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The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:36 AM 14 hrs ago

I live in Northern California. I took my ballot into the ballot box last saturday, along with my husband's ballot. I'm

a Democrat and he's a left leaning independent. I checked the status of our ballots....My husband's had been received and counted BUT my ballot is SITTING at the post office...TODAY! That's NEVER happened and I don't know who talk to about this because I've NEVER had this happen. I've checked it twice, Monday & Today and it's still sitting in the post office...WTF?!!

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I live in Northern California. I took my ballot into the ballot box last saturday, along with my husband's ballot. I'm (Original Post) The_REAL_Ecumenist 14 hrs ago OP
Probably some MAGA fucking toadie that fucked up the mail like they fuck up their own lives. SoFlaBro 14 hrs ago #1
Yes, I bet you're right. This thing is where we normally drop off our ballots at the SOS registrar's office.... The_REAL_Ecumenist 13 hrs ago #9
Is there an agency that's supposed to keep track of the ballots? CaliforniaPeggy 14 hrs ago #2
Yes, I did sign up with Ballot Trax, which is how I checked on Monday & Today... The_REAL_Ecumenist 13 hrs ago #6
How weird! Hope you can find out what happened and WHY. nt CaliforniaPeggy 13 hrs ago #11
Yes, CaliforniaPeggy, I will....The issue is, I wonder how many people this has happened to. The_REAL_Ecumenist 13 hrs ago #12
That's why about 16M votes Separate tramp from Harris MrWowWow 9 hrs ago #27
PREACH!!! We cannot afford to let that asshole anywhere NEAR the WH. The_REAL_Ecumenist 9 hrs ago #28
I have always wondered CP DENVERPOPS 11 hrs ago #21
Ballot issued by County office? elleng 13 hrs ago #3
Yep, we got our ballots in the mail along with everything else associated with the ballots on the same day.... The_REAL_Ecumenist 13 hrs ago #4
You didn't say, and I'm not asking, but markodochartaigh 12 hrs ago #18
Contact your county election board Iris 13 hrs ago #5
This is how this election was stolen MomInTheCrowd 13 hrs ago #7
I have been getting vote by mail ballots from the state of CA... GReedDiamond 13 hrs ago #8
That's why I checked because I hadn't received the usual email /text message confirming that it's been received. The_REAL_Ecumenist 13 hrs ago #10
I wonder how many others have not received their email message ballot tracking? Jit423 13 hrs ago #14
We got the same message about our ballots Silver Gaia 8 hrs ago #29
Check tomorrow! LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #13
I would not wait mahina 12 hrs ago #16
I didn't get the email saying my ballot was received Retrograde 12 hrs ago #17
To everyone who replied, the reason I decided to wait one full week... GReedDiamond 11 hrs ago #20
Louis DeJoy is concerned... rubbersole 13 hrs ago #15
Republicans thievery. live love laugh 11 hrs ago #19
I wouldn't be surprised as this has NEVER happened to me. It's interesting that my Bae's ballot has been received & The_REAL_Ecumenist 10 hrs ago #24
Uh-oh... calimary 11 hrs ago #22
Maybe it was the bamagal62 11 hrs ago #23
YEP. I felt from the time he said it that he was going to cheat..... WITH HELP FROM HIS BITCH, PUTIN! The_REAL_Ecumenist 9 hrs ago #25
As long as it is post on Election Day, it will be accepted and counted up to 7 days after the election. JohnSJ 9 hrs ago #26

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
9. Yes, I bet you're right. This thing is where we normally drop off our ballots at the SOS registrar's office....
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:59 AM
13 hrs ago

but this time, we dropped them off at the our local ballot box at the library. I am SO pissed off....

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,888 posts)
2. Is there an agency that's supposed to keep track of the ballots?
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:41 AM
14 hrs ago

Perhaps get in touch with whoever you checked with on your ballot's status.

Did you sign up with Ballot Trax? They're very reliable about letting you know the status of your ballot.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
6. Yes, I did sign up with Ballot Trax, which is how I checked on Monday & Today...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:55 AM
13 hrs ago

My husband's ballot was received & counted by Monday but mine was NOT only sitting there BUT it actually says that it it's going to be MAILED TO ME! As if it's last month had never happened & I had never filled it out.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
12. Yes, CaliforniaPeggy, I will....The issue is, I wonder how many people this has happened to.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:27 AM
13 hrs ago

I bet millions of folks are in my position.

MrWowWow

(275 posts)
27. That's why about 16M votes Separate tramp from Harris
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 04:54 AM
9 hrs ago

It will never be a free, fair and open election process as long as DeJoy is Postmaster General or whatever the fuck his job title is.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
28. PREACH!!! We cannot afford to let that asshole anywhere NEAR the WH.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 05:08 AM
9 hrs ago

The AP caled those swing state EARLY for the Orange Degenerate and many are STILL counting the ballots. We need a RECOUNT. We raised MILLIONS of doallrs and can afford to pay for recounts.

DENVERPOPS

(9,871 posts)
21. I have always wondered CP
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 02:56 AM
11 hrs ago

about signing the outside of the ballot where someone could cross check with the voter registration to see if it was R, D, or I.
Doesn't seem like a very secure system that has everyone do that.......including Colorado......

I remember years ago, certain counties in Colorado "seemingly" used heavier paper to have the ballots printed on that would require more than one stamp. They didn't print "requires two stamps" in the area that stamps were to be placed. It was held up from going through in time to be counted........

We will never know how many EIS machines were tampered with across the entire nation, back when they were used during the WBush? election. they were so concerned about the "hanging chads" they didn't look at the weird stuff that was occurring on the EIS machines.........

Take care CP

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
4. Yep, we got our ballots in the mail along with everything else associated with the ballots on the same day....
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:47 AM
13 hrs ago

This has NEVER happened...Ever!

markodochartaigh

(1,967 posts)
18. You didn't say, and I'm not asking, but
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 02:33 AM
12 hrs ago

I wonder if ballots with identifiably female names are being targeted to be held back. I don't mean targeted on a national level in a big enough way to change the election, that does seem paranoid. But just put aside by some random disgruntled misogynistic postal workers in a worse-than-misguided attempt to get vengeance.

MomInTheCrowd

(320 posts)
7. This is how this election was stolen
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:59 AM
13 hrs ago

You might think I’m joking. I’m not. Drip drip drip ends up looking like 20 M dems didn’t show up. I sure hope I am proven wrong….

GReedDiamond

(5,367 posts)
8. I have been getting vote by mail ballots from the state of CA...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:59 AM
13 hrs ago

...for the last several elections, which I fill out and take to a ballot collection box in a public park very nearby my residence.

I have always received an email confirming that the ballot was received and counted by the following day.

This time I have not gotten any confirmation email, and I am starting to be concerned that something has gone wrong.

I will wait until a week has passed (next Monday) before I try to find out what happened.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
10. That's why I checked because I hadn't received the usual email /text message confirming that it's been received.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:05 AM
13 hrs ago

I'm going to check again this weekend, (Saturday) and then again on Monday. This is what it says....
"November 5, 2024, General
Ballot Outbound
10/07/2024
Your ballot has been mailed! Your ballot is at the Post Office and is making its way to you. Look for your ballot in your mailbox soon!"

What in the Orange Degenerate is happening?

Jit423

(98 posts)
14. I wonder how many others have not received their email message ballot tracking?
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:40 AM
13 hrs ago

This might be something that election officials should announce on your state-wide message system? If voters have not received their usual ballot received confirmation please call or come into your election office. Or something like that.

Silver Gaia

(4,794 posts)
29. We got the same message about our ballots
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:40 AM
8 hrs ago

every time I checked at the SoS for close to a week. This was a few weeks ago. (And that was 2 women and 1 man.) I thought it was weird that it still said they were outbound, too. Then we all got text messages from the county saying they had been received and counted. So, maybe you will get received and counted texts or emails from your county soon. I hope so!

Retrograde

(10,614 posts)
17. I didn't get the email saying my ballot was received
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 02:20 AM
12 hrs ago

but when I checked directly with the county registrar it was received and counted. email does occasionally go missing, which is why I vote early.

Since it’s after election day you won’t be able to get a replacement ballot. Out of curiosity, what county?

GReedDiamond

(5,367 posts)
20. To everyone who replied, the reason I decided to wait one full week...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 02:49 AM
11 hrs ago

...is because by then, if I do not get the confirmation email, I would assume that something bad had, indeed, happened.

I will look into it tomorrow.

ON EDIT: Los Angeles County

rubbersole

(8,411 posts)
15. Louis DeJoy is concerned...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 01:40 AM
13 hrs ago

..but now make him a sammich. Little Lady, you're being too emotional. You won't even have to worry about voting in 4 years. The protecting you've been needing started early...with your ballot.



🤯

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
24. I wouldn't be surprised as this has NEVER happened to me. It's interesting that my Bae's ballot has been received &
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 03:42 AM
11 hrs ago

counted...He's a left leaning Independent but my ballot is sitting at the Post office WAITING TO BE MAILED TO ME, a Democrat! I filled out my ballot AND took both his and mine to the ballot box. His has been received AND counted BUT mine is sitting at the Post Office , {OUTBOUND} waiting to mailed to ME!! What in the actual FAT ORANGE ASSHOLE is going on? And I've spoken to friends and relatives in PA, OH, MI, etc. They told me that they were wondering why their states were called for that asshole when they were still counting the ballots and some people were still voting....

calimary

(84,119 posts)
22. Uh-oh...
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 03:09 AM
11 hrs ago

Have you let anybody know? Reported this to the local Democrats OR your local election officials?

THEY need to hear about this, AND know about it. ASAP!!!

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(828 posts)
25. YEP. I felt from the time he said it that he was going to cheat..... WITH HELP FROM HIS BITCH, PUTIN!
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 04:43 AM
9 hrs ago

I just wonder how many people this has happened to all over the country. PA is STILL counting ballots and was PISSED at the Apricot Asshole for claiming they cheated him and they'd NOT finished counting yet. I know that if we feel shenanigans happened, the teams of Lawyers that were stationed all over the country to observe the voting. Remember what happened in 2000 when Gore first conceded and then took his concession when saw the count showing that he got more votes than he was told he did in the recount. bush went to the court to STOP the count because it appeared that was going to win.

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