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PATRICK

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33. BTW expecting the public

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:33 AM

Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP

Anyone waiting close to deadline before mailing their ballot ain't paying attention or trying. Silent Type Oct 2025 #1

Kinda' with you here. Why exactly are we playng "last minute Larry' games with our vote? stopdiggin Oct 2025 #22

Exactly. I'd compare it to someone deciding to vote at 15 minutes before the polls close on election day... QueerDuck Oct 2025 #25

For tax and other payments, ask for today's legible stamp at the counter. Then bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #2

If you have to prove mailed by a date you need a "Ceritificate of Mailing" IbogaProject Oct 2025 #3

If we can afford to give Argentina 40B we sure as hell can afford to sustain and improve out mail system. walkingman Oct 2025 #4

President Biden wouldn't fire Louis DeJoy Mysterian Oct 2025 #5

He couldn't because the Board would need to do it BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #7

That's the quaint part I mentioned Mysterian Oct 2025 #9

The Postal Board of Governors is a weird one vs the various Commissions (simiarly the Federal Reserve) BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #12

Okay, true Blackjackdavey Oct 2025 #40

DeJoy popsdenver Oct 2025 #20

The "cause" PATRICK Oct 2025 #32

If you can, drop it off at a drop box. usonian Oct 2025 #6

Kick and rec. Wednesdays Oct 2025 #8

I voted by mail in Virginia....early Grins Oct 2025 #10

Same here in CA. 3 progress texts from drop off at post office to vote recorded by CA Sec. of State chia Oct 2025 #23

We have the option to use USPS, or drop-box at the nearby community center (the option I choose). QueerDuck Oct 2025 #26

I dropped it weeks ago. BidenRocks Oct 2025 #11

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

PA implemented "no excuse absentee voting" BEFORE COVID BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #15

I did not know that PA did it before Covid, thanks for the info Polybius Oct 2025 #16

Trust me, I was shocked BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #17

That is totally erroneous. Vote by mail has been around for a considerable length of time - stopdiggin Oct 2025 #21

I now know that it was a thing before Covid, but many states expanded it during 2020 Polybius Oct 2025 #24

understand what you're saying (and additionally, I'll give out points for stopdiggin Oct 2025 #36

Simple. Hand your ballot to the postal clerk & at the counter; they physically will date stamp the outside of the mail. ancianita Oct 2025 #14

Anything that requires a postmarked date I will go to the Post Office, wait for however long and watch them stamp it Cheezoholic Oct 2025 #18

I've never expected that my mail would be postmarked before the next date after Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #19

I vote as early as possible when I receive my mail-in ballot. no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #27

NOTE this is a fact . Historic NY Oct 2025 #28

You suggest something intrinsically illegal PATRICK Oct 2025 #31

The post office here has to send it 90 miles away to just come back to the area Historic NY Oct 2025 #35

Frightening how quickly we get used to the water coming to a slow boil Torchlight Oct 2025 #29

except that describing this as a 'consciously place obstacle' is in fact to misconstrue stopdiggin Oct 2025 #37

I'll guess guile over incompetence. Torchlight Oct 2025 #38

Nope. this is a function of the way the post office operates stopdiggin Oct 2025 #39

If possible DownriverDem Oct 2025 #30

BTW expecting the public PATRICK Oct 2025 #33

If you're going to vote by mail, don't rely on the Post Office for your ballot to arrive on time meow2u3 Oct 2025 #34

What goes wrong PATRICK Oct 29 #41