Just got my VA absentee ballot via email (question included in post)...

[wysi]

... can't wait to print it out and vote for Obama, Warner, and Periello (5th District). :)

However, the message they sent along suggested that I write "Absentee Ballot Enclosed" on the envelope. Am I being paranoid in thinking this is a bad idea?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. In Cook County Illinois, they provide a postage free

return. It is clearly marked as a ballot, and if you fuck with it, they promise serious jail time.

[RollWithIt]

2. Don't worry too much, in Florida, they all say that like 20 times on the outside...

No party affiliation though.

[radfringe]

3. since you received it via e-mail

and printing it out - there is no envelope or label - this is probably why they want you to write Absentee Ballot Enclosed - so they know it's a ballot and not a letter asking for information

If you have any questions, then call your election board and confirm that you should write Absentee Ballot Enclosed on the envelope. I would also confirm the mailing address and any other instructions that came along with the ballot

[wysi]

4. Thanks folks...

... the instruction sheet they sent along with the email was quite clear and explicit, thankfully, but I will follow up on anything ambiguous.