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Vote-by-mail fail: When a ballot arrives that isn't for you

Original post made on Oct 11, 2020

More than 21 million ballots are now in various stages of transit across California. They are in mail trucks and mail boxes. And, predictably, some have ended up in the wrong place.

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Posted by Jennifer
a resident of another community
on Oct 11, 2020 at 12:58 pm

Jennifer is a registered user.

I would never throw away any mail that doesn't belong to me, with the exception of junk mail for a former resident. I would return the ballot to the sender. Why not help the registrar's office.


Posted by Mark Weiss
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 11, 2020 at 4:20 pm

Mark Weiss is a registered user.

In a state with 30 million people why is it significant to us Palo Altans that someone named George’s ballot sent to the wrong house in Pasadena seems like this plays into the hands of the people trying to threaten democracy here.


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