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PATRICK

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33. BTW expecting the public

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:33 AM

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to do critical thinking in the maze of voting ways when subtle or not so subtle roadblocks are put up obviously will not work enough. They will have THEIR election obstruction while enough trusting souls get hoodwinked to cheat the outcomes.

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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 22 hrs ago #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 23 hrs ago #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 23 hrs ago #37

I'll guess guile over incompetence. Torchlight 23 hrs ago #38

Nope. this is a function of the way the post office operates stopdiggin 23 hrs ago #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