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oldschoolskater OP t1_irynibp wrote

Reply to comment by Illustrious_Air_1438 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots by oldschoolskater

You could do everything correctly and your ballot could just get lost in the mail. I personally wouldn't risk that. That's why I vote in person. I would only use absentee if there was no other way possible that I could vote.

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kikicrazed t1_iryxykd wrote

You can also drop it off. Sometimes when I’m nervous about it, I drop off mine at our courthouse. There’s a guard and everything.

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Keinichn t1_is0ybtz wrote

> You could do everything correctly and your ballot could just get lost in the mail.

Which is why you drop it off at an official drop box rather than mail it.

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Illustrious_Air_1438 t1_iryoqr2 wrote

I'm a student out of state, so I have to vote absentee (and have done so since I started voting). I've never had my ballot get lost in the mail, but there have been long delays. Last fall, I requested my ballot early but only got it the day after the election, more than four weeks after it was sent.

However, if you're not away like I am, you could sign up to vote by mail and use a drop box, and if you end up never receiving your ballot you can still cast a provisional ballot in person. There's also the option of voting early in person at your county's board of elections. That said, I'd probably just vote in person on election day if I could.

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oldschoolskater OP t1_irypdxq wrote

It's awesome that you stay involved even though you're out of state. Hopefully the postal service is in a better place this election and the delays aren't as bad.

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