Democratic Primaries

TomCADem

(17,387 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:05 PM Mar 2020

If People Have Submitted Absentee Ballots, and Primary Election Is Moved...

...are they then disenfranchised? Are the ballots just thrown away?

Also, if you move the election, do you send out new vote by mail ballots?

This is a cluster if you try to move an election the day before the election, particularly when a lot of people have already voted by mail.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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If People Have Submitted Absentee Ballots, and Primary Election Is Moved... (Original Post) TomCADem Mar 2020 OP

Why would moving the date adversely impact absentee ballots? onenote Mar 2020 #1

How do you track who already received a ballot and sent in a ballot? TomCADem Mar 2020 #5

Of course not. They'll just continue to store the absentee ballots MineralMan Mar 2020 #2

But Would The Elections Official Send Out New Ballots... TomCADem Mar 2020 #4

I am not so sure. LisaL Mar 2020 #9

absentee ballots and vote by mail ballots... Sloumeau Mar 2020 #3

But they are really strict in OH if you mark something wrong on your ballot. LisaL Mar 2020 #6

This Is Why It Is Not Simple. Voting Has Already Begun. TomCADem Mar 2020 #7

I know. It's a giant mess. LisaL Mar 2020 #8

onenote

(42,700 posts)

1. Why would moving the date adversely impact absentee ballots?

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:06 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)

5. How do you track who already received a ballot and sent in a ballot?

Reply to onenote (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:20 PM

Mar 2020

Do you then send out a new batch just for those folks who did not send in their ballot? Of course, that gets risky if you make a mistake and leave someone out.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)

2. Of course not. They'll just continue to store the absentee ballots

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:14 PM

Mar 2020

and count them on the new election day. If you haven't already voted, you can now, before that new election day.

Why would you think they'd destroy the current absentee ballots? What reason could anyone give for such a thing?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)

4. But Would The Elections Official Send Out New Ballots...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:18 PM

Mar 2020

...for a new election date? If so, doesn't that get real confusing.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

9. I am not so sure.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:31 PM

Mar 2020

Like I said, OH is extremely strict and disqualify ballots if something is marked incorrectly. People who voted already voted on ballots that say election is on March 17.
Would those ballots be disqualified?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)

3. absentee ballots and vote by mail ballots...

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:18 PM

Mar 2020

will not be invalidated because the primary date is moved.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

6. But they are really strict in OH if you mark something wrong on your ballot.

Reply to Sloumeau (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:23 PM

Mar 2020

The absentee ballots they voted on now would say election day is March 17.
Will that automatically invalidate that ballot if election day is moved to June 2nd?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden