Will your mailed-in ballot be counted? We did a test-mailing to see. – Chicago Sun-Times*

After two weeks, one of the 100 envelopes still hadn’t been delivered. Two weeks is a key measure because the state of Illinois allows mail-in ballots to be counted only if they show up within 14 days of Election Day and, this year, are proven to have been mailed by Nov. 3.
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DixonSyder
5 years ago

My daughter has not lived with us at our address in 17yrs, she got a Mail in vote application and two requests for absentee ballots in the mail. Trying to get her taken off the voter rolls was impossible. No voter fraud my azz.

Mike
5 years ago

A better question might be how many ghost ballots will appear.

If there can be ghost patrollers, surely there can be ghost ballots.

Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Also intended to type ghost payrollers (not patrollers) in the original comment.

anonymous
5 years ago

You go to the store, you go to Home Depot, you go and protest–just like Prizker did earlier this summer.You can vote in person. Pritzker thought it was so important to have the primary in March–he thought you could vote in person then.

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