Sat Oct 24, 2020, 12:34 AM

Rice4VP (1,235 posts)

I changed my mind about absentee voting and want to vote in person..HELP!

Here is a useful site that I found that explains the process for each state. Ohio is very restrictive

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mail-in-ballot-vs-in-person-voting_l_5f77aaa6c5b649e564b2c372

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I changed my mind about absentee voting and want to vote in person..HELP! (Original post)	Rice4VP	Oct 2020	OP
It's simple in Florida	ornotna	Oct 2020	#1
I heard in Pennsylvania you must bring your entire packet to the poll, not just the ballot.	dem4decades	Oct 2020	#2
In my case I brought the whole packet	ornotna	Oct 2020	#5
Yep, in Texas you must surrender your ballot in order to receive a in person ballot	MagickMuffin	Oct 2020	#3
Actually you can still vote early in person in Ohio	Maeve	Oct 2020	#4
Absolutey correct.	Ms. Toad	Oct 2020	#6
Call your local elections office. Don't open your ballot.	Blue_true	Oct 2020	#7

Response to Rice4VP (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2020, 12:41 AM

ornotna (9,915 posts)

1. It's simple in Florida

Just bring your ballot with you to the voting location, they destroy it and print you a new one. Easy peasy.

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Sat Oct 24, 2020, 01:25 AM

dem4decades (9,553 posts)

2. I heard in Pennsylvania you must bring your entire packet to the poll, not just the ballot.

If you don't have all the envelopes you're screwed. Sound correct?

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Response to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 24, 2020, 02:06 AM

ornotna (9,915 posts)

5. In my case I brought the whole packet

I never even opened it. Not sure how it's done in Pennsylvania.

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Sat Oct 24, 2020, 01:39 AM

MagickMuffin (13,443 posts)

3. Yep, in Texas you must surrender your ballot in order to receive a in person ballot

The election judge prepares the paperwork and you receive the in person ballot.

If you are unable to surrender your ballot you are allowed a provisional ballot. Which should be counted if the absentee ballot is never received.

One of my friends just decided to do this. However, she didn't have her ballot so she had to vote provisionally. If her ballot is never received then her provisional ballot should be counted.

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Sat Oct 24, 2020, 02:02 AM

Maeve (41,087 posts)

4. Actually you can still vote early in person in Ohio

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/01/ohio-absentee-ballot-requested-vote-in-person-instead-2020-election/5872869002/

If you changed your mind about voting by mail, you can vote in-person early at the county board of elections.
Here's the technical reason why: voting by mail and voting in-person early at the county board of elections are both called absentee voting. The term means you are "absent" from your polling location on Election Day, Nov. 3

You can't vote election day, except provisionally, tho. And the state website won't tell you this--but some county sites do.

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Response to Maeve (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 24, 2020, 02:09 AM

Ms. Toad (29,934 posts)

6. Absolutey correct.

In addition, if you want to vote "in person" on election day, the only non-provisional way to do it is to drop your absent ballot off at the county board of elections. You cannot drop it off at your polling place.

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Sat Oct 24, 2020, 03:05 AM

Blue_true (31,259 posts)

7. Call your local elections office. Don't open your ballot.

If the process for surrendering the ballot to get an in person ballot results in you voting provisional, then you should fill out the mailin ballot and take it to the elections office, DON’T mail it, it may not make it to the office in time.

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