Ballots short on postage will count, agency vows

[Snazzy]

Source: Palm Beach Post

Ballots short on postage will count, agency vows
By JANE MUSGRAVE

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Monday, October 27, 2008

Ernie Lendman, who has homes in Palm Beach and Virginia Beach, is suspicious that he narrowly dodged efforts to keep his vote from counting.

While the Palm Beach County elections office said $1.17 in postage would get his absentee ballot for the Nov. 4 presidential election delivered, postal officials in Virginia said it would take $1.36 to get it to West Palm Beach.

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Rest easy, officials at the U.S. Postal Service say.

Even if people put the wrong postage on absentee ballots, they will be delivered, said Gary Sawtelle, a Postal Service spokesman.

"We understand it is our responsibility to properly handle these absentee ballots," he said. If the postage is wrong, the agency will bill the elections office for the difference.

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Read more: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/27/a2b_abballot_1028.html

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Alright, remember that guy's name....

[Doctor Cynic]

1. They should have included prepay envelopes, but this will do as well.

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2. One thing that President Obama should do is set up a General Election postage fund run by the FEC

Give it $100 million to handle postage for up to 80 million absentee ballots nationwide. That comes out to an average of $1.25 per absentee ballot for postage if about half the voters do absentee. Some states, like CA only require 60 cents for postage, others require as much as $1.40. It will all even out.