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5 News Notes

Get Your Ballot Sent by Mail, Not Email, to Save Time and Money

September 9, 2020 by Spy Desk

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The Maryland State Board of Elections reminds Marylanders that receiving their 2020 ballot by U.S. mail is free and more convenient for the voter than receiving their ballot by email.

Due to COVID-19, all Marylanders are encouraged to vote by mail and must request a mail-in ballot from the State Board of Elections or their local board of elections by October 20, 2020. The Board automatically sent most eligible voters an application for a mail-in ballot along with a postage-paid return envelope in late August.

While voters may request that their ballot be emailed, it is free and more convenient to request that it be sent by U.S. Mail. When a voter requests that their ballot be sent by first-class U.S. mail, they will also receive a first-class postage-paid return envelope. A voter only needs to fill out the ballot, sign and seal the envelope, and return it in the postage-paid return envelope at their earliest convenience. Voted ballots can be mailed to the local election office or dropped into a ballot drop box.

When a ballot is sent to a voter by email, the voter must print the ballot, fill out the ballot, find an envelope, and pay for postage. Local election officials are also required to copy any ballot printed on standard paper onto an official ballot to be scanned and counted.

“Receiving your ballot by mail is free and more convenient than receiving it by email,” said Linda Lamone, Administrator of the State Board of Elections. “To save time and money, request that your ballot be mailed. This will also make Maryland’s vote counting process more efficient because local election judges will not have to hand copy ballots.”

Voters are urged to return their applications for ballots as soon as possible. After receiving a mail-in ballot, there is no need to wait. Complete it, sign the envelope, and send it at your earliest convenience. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked on or before November 3. Putting your ballot in a mailbox on November 3 does not mean it is postmarked. Voters may also drop their voted ballots in a ballot drop box located in their respective jurisdictions. Locations and availability of drop boxes will be announced in the near future.

To learn more about mail-in ballots, ballot drop boxes, early voting, and in-person voting on Election Day, visit elections.maryland.gov/2020.

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Letters to Editor

  1. Connie Lauffer says

    September 9, 2020 at 3:37 PM

    Thank you for this information about mail-in voting.
    Please continue to provide the accurate information needed so that we are certain that each of us can cast a vote and have it counted.

  2. Wilson W Wyatt says

    September 9, 2020 at 4:04 PM

    It is now Wednesday, Nov. 9, and I have not received my application for a mail-in ballot. I am a registered voter and have never missed voting. If the applications were mailed out in late August, as stated, something is wrong at the State Board of Elections Office or at the U.S. Post Office.

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