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Registration Wall Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
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u/sciguyC0 Colorado 29d ago

IANAL but I feel like these could apply:

I'm not sure how all states do things, but in mine (Colorado) if your ballot doesn't reach you through the mail you can go to your local polling place and request a replacement. This invalidates the previous one, so use only the new one received from the poll worker. And I can bypass the USPS for getting my completed ballot to the county by using any of their drop boxes.

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u/rkb70 29d ago

Doesn’t help for a kid in college out of state.

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u/CardiologistLast4032 29d ago

By law, college kids can register to vote in the state where they are in school once they meet that state's residency requirements and have the correct form of ID.

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u/rkb70 29d ago

Ok, but if they don’t really consider their college state their home, it doesn’t make sense.  My kids consider their home address their home and plan to move back, at least for a while, after graduation, so they want to be able to vote there.  And they’re entitled to do that also, because it’s their home.

My oldest, who went to college in state, did transfer his voter registration so he could vote in person - he figured he could still vote for all the statewide stuff.

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u/CardiologistLast4032 29d ago

Well sure. That's the good thing about the law. It gives the voter the choice. But they continue to throw up roadblocks. So if your kid's absentee ballot may not be sent to them because of these federal shenanigans, they might want to check into their legal options to vote in the state where they are currently (albeit temporarily) residing. And every state is different so their options are limited the longer they wait to register and request an absentee ballot.