Shouldn't Eric Holder and the Civil Rights Division of the Obama Department Of Just-Us be litigating this fee charged by one government agency that must be paid before another government agency will count someone’s vote?
BOULDER, Colo. - Wait! Before you mail your ballot, make sure it has the right postage.Boulder County says voters planning to mail in their ballots this election might come up 1 cent short on postage.
Voter instructions for returning ballots say the cost of postage for a two-sheet ballot in the secrecy sleeve will cost 69 cents, including 49 cents for a stamp plus another 20 cents for an additional ounce.
However, in January the U.S. Postal Service raised the cost of an additional ounce to 21 cents, which means postage for a two-sheet ballot and secrecy sleeve would actually cost 70 cents.
According to the Boulder Daily Camera, voters can rest assured their ballots will be delivered with no problem after Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office spokeswoman Mircalla Wozniak said they're covered.
However, it's a good reminder that all voters need to check their ballots. In most cases in Colorado, one postage stamp will not cover the cost and your ballot must be at election headquarters by 7p.m. on November 4 or your votes will not be counted.
And since Colorado now does mail-in ballots for all, it would certainly appear that this is a REAL poll tax under the logic set forth by the Left in the Voter ID cases. But since this was a law passed by Democrats with the intent of boosting Democrat votes, it gets a pass.
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I agree that absentee ballots should be sent with prepaid envelopes. But the 1-cent-short thing also happened here in Harris County, with our illustrative County Clerk.
|| Posted by N.M. Horwitz, October 27, 2014 04:03 PM ||But my point is something bigger -- they are a "mail only" state and are making you pay to mail the ballot back. How does that not constitute a poll tax? That is quite different from a postage screw-up sending the ballots out -- one which the Post Office should have using the pre-existing account that the County Clerk's office had to cover postage shortages.
BTW -- the fact that the Post Office went public about the matter rather than using the established procedure mentioned above is indicative of a political agenda on the part of someone at the Post Office.
|| Posted by Rhymes With Right, October 27, 2014 07:18 PM ||Post a comment