Absentee Votes Just Found from 2005, Salt Lake County

Label this, “Something that doesn’t usually happen with Precinct Based Poll Voting” http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10315614 Every vote did not count in Salt Lake County three years ago.     A metal ballot box – still locked – was recently found in Cottonwood Heights and two absentee ballots were inside.     Salt Lake County Clerk Sherry Swensen says her [...]

How Much Mail Would A Mailman Lose If A Mailman Lost Your Mail?

Apparently they United States Post Office has nothing to say on the subject: http://funny.zeeblum.com/2007/03/10/what-percentage-of-mail-is-lost-by-the-usps/ You’d have better luck finding Dick Cheney’s social security number. Even though the United States Postal Service routinely hires contractors to assess performance, it doesn’t release statistics on lost mail. The post office uses something called the “External First-Class Measurement System,” [...]

New Jersey Moves Closer to Vote-By Mail

New Jersey is moving closer to voting by mail, and the Vote By Mail Project (as opposed to the No VBM project) is pushing their lies on the voter of New Jersey as well. Chief among them the lie that there’s “no pesky voting machines to malfunction in a VBM system”. Um how are the [...]

I Voted-by Mail in Today’s Primary for Jason Osgood for Washington’s Secretary of State

Last year I moved to Kitsap County, and as the County switched to Forced Vote-By Mail voting, I had little choice. As I was going to be out of town on the 19th (in Seattle), I had a good reason to vote absentee anyway. But I would much rather it was a limited system of [...]

Neither the Top Two Primary nor Vote-By Mail Expected to Increase Turnout in Washington State

Though the spin is always the same, neither the Top Two Primary, nor the vastly increased use of Vote-By Mail throughout Washington State is expected to increase turnout. Secretary of State Sam Reed has predicted a 46 percent turnout, and county officials surveyed by The Associated Press supported that forecast. The state’s 39 counties’ turnout [...]

Same Day Registration and Vote-By Mail in Ohio Good For Obama?

It looks like the Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, of Ohio has helped create a wide open door to “vote-banking.” Unlike other types of electioneering efforts, vote-banking is not necessarily illegal. And in vote-by mail states like Washington and Oregon it is practically guarunteed. The Obama campaign appears ready to take advantage of the [...]

Michigan Pushes No-Excuse Absentee Voting

http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/OPINION/808100324/1207/NEWS18 The above link takes you to a very wrongheaded editorial about no-excuse absentee voting.  Apparently an unsigned editorial. Michigan voters, however, might want to read up on the facts about absentee voting problems, here. The bill you should be aware of is S.B. 12. Earlier this month, state Sens. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) and [...]

More Granny Farming Accusations

This next clip pretty much speaks for itself. More grannyfarming allegations with absentee ballots: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/aug/11/absentee-ballots-at-issue/ Under state law, two-person travel boards — one Republican and one Democrat appointed by the county election board on the recommendations of party chairmen — deliver absentee ballot applications to nursing home residents and leave with the completed applications. They [...]

Absentee Ballot Mistakes May Lead to Double Voting

According to this article, it appears that Florida is using barcodes on their absentee ballots, and this week due to typos, are sending out replacement ballots to Washington County residents: “A second ballot was sent out to those voters with an explanation of why they got it, telling them there was a typographical error on [...]

Labor Pushes Vote-By Mail In New Mexico

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/08/05/vote-by-mail-new-mexico