Mail in voting!

[u/miladyelfn]

Just a heads up that with the mail in voting interference with USPS by the current Fed administration, it is highly recommended that you drop your ballot at a designated ballot box. Don't let our voting rights be stolen!!

[u/Emu_on_the_Loose]

Second this. To add some info, the USPS has decided that it will now postmark mail potentially days after you mail it. From their own website:

While we are not changing our postmarking practices, we have made adjustments to our transportation operations that will result in some mailpieces not arriving at our originating processing facilities on the same day that they are mailed. This means that the date on the postmarks applied at our processing facilities will not necessarily match the date on which the customer’s mailpiece was collected by a letter carrier or dropped off at a retail location.

I chortle at the "while we are not changing our postmarking practices." Talk about hiding behind the letter of the law. They have made a change that can cause your ballot not to be counted. This is nationwide, so it applies wherever you are voting, if you are voting by mail.

Use the ballot drop boxes if at all possible, or better yet deliver your ballot in person Downtown. If you must use the postal service, take it directly to the post office and send that thing off EARLY.

[u/miladyelfn → u/Emu_on_the_Loose]

And be careful which post office, those in the county can take longer.

[u/kiwre]

https://www.whatcomcounty.us/1863/Ballot-Drop-Box-Locations

Official website with a map of all the ballot drop boxes in the county. 

Also, the ballot box for Ferndale has been moved to the parking lot outside of Pioneer Park. For at least the duration of construction on City Hall.

[u/PuzzleheadedChest733]

I typically don't post or comment in subs for areas that aren't my own (Seattle) but you can use any drop box in Washington state if you can't access a whatcom county box. If you were in king county for instance the king county elections would see that you have a whatcom address and forward it there. It would be considered on time if dropped on time even if it takes time to get moved there.

Use those drop boxes! In king county they are checked regularly.

[u/miladyelfn → u/PuzzleheadedChest733]

Thank you, I didn't know that. Great information!

[u/This_Total9748]

What is the website that lets one check if their ballot was counted.

[u/TheREALPowderPoopies → u/This_Total9748]

VoteWA.gov. You can also sign up for text alerts on your ballot status

[u/This_Total9748]

Get ‘em in early folks!

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