Posted on 10/23/2020 7:20:24 PM PDT by dontreadthis
In some states, you really can vote twice or even three times and it's legal.
But it will only count once.
While the process is little known and rarely used, some states do allow voters to change their early or absentee ballots with no questions asked.
The issue has received new attention because of the expected record number of early votes that will be cast in the 2016 presidential election. Some estimates are that up to 40% of voters will have cast their ballots before the polls open Tuesday, November 8.
In most of the states, voters who have already cast ballots need to show up to the polls on Election Day, have their prior vote nullified, and revote in-person to have their new vote -- and only the new vote -- counted.
If you live in Wisconsin, you can change your mind up to three times before your official ballot is cast and counted.
"We would let the individual, the voter, vote again and document that this was their second ballot issued. We'd keep a record of that, so they would only have up to three opportunities," Oshkosh City Clerk Pam Ubrig told WBAY.
But that doesn't mean many people actually take advantage of the rules. The Oshkosh City Clerk's office told CNN on Monday that no one has actually tried to use their three chances yet.
Among the states that do allow voters to change their early ballot after it's been cast are: Wisconsin; Minnesota; Michigan; Pennsylvania; New York; Connecticut; and Mississippi.
While the procedures differ among states, most election-related websites run by the states do not make the rules for changing an early or absentee ballot easy to find.
In some battleground districts, fickle voters are out of luck. Voting more than once is prohibited in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Arizona, among others, election officials in those states told.
Its time to stop states from forming their own way of vote tabulation. Time to set an amendment to get all states on the same page. Get rid of mail in ballots (only absentee and milatary would be allowed). Under no circumstances do govenors , judges or mayors have a say on ballots or voting. Courts are forbidden from changing voting rules. Ballot harvesting is illegal.
Really? Seems like trouble waiting to happen.
“Time to set an amendment to get all states on the same page.”
“Tuesday, November 8”?
That may be one of the reason that absentee ballots remain sealed in their original envelope until Election Day. That envelope would have identifying information so if it could be found in the stacks of mail, you could conceivably pull out one and replace it.
“Sounds like the honor system since a cast ballot does not have the voter’s name on it”
The envelope does.
why? do you think some here voted for Biden the first time around?
Did you read the article you posted?
in those States you can change your vote in ANY race
Gee. If you’re in Minnesota I guess you could vote for lhan Omar once or twice, get your $200 and then vote the right way.
Give enough free stuff paid xfor by “the Rich”, 3/4 of states Will Happen someday.
WTH? Sound like another ‘how to commit voter voter fraud’
Only takes 13 to block anything.
Yeah ... “no problem”. They even have precinct officials who will change your vote for you ... even if you don’t ask!
2016
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