[AZJeep]

The article is wrong, you should bring the spoiled ballot to the voting place to be officially spoiled.

[Blueflag]

That’s correct, at least for GA where I am poll worker.

If you bring a ruined ballot with legible info like your name/address/ballot ID, we can cancel that ballot in the voting records right there, voiding the paper ballot and enabling you to vote on the spot- once, legally.

If you forget to bring it or trashed it, we can still look you up to cancel the paper vote and immediately vote in person.

[Vigilanteman]

That's the way it works in Pennsylvania, at least in Westmoreland County where I am a judge of elections for our precinct.

You need to turn in the ballot and outer envelope plus sign an affidavit to be given a new ballot to vote on the machines. We take election security very seriously here.