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RandySF

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Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:00 AM Oct 2024

Top Kansas election official suggests ballot drop boxes, not the USPS, for advance voting

Kansans should think twice before mailing their ballots this election, the state’s top election official said.

The warning comes after Scott Schwab, the secretary of state, said the U.S. Postal Service likely won’t address problems that led to nearly 1,000 ballots — about 2% of mail votes — being thrown out during the primary election.

Now, less than a week before advance ballots are sent out, Schwab’s office is telling voters to avoid the mail because the Postal Service has not done enough to address issues in August.

“His message is for Kansans to make a plan and return their ballot to their county election office or county-run drop box to avoid any issues or postal delays that would cause their vote to go uncounted,” said agency spokesperson John Milburn.




https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2024-10-14/top-kansas-election-official-suggests-ballot-drop-boxes-not-the-usps-for-advance-voting

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Top Kansas election official suggests ballot drop boxes, not the USPS, for advance voting (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2024 OP
Hard to know who to trust. The Post Office or an election official, who in Kansas is probably a rethug. brush Oct 2024 #1
 

brush

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1. Hard to know who to trust. The Post Office or an election official, who in Kansas is probably a rethug.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:06 AM
Oct 2024

Maybe take it to the PO and hand it to a person behind the counter?

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