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felltheblackwolf t1_ivm4zjw wrote

I found out 2 hours before the polls closed that they cancelled it. They had previously told me it was received and recorded on October 12th, almost a month ago.

I'm ready to write to some politicians about this bullshit. But who do I even write to? And will they even do anything? This clearly is fishy.

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tinacat933 t1_ivmvw62 wrote

Call the Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR VOTE (866-687-8683) to get immediate help from a nonpartisan Election Protection volunteer. The Hotline is administered by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. (Spanish/Español, 888-VE-Y-VOTA. Asian, 888-API-VOTE. Arabic, 844-YALLA-US. American Sign Language video, 301-818-VOTE. Or text OUR VOTE to 97779.

You can also call the U.S. Department of Justice Voting Rights Hotline 1-800-253-3931; TTY line 877-267-8971

? Local board of elections? Secretary of State?

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[deleted] OP t1_ivmw61b wrote

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felltheblackwolf t1_ivmwrpw wrote

Yes, but I had to see the judge and he had to make a phone call in order for me to get a provisional ballot. And it was less than 2 hours before voting closed.

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SilverVixen23 t1_ivmwrfy wrote

Mail-in ballots can't be officially counted until 7am (or later) when polls open, so even though the courthouse received your ballot last month, it wasn't opened until today. I can't tell you why they would've cancelled it, but unfortunately there's no way to find out sooner than election day if your ballot was officially counted.

Not sure what county you're in, but here in Northampton County, we had about 35,000 mail-in ballots and only like 25 people to sort through them all, so unfortunately that means some ballots weren't getting examined until 6 or even 7pm which left very little time for voters to run to their polling places (if they even found out there was an issue).

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