Be Prepared.

[kentuck]

Do not assume that the Postal Service will be "working" on election day.

If not, there should be a back-up plan.

In my opinion, the states and counties should be preparing the precincts to vote in person. It is not a choice some people may wish to make?

But, to be prepared to save the country and the democracy, it is something that may have to be done.

If so, everyone should have a mask, keep the social distance, and carry hand sanitizer on election day. If we must stand in line, then so be it.

Just my opinion.

[tinrobot]

1. There are often drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at election centers.

This has been a thing in the past. Let's make sure this is standard and people know about it.

[SheltieLover]

5. Depends on laws. Drop off not allowed in TN!

Ridiculous, I know.

And once a voter has requested a mail in ballot, they may not vote in person! 🤬

[barbtries]

14. that shit has republican

written all over it. jeez I"m right next door in NC and it's completely different.

[SheltieLover]

25. Yup!

I hate this shithole state! Used to live in NC.

[barbtries]

36. Well, since 2010

the GOP with their supermajority, which has now been broken but they still own the GA, have been a race to be the next Mississippi. It has been brutal. I hope we turn that all around come November.

[SheltieLover]

40. I sure hope so!!!

It is like living in hell!

[LisaL]

16. Similar here. We won't be able to vote in person once we request an absentee ballot.

Drop off is allowed, but only at the board of elections. If ballot never shows up, my only option would be vote provisional on election date.

[peggysue2]

26. Hubs and I were tossing around the same question

We assumed we'd vote by mail this year because of Covid-19. But with the deliberate postal screwups, we've been leaning towards our typical early voting choice. We just completed this for the August 6th election and the district went paper ballots because of health considerations. Protocols were strict inside the voting area, so I feel confident we can vote with minimal exposure.

One thing I did not know (thanks for the headsup) is that once a mail-in ballot was requested in TN, a voter may not vote in person. That pretty much seals the deal for me on early voting.

[not_the_one]

39. "Depends" may be the operative term for those long line waits..... senior citizen or not...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. Not in TX although you can scan and email. That sounds safe, huh

PS someone did post that they called board in Austin and they said drop off. Sounds crazy that no one's figured it all out. I was just going by TX website.

[lark]

2. We must be prepared!

If you can early vote, or vote at a drop of box, do it! Otherwise, if those options aren't available in your area, have a plan for election day to wait for many hours to vote. My plan for in-voting in No. FL. if necessary is - bring folding chair, lots of water & snacks, wear big hat, bring sunscreen & large umbrella, bring sanitizer, and charged up phone and Kindle. Now, I don''t plan on using those, in FL early voting is a great thing while mail in voting is a repug scam to throw out Dem votes. I pray early voting is still allowed because there are no drop boxes and no plans for them that I know of. If I were still working, I'd take off that day so no stress about got to get to work.

[Thekaspervote]

11. Yes..Dems are fired up to vote! I believe we are prepared to do as you and others are suggesting

We can risk the mail!

Thx for posting..we need to keep posting here, twitter, online groups everywhere we can

[lastlib]

41. Our GOTV efforts MUST include masks!!

and any other protective gear necessary!

[Maraya1969]

3. Here is a link to the US.gov election site. Spread it around your social media so people can get

their ballots

https://www.usa.gov/election-office

[kentuck]

4. I keep thinking of the precincts in KY that have 600,000 voters and only one place to vote.

I'm sure Mitch McConnell loves it.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. They're going to pull so many stunts on

Election Day that it’s going to be hard to keep up. All of ..our paranoid dreams are about to come true. Trump is going to claim that the election is invalid somehow and he’s going to try to be President for Life. I think it will take the military backing up the Secret Service to dislodge his fat ass.

[kentuck]

7. In my opinion, there is no reason to believe the military or Secret Service would be any different.

...from the rest of our "checks and balances".

[LuvNewcastle]

10. Yes, it would be a scary time.

I hate Trump with the heat of 1000 suns, but it would feel like we were in a banana republic if the military took over. I don’t enjoy the thought of that but it would still be better than keeping Trump. I never thought I ‘d see the day when a President was so inept and evil.

[TryLogic]

18. Governors need to activate their national guard. Not sure what Repub governors would do though.

[Nictuku]

8. I still have to receive the ballots in the mail

... so hoping that I will get them plenty early, and then drop them off personally. We have drop boxes in town for that.

[kentuck]

9. Remember this:

It is not who votes. It is who counts the votes.

[kimbutgar]

12. Bring a folding chair, a book, and lunch

Take the day off if you can.

[barbtries]

13. I'll be dropping my ballot off at the BOE

on the first possible day.

There are other options to mailing an absentee ballot. Some precincts have dropboxes. In my county people will be able to drop them at early voting sites.

I am vulnerable and not going anywhere and do not believe I have to go risk my life in a cloud of coronavirus to vote.

I've always voted in person. Not this year.

[LisaL]

15. Well, if you are going to mail your ballot, you should do it before the election day.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Rethugs will run multiple obstructions based on locale and conditions

It's an indication they are playing for all the marbles - the entire society. Nothing will be safe if they win. Not property, money, land, pollution. It's all on the table.

[TryLogic]

21. Yes. I think they decided when Trump won that this is the time to "play for all the marbles".

Otherwise they loose their party for generations to come. Otherwise they would not permit such destruction and lawlessness. Otherwise they would not protect the mobsters in the white house.

[usaf-vet]

28. As a teenage kid when our family would gather we would play a card game call Shooting The MOON.

It was an all or none Hail Mary play. It was a great feeling to pull it off. Which I managed it ONCE in years of playing.

I totally agree with the original poster. The Rs are going for all marbles. It has felt that way to me for some time now.

We can't let them get away with it.

I wish then WORST luck than I had.

[barbtries]

37. i've thought that for some time.

this is their last gasp effort for permanent republican rule. as we all know, for republicans the ends always justify the means. in 2020 the means translates to 165,000 deaths and counting, and a reliance on dirty tricks, sabotage, and every other kind of voter suppression they can dream up.

no big deal right. just our democracy hanging in the balance.

gawd i hate republicans.

[usaf-vet]

38. My fear is that we are not going to play HARDBALL against their multifaceted assault on Democracy.

This is a winner take all face off. We better be prepared to take no S**T. PERIOD!

[Farmergene]

19. I would

Crawl thru broken glass to cast my vote, if thats what must be done, to vote this garbage out of office

[mudstump]

20. Imo...Fedex and UPS should step in and offer to deliver the ballots.

They work with the post office all the time. In rural areas the USPS delivers their packages.

[Captain Zero]

22. NO. They are part of the problem

They will be first in line to buy and carve up the most profitable parts of the USPS business. In fact, they already have. And they will get a kickback for buying up more. NO.

[CaptainTruth]

23. I plan to early vote in person. I've been doing it for years, no crowds or lines.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Every state, county and town will be on their own and I feel a nightmare coming. These folks are

viscous and will burn it all down to cling to power. God I hate them.

[redstatebluegirl]

27. I will risk my health, and with me it is a risk, to vote.

This is the most patriotic thing I can do this year. I am signed up for an absentee ballot and I will hand deliver it to my county office rather than mail it. If I still feel it won't count, I will insist on being allowed to vote in person.

[Naio]

29. Postal office holding my rent

I send my rent ten days ago and still my landlord hasn’t received...this in nyc

[calimary]

30. It's a reasonable opinion.

And for everyone lucky enough to vote by mail, the answer is:
Either
A) vote IMMEDIATELY. As SOON as your mail-in ballot arrives.
B) return your completed ballot IMMEDIATELY. Preferably at a drop-off location in your local library or, as in our neighborhood, in the white clearly-marked drop-off box at the edge of the city hall parking lot, right at the exit as you drive out. You can just drop it into the box as you would with a typical drive-thru dark blue mailbox.

In short, do it RIGHT AWAY, and get it off your plate and off your mind.

NOTHING to remind yourself about.
NOTHING to have to remember to do later when you presumably have time.
NOTHING to have to remember where you put it (so you could do it later, or over the weekend, or day-off, or WHATEVER-the-excuse-or-delay-is.

Get it DONE AND OFF YOUR PLATE so you don’t have to worry about it anymore.

No “shit, there was SOMETHING I had to do...” stuff.

And if you must use the mail, it’s even more important to mail it as soon as possible, so even with delayed delivery there will be enough time for it to arrive at its destination ANYWAY.

That is, IF you trust the Postal Service with this, considering the obvious ulterior motives driving a department head with a vested interest in helping trump stay in office. I don’t. I’m gonna use the drop-box in our city hall parking lot.

And if it’s a little bit inconvenient to take these extra few minutes for a few extra precautions? Then you need to ask yourself:

Is my country worth it?

Is SAVING my country worth it?

[ancianita]

31. SO RIGHT. OUR leaders should ACT in EVERY possible way to STOP DeJoy and his suppression

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of the machinery of USPS.

Timing of our leaders' actions is everything.

This is how corporations act -- in conspiracy to capture the rest of govt they haven't already. In execution, they drive out any effort by "of, by and for the people" government in order to set up their new price/profit structure.

[calimary]

32. This, TOO!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Such an important post K ! I tend to agree. Our county in TX

Got rid of the assigned precinct. You can vote anywhere. I was thinking it would be good to vote early in morning in early voting? Maybe just drive until one looks empty?

[HotTeaBag]

35. I will crawl naked (wearing a mask) through the shards of toppled Confederate monuments

to vote in person on November 3rd.

[Squinch]

42. If you can, get one N95 mask and a face shield in case you need it on election day.

If you can vote in person, do it and do it early.

[kentuck]

43. kick one time