If they were mail-in ballots, they go to voters on the permanent mail-in list, they arrive folded in an envelope with a return envelope, and you could in this election return them in person early. I did that and put it in a ballot box. Other people at the in-person site were filling out ballots. It was all very sus and not the way it has been done before.
Which were different? I've only had the mail-in ones for years. afaik they look the same, except there are something like 692 legitimate variations just in Maricopa, because of different local races, e.g. city taxes, city councils. I took mine in the sealed envelope, the attendant checked that I had signed it, that's all. In the past, before machines, the attendants had extra ballots and would check you out against the voter record book, then make a note of it as the latest ballot if you wanted to replace the mailed one.
If they were mail-in ballots, they go to voters on the permanent mail-in list, they arrive folded in an envelope with a return envelope, and you could in this election return them in person early. I did that and put it in a ballot box. Other people at the in-person site were filling out ballots. It was all very sus and not the way it has been done before.
But the ballots were different, yes?
Which were different? I've only had the mail-in ones for years. afaik they look the same, except there are something like 692 legitimate variations just in Maricopa, because of different local races, e.g. city taxes, city councils. I took mine in the sealed envelope, the attendant checked that I had signed it, that's all. In the past, before machines, the attendants had extra ballots and would check you out against the voter record book, then make a note of it as the latest ballot if you wanted to replace the mailed one.