Voting question: If you haven't received your absentee ballot in the mail

[CatWoman]

at what point can you do in person voting? If your state has early voting do you have to wait until Election Day?

[SheltieLover]

1. Best to read state laws!

Great question!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Minnesota has Early NO EXCUSE Voting beginning in a few weeks...

I requested a Ballot via the Mail. If it does not come by the end of September, I will vote early in person. The rules for early in-person voting up until Nov.2nd are clear. If I receive my ballot in the Mail, I will return it in person to the address on the final envelop.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Check with your specific state's rules and laws.

This link may be helpful: https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vote-state-by-state-guide-voting-by-mail-early-in-person-voting-election/index.html

or go to your Secretary of State's website, or whoever in your state handles voting.

It really is a state by state thing.

[CatWoman]

4. ty

at this point, I need to have plan b ready

[pwb]

5. Check with your county board of election.

Here you need to mail in the application to be eligible to receive a ballot. About the failure to receive one you will have to talk to someone, it hardly ever happens that the postal service loses mail. The County, would be where I would look for any failure.

[babylonsister]

6. In FL you can vote early as long as you're

registered, and it is not crowded. Your state or Dem party should let you know when early voting starts. Here it's about 2-3 weeks before.

[WhiteTara]

7. call your county clerk's office

and ask about your ballot status. In Arkansas, ballots won't be mailed until Oct 8. I also made sure that my application had been received and the ballot would be sent. I'll follow up probably on the 12th or so to make sure it was sent.

[Ms. Toad]

8. You may not be able to.

In Ohio, once you request an absentee ballot you have committed to voting that way. If you don't get your ballot you can vote provisionally on election day (not sure about before), but you cannot cast a regular ballot after requesting an absentee one.

Since the ballot didn't arrive, you obviously can't return it, so when it doesn't arrive in the proper time frame your provisional ballot will be counted.

[LisaL]

15. As far as I can tell, you could only vote on election day.

Provisional.
I requested my ballot already, and if it doesn't arrive, that's what I plan to do.

[Ms. Toad]

17. I have not had my observer training this year, but that was the case 4 years ago in Ohio. n/t

[susanr516]

9. Laws vary by state

In TX, you may cast a provisional ballot, either early or on Election Day. The Early Vote Ballot Board (a bipartisan group of election workers who review and accept/reject mailed ballots for counting) will meet about 9 days after the election to review overseas military ballots and provisional votes. IF there is no record of your mail ballot being received by the County Clerk, your in-person vote will be accepted and added to the total. I've worked as a member of an Early Vote Ballot Board for the last 6 elections, and I will be working during the upcoming election.

Again, every state has it own laws regarding the election. Check with the authority in charge of your state's elections.

[gulliver]

10. Good questions imo.

I'll be voting in person. It's Missouri, so my vote against Trump probably isn't going to help. Still, I'll take a modest risk of COVID just to increase Trump's popular vote loss and vote against any Republicans down ticket.

For me, voting by mail looked too iffy. Not because of the Post Office, but because there are too many hoops in Missouri. I faxed a request for a mail-in ballot for example last time and was informed by phone that mail-in ballots (as opposed to absentee ballots) must be applied for by mail or in person. The completed ballot (again, my understanding) must be returned by mail, and its envelope must be notarized. Ridiculous.

So I'm voting in person on election day.

[SWBTATTReg]

11. As a Missouri resident, I'll join you proudly in voting this common street thug out of the WH.

A lot of resentment exists among those I talk to around where I live (STLMO) w/regards to the numerous failures of trump, and especially his filthy nonstop mouth, his ranting and raving. He's nuts and he needs to be thrown in jail for inciting riots, mayhem, and all kinds of mischief primarily to benefit himself and only himself.

[LisaL]

16. Yes, sure sounds like pain in the behind.

In OH, you do need to request your ballot by mail, which is easy to do. Then they send it to you, and you can either mail it back, or drop it into a very special drop box (only one is allowed per county) and nothing needs to be notarized.
You can then track it to see if it was accepted.

[apcalc]

12. Call your county board of elections.

In Pa you may take it to their office-by appointment.

[Retrograde]

13. Know the laws in your state

50 states plus DC = 51 different rules (at least)

This happened to me once. in California. The county registrar's web site showed that the ballot had been sent, but after two weeks I still hadn't received it. I emailed them, and got a replacement, along with an affidavit to sign stating that the original ballot never arrived.

In California, one can request a provisional ballot on election day.

[LisaL]

14. In OH, I would be able to vote provisional on election day if I don't get the ballot.

That's it.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

18. I Checked The Franklin County Board Of Elections Website......

.....It says that absentee ballots won't even be mailed out until Oct. 6. So don't panic if you haven't received yours yet. I requested mine weeks ago as well. And if I don't receive it, you better believe I'm showing up to my polling location and DEMANDING a provisional ballot.

[CatWoman]

20. i had printed out a ballot request and had it ready for mailing

but then Stacey Abrams' organization (Team Fair Fight https://fairfight.com/) sent me an email in which I could request the ballot online.

[theophilus]

19. Thanks to all who have responded. I will research this. I hope the USPS can

be secured. There is going to be an unequaled period of cheating. I hope that the country can weather this horrible storm.