Action | 2014 Absentee Material Omissions |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/21/2014 |
Agree with prior comment regarding use of Final Absentee List to help identify name or street identifier if needed. The ballot packet includes a VERIS generated label on the return envelope. While some voters may not return their ballot in the envelope provided, the majority do. This label can also act as a tool for identifying the voter.
FWAB material omissions: Many of our military or overseas voters have been residing overseas for many years. It is hard enough for them to remember their U.S. residence address less much the correct street identifier. Additionally, military members will often have only minutes to complete a FWAB before being deployed. Not enough time to cross every “T” or dot every “I” or in this case, make sure they’ve put their street identifier. It just doesn’t seem right for these voter’s ballots to be rejected due to lack of or incorrect street identifier.
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