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Here's How To Make Sure Your Ballot Gets Counted In D.C., Maryland, And Virginia
AUG 17, 2:52 PM
Here’s How To Make Sure Your Ballot Gets Counted In D.C., Maryland, And Virginia
Martin Austermuhle Ally Schweitzer
https://twitter.com/maustermuhle
https://twitter.com/allyschweitzer
Amid stories of delayed mail deliveries, concerns over the new Postmaster General’s plan for the U.S. Postal Service, and President Donald Trump’s repeated comments deriding voting by mail, it’d be natural for anyone opting to vote from home — and there’s likely to be many of you — to suddenly question whether their ballot will get to where it needs to be on time to be counted. “People are trying to slow the mail or stop mail,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.
But the jurisdictions in the Washington region offer a number of ways to vote early and also make sure that ballots get to where they need to go on time. Those include voting by mail, voting by drop box, and early voting.
See below for what D.C., Maryland, and Virginia offer voters. But also remember: if you do plan on voting by mail, election officials stress that you should err on the side of caution and do so as early as possible.
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Here’s How To Make Sure Your Ballot Gets Counted In D.C., Maryland, And Virginia
Martin Austermuhle Ally Schweitzer
https://twitter.com/maustermuhle
https://twitter.com/allyschweitzer
Amid stories of delayed mail deliveries, concerns over the new Postmaster General’s plan for the U.S. Postal Service, and President Donald Trump’s repeated comments deriding voting by mail, it’d be natural for anyone opting to vote from home — and there’s likely to be many of you — to suddenly question whether their ballot will get to where it needs to be on time to be counted. “People are trying to slow the mail or stop mail,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.
But the jurisdictions in the Washington region offer a number of ways to vote early and also make sure that ballots get to where they need to go on time. Those include voting by mail, voting by drop box, and early voting.
See below for what D.C., Maryland, and Virginia offer voters. But also remember: if you do plan on voting by mail, election officials stress that you should err on the side of caution and do so as early as possible.
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