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What you can do to make sure your November mail ballot is counted/arrives on time: 1) Request your ballot ASAP (you can in most states!) 2) Carefully follow the instructions 3) Send it back thru USPS at least 14 days in advance or drop it at your election office/a ballot dropbox https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1287439159586521088
Shoutout to @tonydokoupil for doing a great segment on this on Friday – the USPS says it can't guarantee when your election mail will arrive, so you should request ASAP and leave plenty of time for it to arrive at your election office on the other end. https://twitter.com/tonydokoupil/status/1286648802653413379
CA, CO, HI, OR, UT, VT, WA, and DC are sending all/most voters a mail-in ballot and 8 more states (IA, WI, IL, MI, MA, MD, OH, DE) are sending voters mail ballot applications — you can request your November ballot now in almost of all the remaining states! https://www.voteamerica.com/absentee-ballot-deadlines/
If you're nervous about the USPS right now and worried about sending your mail ballot through the mail, you have the option to 1) drop it off in-person at your local elections office and 2) in some states, drop it in a secure ballot drop box (this isn't an option everywhere yet)
Aside from arriving too late (an @NPR analysis found at least 65,000 ballots cast so far this year didn't count for that reason), it's key to closely follow the instructions, since ballots are also rejected for signature mismatch, missing signatures, etc. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/889751095/signed-sealed-undelivered-thousands-of-mail-in-ballots-rejected-for-tardiness
The USPS recommends planning for a 14-day round trip at least, but given the sheer volume of mail ballot requests your local officials will have to process and fulfill, I'd ere on the side of caution and request a ballot well before 2 weeks prior to 11/3 https://twitter.com/tonydokoupil/status/1286728258940280833
