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Posted: 10/25/2016 3:26:50 AM EDT
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Thanks for the heads up.
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Posted: 10/25/2016 2:31:24 PM EDT
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In Whatcom County the outside of the ballot envelope says "68 cents postage required if mailing" in the space where the stamp would go.
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Posted: 10/25/2016 7:56:37 PM EDT
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I guess I made the right choice yesterday by throwing another stamp on before I mailed it out.
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Posted: 10/25/2016 8:02:01 PM EDT
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From the article
There is another way to return ballots free of cost, although counties don’t really like to tell you about it. The Postal Service is supposed to deliver returned ballots to the counties even if they lack proper postage, rather than return them to the senders. The counties then reimburse the Postal Service for the missing postage, although they have no appropriated funding to do so. “They would not reject ballots for lack of postage,” said Dave Ammons, a spokesman for Secretary of State Kim Wyman. The Legislature has repeatedly considered making return ballots postage-free, a topic that has emerged as a minor issue in this year’s campaign for secretary of state. The state estimated last year that it would cost between $2?million and $3?million per two-year election cycle to put prepaid return postage on every ballot. |
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Posted: 10/25/2016 11:08:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From the article Quote HistoryQuoted: From the article There is another way to return ballots free of cost, although counties don’t really like to tell you about it. The Postal Service is supposed to deliver returned ballots to the counties even if they lack proper postage, rather than return them to the senders. The counties then reimburse the Postal Service for the missing postage, although they have no appropriated funding to do so. "They would not reject ballots for lack of postage,” said Dave Ammons, a spokesman for Secretary of State Kim Wyman. The Legislature has repeatedly considered making return ballots postage-free, a topic that has emerged as a minor issue in this year’s campaign for secretary of state. The state estimated last year that it would cost between $2?million and $3?million per two-year election cycle to put prepaid return postage on every ballot. |
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Posted: 10/26/2016 4:21:21 PM EDT
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I dropped mine at a ballot drop in town. However, wouldn't requiring stamps on a ballot be considered a poll tax?
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Posted: 10/27/2016 4:04:52 PM EDT
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This is the issue that retard Podlodowski is referring to as Kim Wyman's attempt at "voter suppression"
If you cannot afford to get to a ballot drop box or use an extra stamp, I'm not really sure I trust your judgement to vote. |
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Posted: 10/27/2016 6:54:12 PM EDT
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Yes, requiring postage on the ballot would be a poll tax, and since this is a federal election the 26th amendment applies. But the postage is on the envelope, not the ballot. And like you said, they can drop it off at those secure boxes.
I'm sure there are lawyers who'd argue the case and in WA they'd probably win. If they won, I think you'd be able to argue under the same reasoning that requiring people to have a pen to fill in the ballot is also a poll tax and now we have to provide a free pen with every ballot. Requiring them to walk to their mailbox to receive and then again to mail it out is also a poll tax so they need to have a mailman come right to their bedside and hand it to them. Those sorts of idiots will be the end of the republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Just thinking about it makes me want to go back to land owners only. |
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Posted: 10/27/2016 11:28:27 PM EDT
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I drop mine at the library's collection box. No stamps needed.
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Posted: 10/31/2016 11:31:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I drop mine at the library's collection box. No stamps needed.
This ^^^ Gives my mailman who brings my Trump Swag no chance to "lose" my ballot should he be so inclined. |
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Posted: 11/7/2016 6:32:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
In Whatcom County the outside of the ballot envelope says "68 cents postage required if mailing" in the space where the stamp would go. Mine did too, but I just dropped it off. |
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