Posted on 10/16/2018 7:27:57 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Democrats are already worried about turnout this November, particularly because polling shows that the youngest voters – college students in particular – are the least enthusiastic and the least likely to show up at the polls. That gap extends up through the age bracket of the youngest millennials but mostly focuses on what’s now being called Generation Z.
In Virginia, however, it appears that enthusiasm isn’t the only problem they have. Young voters there are complaining that they can’t mail in their absentee ballots. Why? Because many of them can’t figure out where and how to purchase stamps to send snail mail.
Democrats are counting on Generation Z, many of whom recently gained the right to vote, to help turn Congress blue in the midterm elections.
But 49 cents may be all it takes to keep these post-Millennials from exercising their civic duty.
On Tuesday, a Fairfax County, Virginia official said they are noticing a disturbing trend: young people failing to mail in their absentee ballots because they don’t know how to get a stamp.
The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs organized some focus group work to determine what the youth vote turnout problem was and see how they could help address it. Rather than apathy or a lack of faith in the electoral system, they were surprised to learn that students “go through the process of applying for a mail-in absentee ballot, they will fill out the ballot, and then, they don’t know where to get stamps.” The spokesperson for the Office of Public Affairs described this as “a hump they can’t seem to get across.”
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Liberals always tout the huge Rat Millennial advantage... until they don’t show up to vote.
Anyone too stupid to know you get stamps at post offices should not be allowed to vote.
LOLOL...but they have no problem figuring out where to go to buy their mobile phones, lattes, and illegal drugs.
The next non-negotiable demand from the LEFT will be FREE MAILING!
Perhaps #WalkAway is a real thing?
Liberal drivel...
You can typically purchase them at Grocery Store courtesy counters too. (At least in my fly over country neck of the woods.) But I doubt they would know that as well.
So the mail in ballots don’t come with gubment paid return postage, this is voter suppression!
Too stupid to know how to buy a stamp= too stupid to vote. Stay home.
When I was in college, I didn’t know about absentee voting. I drove 200 miles each way to vote (for Ronald Reagan)
My millennial kids have been getting absentee when they need and are all deciding who to vote for. (all are conservative so it’s an easy decision)
The Russians are hiding Stamps
Grocery Store??? But, Mom does that!
Dems in VA are so powerful that they don’t need the votes of the little snowflakes. But if they sit out, it’s better for Dave Brat.
Yes. This really is a garbage excuse. I think the Dems know they are losing big and they are just setting up some excuses now to hide the fact that few people will vote for a Party without any platform other than violence and hatred.
LOL! Wow, just wow.
I think this is a BS excuse for lack of participation by these voters. I don’t buy it.
You google “where do I guy stamps” and you get an instant list of places where you can purchase stamps.
I don’t believe this. Nobody is that stupid. Really folks do you all really believe it?
You can buy stamps at many retail outlets....
But then I guess they don’t know.
And the other half are licking the envelope and trying to apply the stamp.
If they’re that stupid, they shouldn’t vote.
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