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Serious question: Are you certain your vote was counted and not lost? I vote in person because I know when I mail things they don't always get where I intended

by cdolan 2y ago

Serious question: Are you certain your vote was counted and not lost? I vote in person because I know when I mail things they don't always get where I intended them to be (and especially when there is a deadline in place)

siger 2y ago
At least NY lets you track your ballot online ("New York Ballot Tracker").
anon84873628 2y ago
I got a text message from my county telling me my vote was counted.
- mirekrusin 2y ago
  Does it mention your response?
palata 2y ago
In my country, I can just bring the letter and put it in a special mailbox in the city hall in the weeks before the vote. I would trust the mail system, too, but that's beside the point. Just to say it works "asynchronously", too.
comrh 2y ago
In Utah I checked via state website on Election day
psadauskas 2y ago
I got emails from the county (Boulder County, CO) when they mailed me my ballot, when they received it, and when they counted it.
SomeCallMeTim 2y ago
In Colorado you get an email when they mail a ballot to you, another email when they receive your ballot, and a third when it's counted. Colorado came out way against Trump, though, despite having been a swing state in recent memory.
- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  Perhaps folks moved from California to Colorado
palmfacehn 2y ago
Couldn't you similarly question voting in-person?
tenacious_tuna 2y ago
In my case I complete my ballot ahead of time and drop it in a ballot box, which are distributed around my city. Then I get an email from my county clerk when my ballot has been counted. I think the concern about things getting lost in the mail is reasonable, but is a separate issue; the mail system is supposed to be a highly trustworthy distribution system for sensitive documents. Hell, it's how you get your passport. That's why it's a state department (in the US, anyway) in the first place: it's an essential government function to have a communications channel with a given citizen. I've been concerned about cuts made to the USPS leading up to the previous election, both because of the obvious impact on the USPS's ability to handle election materials, but also because of the potential impact on the arrival of other essential, time-sensitive documents. (Not essential, but my mother's anniversary card to myself and my partner fully bounced this year, after three weeks in transit. We only live 130 miles apart.) My point is: threat models that center on the mail system somehow being unreliable are a valid concern, but missing the point.

by cdolan 2y ago

siger 2y ago

At least NY lets you track your ballot online ("New York Ballot Tracker").

anon84873628 2y ago

I got a text message from my county telling me my vote was counted.

mirekrusin 2y ago
Does it mention your response?

palata 2y ago

In my country, I can just bring the letter and put it in a special mailbox in the city hall in the weeks before the vote. I would trust the mail system, too, but that's beside the point. Just to say it works "asynchronously", too.

comrh 2y ago

In Utah I checked via state website on Election day

psadauskas 2y ago

I got emails from the county (Boulder County, CO) when they mailed me my ballot, when they received it, and when they counted it.

SomeCallMeTim 2y ago

In Colorado you get an email when they mail a ballot to you, another email when they receive your ballot, and a third when it's counted. Colorado came out way against Trump, though, despite having been a swing state in recent memory.

paulryanrogers 2y ago
Perhaps folks moved from California to Colorado

palmfacehn 2y ago

Couldn't you similarly question voting in-person?

tenacious_tuna 2y ago

In my case I complete my ballot ahead of time and drop it in a ballot box, which are distributed around my city. Then I get an email from my county clerk when my ballot has been counted. I think the concern about things getting lost in the mail is reasonable, but is a separate issue; the mail system is supposed to be a highly trustworthy distribution system for sensitive documents. Hell, it's how you get your passport. That's why it's a state department (in the US, anyway) in the first place: it's an essential government function to have a communications channel with a given citizen. I've been concerned about cuts made to the USPS leading up to the previous election, both because of the obvious impact on the USPS's ability to handle election materials, but also because of the potential impact on the arrival of other essential, time-sensitive documents. (Not essential, but my mother's anniversary card to myself and my partner fully bounced this year, after three weeks in transit. We only live 130 miles apart.) My point is: threat models that center on the mail system somehow being unreliable are a valid concern, but missing the point.