2020 Presidential Candidates

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Originally Posted by jp1

Do all absentee ballots in MO have to be notarized? If so, why?

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oh jp, you know very well why. Let’s say it together:

EVIL REPUBLICANS REQUIRE THAT COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY STEP TO KEEP UNDESIRABLES FROM VOTING!!!

amirite?

edited to add: but it’s not entirely true. People who are over the age of 65 are who have serious health conditions that keep them away from COVID-19 spreading crowds may vote absentee ballot without getting it notarized.


And then, there’s always the option of just going down to the voter election board whenever ballots are ready, many daysBefore Ifficial election day, and voting. It’s never crowded, it’s a big space, wear a mask, it’s easy.

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Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore

maybe we'll be able to vote by mail, maybe

https://apnews.com/59c25efd4d325c4895f8ba85517f9bfd

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Hopefully, trump will not get the PO in such condition or nonexistence by November. He, of course, wants to abolish the Post Office.

A friend of a friend was kidnapped in one of those fed sweeps a couple of nights ago, held and questioned for two hours. He had done nothing wrong, had not damaged property, but was picked out of a small group and hauled away. I guess we should be grateful he wasn't shot in the face. This is scary stuff, much like what I've read about the beginnings of totalitarianism.

If the feds are so worried about petty vandalism--such as graffiti--they can discuss the problem with authorities and encourage local police to patrol the building. There is absolutely no need to invade a sovereign state, unidentified, and terrorize peaceful protesters. None. According to my friend's reports, this is--and has been--merely a crowd of demonstrators. We still have the right to demonstrate, It's one of the few avenues left to us that can effect change.

My friend is the farthest thing from a bomb-thrower, being an UMC housewife, but she, and others, are being influenced by what they see around them.

I’ve been voting by mail in Arizona for 10 years. No notary required. This is not difficult.

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Originally Posted by Tammy

I’ve been voting by mail in Arizona for 10 years. No notary required. This is not difficult.

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It's how we've been voting in Washington for over a decade now, and it seems to work fine. We seemingly have some safeguards in place - I had a ballot bounced last year because my signature didn't match my signature on my voter registration card (due to a hand injury I had just received). I got a phone call and email about the issue to straighten things out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/u...s-by-mail.html

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Originally Posted by Tammy

I’ve been voting by mail in Arizona for 10 years. No notary required. This is not difficult.

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I've been doing the same in CA. I sign the envelope to verify my identity. The same as I would do for in person voting, as I did in the four other states that I have previously lived in since turning 18.

IL is really pushing vote by mail. I’ve already applied for it online. I love it. Hate standing in lines, even for early voting, under normal circumstances n

IL has you sign the envelope as well.

And you can verify that your ballot gets to its destination and is counted.

I remember in 2016 everyone was worried that the inevitable loser Trump would paint the election as illegitimate. And when he won, we got a torrent of reasons why the election was illegitimate. The FBI, Russian Intelligence, election equipment manufacturers, Fox News, massive voter suppression, domineering fathers and brothers and bosses, even the far-sighted fiends behind the Electoral College.

Sadder but wiser today, the forces of good (FOG) are still worried about sore-loser stories from Trump. But they are also preparing for the worst case this time: most of the old stuff is being recycled, along with some new material. Trump wants to defund the USPS to cripple voting by mail. His squadrons of black helicopter troops are conducting exercises in Portland. Who knows what inventive new theories we will hear between now and November?