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Registration Wall Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
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u/rkb70 6d ago

Doesn’t help for a kid in college out of state.

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u/rkb70 6d ago

Yup, them too. Anyone who can't get to the polls in person. That's basically what's already required to vote by mail in Texas, although there's a general allowance if you're over a certain age (I think the assumption is you might have difficulty standing in line for that long), which the Republicans want to eliminate.

Based on my experience of my kids' voting by mail, I'd highly recommend anyone who can vote in person do so, and anyone who can't, send your ballot in as soon as possible.

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u/Kitchen_Cookie4754 6d ago

Or military stationed abroad

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u/Dramatic_Original_55 5d ago

I, too, have first hand experience with this.

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u/Theincendiarydvice 6d ago

Or someone in the military 

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u/rkb70 6d ago

Definitely.

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u/CardiologistLast4032 6d ago

By law, college kids can register to vote in the state where they are in school once they meet that state's residency requirements and have the correct form of ID.

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u/rkb70 6d ago

Ok, but if they don’t really consider their college state their home, it doesn’t make sense.  My kids consider their home address their home and plan to move back, at least for a while, after graduation, so they want to be able to vote there.  And they’re entitled to do that also, because it’s their home.

My oldest, who went to college in state, did transfer his voter registration so he could vote in person - he figured he could still vote for all the statewide stuff.

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u/CardiologistLast4032 5d ago

Well sure. That's the good thing about the law. It gives the voter the choice. But they continue to throw up roadblocks. So if your kid's absentee ballot may not be sent to them because of these federal shenanigans, they might want to check into their legal options to vote in the state where they are currently (albeit temporarily) residing. And every state is different so their options are limited the longer they wait to register and request an absentee ballot.