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Polybius

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16. I did not know that PA did it before Covid, thanks for the info

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:41 PM

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I agree with you, it was exceptionally important to have in 2020. But I have a question for you: why still do it in 2025? What is your reason? I personally enjoy voting in person.

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Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

Anyone waiting close to deadline before mailing their ballot ain't paying attention or trying. Silent Type Thursday #1

Kinda' with you here. Why exactly are we playng "last minute Larry' games with our vote? stopdiggin Yesterday #22

Exactly. I'd compare it to someone deciding to vote at 15 minutes before the polls close on election day... QueerDuck Yesterday #25

For tax and other payments, ask for today's legible stamp at the counter. Then bucolic_frolic Thursday #2

If you have to prove mailed by a date you need a "Ceritificate of Mailing" IbogaProject Thursday #3

If we can afford to give Argentina 40B we sure as hell can afford to sustain and improve out mail system. walkingman Thursday #4

President Biden wouldn't fire Louis DeJoy Mysterian Thursday #5

He couldn't because the Board would need to do it BumRushDaShow Thursday #7

That's the quaint part I mentioned Mysterian Thursday #9

The Postal Board of Governors is a weird one vs the various Commissions (simiarly the Federal Reserve) BumRushDaShow Thursday #12

Okay, true Blackjackdavey Yesterday #40

DeJoy popsdenver Thursday #20

The "cause" PATRICK Yesterday #32

If you can, drop it off at a drop box. usonian Thursday #6

Kick and rec. Wednesdays Thursday #8

I voted by mail in Virginia....early Grins Thursday #10

Same here in CA. 3 progress texts from drop off at post office to vote recorded by CA Sec. of State chia Yesterday #23

We have the option to use USPS, or drop-box at the nearby community center (the option I choose). QueerDuck Yesterday #26

I dropped it weeks ago. BidenRocks Thursday #11

Why would anyone still vote by mail in 2025? Polybius Thursday #13

PA implemented "no excuse absentee voting" BEFORE COVID BumRushDaShow Thursday #15

I did not know that PA did it before Covid, thanks for the info Polybius Thursday #16

Trust me, I was shocked BumRushDaShow Thursday #17

That is totally erroneous. Vote by mail has been around for a considerable length of time - stopdiggin Yesterday #21

I now know that it was a thing before Covid, but many states expanded it during 2020 Polybius Yesterday #24

understand what you're saying (and additionally, I'll give out points for stopdiggin Yesterday #36

Simple. Hand your ballot to the postal clerk & at the counter; they physically will date stamp the outside of the mail. ancianita Thursday #14

Anything that requires a postmarked date I will go to the Post Office, wait for however long and watch them stamp it Cheezoholic Thursday #18

I've never expected that my mail would be postmarked before the next date after Jack Valentino Thursday #19

I vote as early as possible when I receive my mail-in ballot. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #27

NOTE this is a fact . Historic NY Yesterday #28

You suggest something intrinsically illegal PATRICK Yesterday #31

The post office here has to send it 90 miles away to just come back to the area Historic NY Yesterday #35

Frightening how quickly we get used to the water coming to a slow boil Torchlight Yesterday #29

except that describing this as a 'consciously place obstacle' is in fact to misconstrue stopdiggin Yesterday #37

I'll guess guile over incompetence. Torchlight Yesterday #38

Nope. this is a function of the way the post office operates stopdiggin Yesterday #39

If possible DownriverDem Yesterday #30

BTW expecting the public PATRICK Yesterday #33

If you're going to vote by mail, don't rely on the Post Office for your ballot to arrive on time meow2u3 Yesterday #34