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4lbs

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5. In California, we DO, but other parts of the country.... maybe not so much.
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 09:32 AM
Sep 2024

When I mail my ballot, CA has a website that one can check to see if the ballot was accepted at the local registrar's office and then later, counted.

However, it was REQUIRED as part of State law to do that when CA's supermajority state legislature passed the law and it was signed by (then) Governor Jerry Brown.

Not sure if RED states have that same ability.

Here is California's

https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/

EDIT:
Not only can you register to get an email when your ballot is fully accepted, you can also get a text on your phone.


EDIT 2: I logged in to that site, after already registering (I did that months ago), and here's what I got. Clean, simple, and easy to read.





So. any time one of those red states say they can't do it, then ask why California, the country's MOST POPULOUS STATE and third largest (by land mass), can do it so easily and quickly while they cannot.

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Hey Mr. DeJoy you are going to be thrown under the bus! tetedur Sep 2024 #1
Hey Donny BlueKota Sep 2024 #2
DeJoy is a Republican so he's lying. I am especially concerned about him claiming. live love laugh Sep 2024 #3
He is lying. How do you actually know that your mailed ballot GETS THERE AND GETS COUNTED.... you don't. So he can lie.. usaf-vet Sep 2024 #4
In California, we DO, but other parts of the country.... maybe not so much. 4lbs Sep 2024 #5
Wink, wink, he has the Big Blue cities "under control" GreenWave Sep 2024 #6
Yeah? IL Dem Sep 2024 #7
Is this intended to comfort Dems? SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2024 #8
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has drafted a bill to change the law BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #9
Republicans admit via their leadership they can't win being honest. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2024 #10
"This wasn't the case 25 years ago." BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #11
What the Hell does Gingrich stand for? SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2024 #12
HE is STILL around BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #13
I saw clips of him on one of the late night shows. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2024 #14
Yeah what is funny BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #16
Kind of tough to do. Scruffy1 Sep 2024 #15
Congress can do anything they want BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #18
For the record, the USPS is still a part of the US government. It is a federal agency. onenote Sep 2024 #19
NPR pushed the same conclusion but with a different premise today. Igel Sep 2024 #17
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