Why the fark are ballots not postage-paid?

History will not look kindly on this election season. But, a blah man has overstepped what some have determined his station to be so... you know ... it's okay.

/ffs

hillbillypharmacist: Bloody William: Why the fark are ballots not postage-paid?

We're trying to make it harder for people to vote, not easier. Get with the program.

My wife and I were stunned by that when hers came in the mail. You have to actually read it carefully to notice that you need 2 stamps to send it.

FirstNationalBastard: bdub77: markie_farkie: FlashHarry: republicans want fewer people to vote.

As more and more of the GOP base die off, and the party slides inevitably toward increasing irrelevance, and impotence in their party's ability to gerrymander and disenfranchise in order to win, their tactics will only become more outlandish until at some point the entire thing blows up spectacularly in their faces.

Although it's becoming increasingly apparent that this is going to take 20 years or more. I'm not convinced these idiots are dying off.

...and Obamacare would keep MORE of them alive longer!

I'm now in favor of repealing OBAMACARE... unless the death panels are true.

Pfft. The local GOP sent me this handy scanner that I used to transmit my vote.



I'm not sure why they sent me this when I usually vote Democratic. Also, it must be wireless because I didn't need to plug it into my router.

markie_farkie: FlashHarry: republicans want fewer people to vote.

As more and more of the GOP base die off, and the party slides inevitably toward increasing irrelevance, and impotence in their party's ability to gerrymander and disenfranchise in order to win, their tactics will only become more outlandish until at some point the entire thing blows up spectacularly in their faces.

As more and more Republicans die off, more and more 30 and 40 year old white males will take their place. I see it happening.

Paul Ryan, the face of the future Republican party.

The Reagan Youth of the 80s, sheltered suburban white punks who think the world owes them, are now turning 40-50. Republicans for life. If they weren't already.

dickfreckle: Subby, put down the tinfoil hat. There's nothing here to suggest a nefarious plot to disenfranchise voters. The post office is merely charging more because the mailer is larger than a standard letter.

Yes, the GOP has done a ton of sh*t to screw with the vote, but this isn't one of them.

If everything else was done to screw with the vote, why is this suddenly not also the same?

Bloody William: Why the fark are ballots not postage-paid?

This x 100.

Now with the type of shiat going on in Ohio, I will be pleasantly surprised if Obama can still make it.

But if does not happen ...

well...


sigh.....

Americans are digging their own grave. They will have to suffer the consequence of their stupidity. If America elects Rmoney, America deserves Rmoney. My only problem is that my future generation will be suffering with it.

Because of the size of the 2012 mailer,the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Ohio say you should put 65 cents worth of postage on most absentee ballots, about 20 cents more than the standard Forever Stamp.

great, now the weight of the ballots is going to become a partisan issue.

Wth is a Forever stamp?

serial_crusher: People in Ohio vote by mail to stand in line? How antiquated? They might as well send smoke signals.

Here in Texas we have early voting. You get a whole week to just show up whenever's convenient to you. I'll be heading out on Wednesday to support my favorite of two evils and let my opinion that doesn't matter anyhow be heard.
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Um, Ohio has been early voting for over 2 weeks now. Republicans want to abolish it, and did pass a law overturning it, but thankfully the supreme court (ohio supreme court I think) told them to shove it.

But as I'd rather not have to drive downtown to the board of elections to vote, I'll just vote absentee.

/When I voted absentee in Pennsylvania, you're required to go to a post office and the result was EXACTLY $1.00 in postage.

markie_farkie: FlashHarry: republicans want fewer people to vote.

As more and more of the GOP base die off, and the party slides inevitably toward increasing irrelevance, and impotence in their party's ability to gerrymander and disenfranchise in order to win, their tactics will only become more outlandish until at some point the entire thing blows up spectacularly in their faces.


It's not an age thing. I could rattle off the names of quite a few of friends my age who vote straight Republican.

Education is the only way to defeat the malicious and stupid.

Public education and teachers are being constantly attacked, college tuition is going through the roof, misinformation is running rampant in American news and mankind's greatest tool (the Internet) is coming under fire more and more. This is a coordinated attack on education in this country.

The USPS needs a farking hero tag. Sure, they're probably only doing this because it would be a PITA to send the mail back, but even accidentally, they're helping the democratic process.

Ed Finnerty: Pfft. The local GOP sent me this handy scanner that I used to transmit my vote.

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I'm not sure why they sent me this when I usually vote Democratic. Also, it must be wireless because I didn't need to plug it into my router.

HAW!

Soup4Bonnie: Wth is a Forever stamp?

its a stamp you can buy today and even if they raise the cost of a stamp you can still use it.

serial_crusher: People in Ohio vote by mail to stand in line? How antiquated? They might as well send smoke signals.

Here in Texas we have early voting. You get a whole week to just show up whenever's convenient to you. I'll be heading out on Wednesday to support my favorite of two evils and let my opinion that doesn't matter anyhow be heard.

No. At least in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) where I am registered, you have three options:

1. Show up at your polling place on election day, like normal;

2. Request, receive, fill out, and mail back in an absentee ballot (they've even done away with the requirement that you have to actually be absent, IIRC); or

3. Drive down to the county board of elections office during business hours staring October 2nd and on the Saturday and Sunday right before the election and early-vote in person.

There is probably some variation from county to county on the exact hours, locations, and forms, but I wouldn't imagine that it's all that great seeing as the basic rules come from Columbus.

Time to add the US Postal Service to the LOPCATGOPATA.

Bloody William: Why the fark are ballots not postage-paid?

Because the Republicans are trying to steal Ohio. Apparently the voting machines being supplied to Ohio are from a company that the Romney family is heavily invested in. They also have huge security flaws and the ballots are going to be easily destroyed.

rufus-t-firefly: Time to add the US Postal Service to the LOPCATGOPATA.

Ummm...what is the LOPCATGOPATA?

rufus-t-firefly: Time to add the US Postal Service to the LOPCATGOPATA.

No wonder Congress has been trying to strangle them and sell off the usable organs at every turn.

And don't forget, military & overseas ballots are postage-paid, so better add expats and soldiers on deployment to the LOPCATGOPATA, too.

Bontesla


History will not look kindly on this election season.

Did you actually type that phrase?

Slaves2Darkness: rufus-t-firefly: Time to add the US Postal Service to the LOPCATGOPATA.

Ummm...what is the LOPCATGOPATA?

List Of People Conspiring Against The GOP And Therefore America. I forget who the caretaker is, but anyone will tell you that virtually everyone and everything not hard to the right is on there. Hell, I'm probably in there, somewhere.