It wasn’t a law, it was an error by our Sec State who sent absentee ballot applications to almost all voters instead of just those requesting them.
That said, I think this whole fear is overblown. The only people having to vote provisionally are those who REQUESTED absentee ballots but then go to the polls to vote. That is no different than in previous years.
The fact that more people requested absentee ballots could make for a rise in provisionals, but a lot of people wait until the last minute to send in their absentee ballots.
I want everyone to calm down. If you send in the application, they will send you an absentee ballot, and keep track of that. I think we’ll know before we go to bed Tuesday night - or early Wednesday morning. Thankfully, this time we have a Republican SOS. If Strickland and his ilk were still in office - then I would worry.
This is what I’m saying. I wonder if people read the whole article:
Explains Blackwell: “So they go to the polls and say, ‘I want my ballot.’ And [poll workers] say, ‘Oh, we see you applied for an absentee ballot.’ The voter says, ‘Oh, I changed my mind.’ And they say, ‘That’s well and good, but we have to guarantee that you don’t vote twice. You have to fill out a provisional ballot.’
This only applies if one requests an absentee ballot and didn’t return it. They have a record of who requested one. Stop the hysteria! We have to show ID to vote in OH - at least I’ve always had to for all the years I’ve voted.
That is not the way the article reads. I read this
“Anyone who is sent an absentee ballot — including those who do not complete it and mail it in — and later shows up at the polls on Election Day to cast their ballot in person will be instructed to instead complete a provisional ballot.”
Is it wrong and co you have a link to something that would prove it?
P.S. Was your SoS elected with help from Soros’ Secretarty of State Project?
P.S. Was your SoS elected with help from Soros’ Secretary of State Project?
Never mind, I see that it was just APPLICATIONS for absentee ballots that were sent out, and that only 350,000 of those who had requested absentee ballots had not sent the ballots back in.