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Insane.
Received 10 days after the election? Are we delivering mail via pony express again? Matter of fact I’m not sure it would’ve taken 10 days ” back then” to deliver mail across the state. This is a clear obstruction of the election process. If you cannot get your ballot in by election day then it should not be counted. It’s that simple!
How much more checking, to see if a person voted twice,in person and by mail. Or vote early, and day of. Ripe with possibilities of corruption.
What’s the harm? 10 days is reasonable considering there is going to be a crush of mail-in ballots and DeJoy has done his best to make the USPS slow down.
Have you mailed anything lately? Stuff that used to take a day to two is now taking a week!
I am only speculating, but it seems to be tied to Trumps political appointment of a new Postmaster General in May. Oh by the way that is the same guy that owns a $50 million interest in a company that just happens to contract with the post office to provide extra help, if for some reason it is needed.
Election? Why not wait until the end of the year. Maybe one day we can live in a world without deadlines. If your Rx expired, you should be able to refill anyway. Forget tax deadline. You didn’t see it coming. Tardy? What? Final exams? Not ready. Appointment? Back that up, too. Seems people might not have foreseen this election to get their votes in.
Susie D., this is a misguided argument. The deadline is in place – postmark by election day.
To all of you who advocate in favor of the noon deadline, would you also be willing to accept a rule from the IRS that they throw-out your tax return if it was not received by noon on April 15th?
Irrespective that IRS filings are much more complicated, often subcontracted out, and with higher liklihood of criminal penalties if done wrong, I would adjust to the rules: If the IRS has noon deadline, I would either mail plenty early to receive, or use the drop box at the local social security office (analagous to in-person voting)
By 6pm day of election – or even a couple days later as an one-off exception in this pandemic seems practical. Ten days seems unnecessarily long.
Scott, the ballots are due to the USPS by election day. The 10 day rule is how long the ballot counters are required to wait for the ballots to arrive.
10 days is normal for this USPS. And who’s to say that the Postmaster General doesn’t receive marching orders to slow mail service at the end of October?
Voters are still required to submit their vote on or before election day (11/3). If it takes 10 days to be delivered, processed, and counted that’s a reflection of the governments failings not the voters.
Woo hoo!
The noon deadline seem arbitrary and capricious as it has no reasonable basis. Allowing a reasonable period of time for the postal service to receive and deliver the absentee ballot is common among most states, anywhere from five to ten days after election day. There is no harm whatsoever in not immediately knowing who won an election, as certification of winners usually does not occur until December and winners do not typically assume their office until January 1 or later.
I cannot believe I used to vote Republican. These guys are disgusting. In the middle of a Pandemic, I have to go in person in vote. If we are lucky, in the next few days, I will be allowed to vote by mail because another judge will see the laws and rules set up by Indiana Republicans for what they are, Voter Suppression.
The law Republicans refused to address, and that resulted in 10,000 votes not being counted in June, deserved to be struck down. Our sleaze bag attorney general is standing up 100% in favor of this non-sense. Shame on them all.
Election night is going to be so boring if we have to wait weeks or months to see who won. Yes this is a 10 day rule, but any voting challenges requiring the legal system could drag it out for who knows how long.
Glad you switched to the Democrat party. You all knew about the pandemic last winter and now wonder how to vote. Early? You must be one of the few quarantined in your home who never goes out. It sounds like you are an extremely vulnerable person. In my 70s, I went to the polls for the primary, and there were masks, distance, and hand sanitizer. Curtis Hill has been a great attorney general, and I hope remerges with the same vigor and strength he exhibited as AG. He upholds the laws and does not waffle under pressure. He really should have been a juggler, since four women complained about him at the same time in a dive bar in the wee hours. They sure hung around – no doubt vying for the attention of a good-looking man – a bunch of cats! My goodness! Hope they are not looking for MONEY now. Is non-sense a word?
Speaking as an actual juggler (peaking at 7 balls, 2 hands; 5 clubs; 5 balls, 1 hand), I doff my chapeau to AG Hill…
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As far as the voting goes, “Truth fears no trial.” although Donald may be the exception.
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Here in Fishers, the precincts seem to have been drawn to make some of us have it easy: I don’t remember the last time in 32 years I would have had any type of measurable wait and resorted to taking a book along and reading until someone else came along so I could honestly say I waited in line for an hour to vote.
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To be honest, el cheapo (the quality not price) should be tossed out on the trash and people should be allowed to vote just about anywhere they want to, any time they want to, within reason. You just have to have the right price to attract the right people to design such systems.