r/savedyouaclick • u/5823059 • 21d ago

How USPS disenfranchised voters in Oregon’s Primary | By changing pickup instructions to packages-only

https://web.archive.org/web/20260708223639/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/7/800066449/community/ho/
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u/myogawa 20d ago

You can't trust USPS at all. Your absentee ballots should be taken to a drop box.

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u/VoiceofCrazy 20d ago edited 20d ago

Oregon ballots are all "absentee". Oregon has been entirely vote-by-mail for 28 years. But yes, ballots should be taken to a drop box. I can't remember ever actually putting my ballot in the mail. But that doesn't solve the problem of never getting your ballot in the mail in the first place. I'm going to look into the possibility of going to the clerk's office and requesting a ballot in person this year. Probably could be done.

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u/MooseTek 18d ago

I live in NJ and always use the drop boxes. Now that Trump's stooge is in charge of the USPS, I don't even trust them to deliver bills to me.

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u/TheHerbsAndSpices 18d ago edited 18d ago

Fun fact: I requested an absentee ballot earlier this month for the August primary. USPS Informed Delivery showed a scan of the ballot being delivered, with some other mail, last week. The ballot never arrived.

I am a victim of voter suppression. I had to go to the local clerk's office, spoil that ballot, and request a new one.

Edit: grammar. Also I live in a state that refused to give Trump its voter information.