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Arrive by Election Day is a weird rule to use (even if it makes your life simpler) since you’re not in charge of when the post office delivers the mail, which m
by vlovich123 3y ago
Arrive by Election Day is a weird rule to use (even if it makes your life simpler) since you’re not in charge of when the post office delivers the mail, which makes mail in ballots an unreliable voting mechanism.
- ianburrell 3y agoWhich is why Oregon says not to mail ballot when close to Election Day, and instead drop them orr at locations where they collect ballots. Places like libraries with secure drop offs.
- vlovich123 3y agoI can’t find anywhere on the State of Oregon election website that defines what safety margin is acceptable to be considered outside “close to Election day”.
- jaggederest 3y agoOregon resident, they say at least a week. 10 days is the recommendation
- kalleboo 3y agoPostmarked is also weird since that's open-ended. There are stories of bits of mail or even mail crates that get lost for a decade or more