Absentee Ballot Woes

Colorado resident here. Son is 4-deg at USAFA. He registered in El Paso county with USAFA address, received ballot BUT.....then no way to drop off ballot on base. I know he could have mailed it in but husband chose to go get it and drop it off for him in an official ballot box. I am kind of surprised that an AD base doesn't have a ballot box for the respective state. Is this normal? Especially since 4 and 3 deg don't have easy access to cars or a ton of passes to get off base.
 
Devil Doc said:
Son is transferring up here in the summer to teach school. Said he wants a dog. I anticipate his pup will be like the grandsons. Squeeze all the fun out of tit and then give it back when it starts crying, complaining, and being a pain.
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What’s the matter with you?

How dare you treat dogs like they are grandchildren. My goodness. Spend some time with the pups when they cry or need something! It becomes a lifetime of love without the teenage problems.
 
A1Janitor said:
What’s the matter with you?

How dare you treat dogs like they are grandchildren. My goodness. Spend some time with the pups when they cry or need something! It becomes a lifetime of love without the teenage problems.
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I worked daily to deserve the loyalty shown to me by my dog. My grandsons are already acting like teenagers. Easy to turn them back in.
 
Devil Doc said:
I worked daily to deserve the loyalty shown to me by my dog. My grandsons are already acting like teenagers. Easy to turn them back in.
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lol I agree about the grandkids. My patience for that ended when my kid was inducted.

It’s the dog I wouldn’t turn back.
 
Swiss_Miss said:
Colorado resident here. Son is 4-deg at USAFA. He registered in El Paso county with USAFA address, received ballot BUT.....then no way to drop off ballot on base. I know he could have mailed it in but husband chose to go get it and drop it off for him in an official ballot box. I am kind of surprised that an AD base doesn't have a ballot box for the respective state. Is this normal? Especially since 4 and 3 deg don't have easy access to cars or a ton of passes to get off base.
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Drop boxes for each state?
I voted absentee military for a very long time. Sign and send in the ballot in accordance with the recommended timelines and the ballots should get there in plenty of time.
 
OldRetSWO said:
Drop boxes for each state?
I voted absentee military for a very long time. Sign and send in the ballot in accordance with the recommended timelines and the ballots should get there in plenty of time.
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As early as possible. My son sent me his license plates in early November. I got them in April. Maybe Cuba is a bigger problem?
 
OldRetSWO said:
Drop boxes for each state?
I voted absentee military for a very long time. Sign and send in the ballot in accordance with the recommended timelines and the ballots should get there in plenty of time.
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Not each state. The respective state that the base is in. So a Colorado box at USAFA, New York at USMA, etc. There is a box on the Army base in Colorado Springs. He is a Colorado native as are several other cadets and base permanent party and employees. It's just hard for the younger cadets to get to a drop off ballot box and it surprised me there wasn't one on base. He made it work and is a proud 18 year-old 1st time voter. 🙂
 
My state has an online verification portal you can visit to find out the status of your mail-in ballot. Even though our state says they have counted all the votes, my ballot and my wife's ballot still just read "RECEIVED". The status should change to "APPROVED", but it hasn't as of a few minutes ago.
 
AZ does a good job with texts/email on your ballot status. Lots of people wait till past the mail in deadline and drop off at a local polling place on Election Day. One of my kids decided to write my name in for some goofy Mining Commissioner, so word is that takes it out of the machine for a hand count. FL does it great, AZ needs to get faster.
 
AA787DRIVER said:
AZ does a good job with texts/email on your ballot status. Lots of people wait till past the mail in deadline and drop off at a local polling place on Election Day. One of my kids decided to write my name in for some goofy Mining Commissioner, so word is that takes it out of the machine for a hand count. FL does it great, AZ needs to get faster.
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I came in second for a judge position! Someone wrote my name in an unopposed election. 🤣
 
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