the voter does not respond and provide a missing/corrected signature, the ballot will not count.