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drmeow

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2. Mail does not travel at the same rate

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 06:21 PM

Sep 2024

everywhere in the country. Something mailed from Harlem to Midtown Manhattan doesn't take the same amount of time as something mailed from Wasilla to Anchorage Alaska. It also is not consistent. Delivery date cannot be guaranteed. Post mark is the only fair measure of whether a vote was mailed on time.

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I don't see why mail ins can't have a deadline a week earlier than the election. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #1

Mail does not travel at the same rate drmeow Sep 2024 #2

That is up to each state. Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #3