Today’s hot question series, my clever and genuine deal:
Question: I tried to download a form of mailed voting request from the Buncombe County Board of Elections. I have an empty screen with: “Add-on locked”. My husband tried it on his desk computer, same thing. I called BCBOE. When I told them about my problem, the employee said it might be because I was an Apple or a Mac. He went to communicate with someone on “PC” and came back with several tips on what might work. I am absolutely illiterate in computer science and have not been able to stick to commands to solve this problem. She showed up to email me. It was very helpful, but this way of doing things will be very busy very soon. There are many other people who are even less knowledgeable about computer science than I am. Can the Answer Man perceive why and why not repaired?
My answer: Answer Man is based on a computer super-effort known as “Ask for a Millennium.” Dude, they’re PC experts! It’s definitely worth laughing at.
The genuine answer: With the existing COVID-19 pandemic, mail ballots will play a vital role in this year’s elections, and the Buncombe County Office of Election Services needs others to know that this approach is easy and easy to use.
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“Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its response, the North Carolina State Board of Elections reminds North Carolina residents that all voters can vote by mail in each and every election, voting without leaving the comfort of their homes,” the county elections online page says. “No excuse is necessary.”
Corinne M. Duncan, electoral director of Buncombe County election services, verified the specific scenario of this reader and said the workplace was doing everything imaginable to make the data available.
“There is NO compatibility factor with Apple devices and our system, and we if this has been transmitted,” Duncan said via email.
Turns out it’s a challenge with the Safari browser.
“Following your user’s contribution, Buncombe County information technology implemented a change, and testing implies that the challenge is solved; However, if the challenge persists, an undeniable solution is to use another browser like Chrome or Firefox,” Duncan said. Array “Buncombe County IT supports as many technologies as possible. Kindness is taken seriously and we are reading the feasibility of solving challenges like that while maintaining security.”
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He also noted that the reader had done the right thing by calling the Office of Electoral Services (828-250-4200). Buncombe County Election Services also prominently presents mail ballots in their main one: https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/Default.aspx
The County Council has an article about absentee voting available here: https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/news_detail.aspx?id=17290
Titled, “Absentee Ballot Information for the November Election,” it first notes, “For active duty military, their family members, and U.S. citizens living abroad: You will need to go to FVAP.gov or ncsbe.gov/voting-options/military-overseas-voting and follow the absentee ballot instructions to receive an absentee ballot. If you have questions about that process, you can call us at 828-250-4200 or visit buncombecounty.org/vote.”
Anyone else who wishes to request a vote by mail “can do so for any explanation of why, provided they have completed a form of mailing voting request for 2020 in North Carolina.” If you print one yourself, you can get one from the Office of Election Services (77 McDowell St., Asheville, NC 28801), or by calling 828-250-4200 to request it by mail.
The site states the voter or the voter’s near relative must return it one of the following ways:
Send it to: P.O. Box 7468, Asheville, NC 28802
Deliver it to the mailbox at the front at 77 McDowell St., Asheville, 28801
By the 2020 election, the electorate may also return the form of the absence request by email, sending it to [email protected] or faxing the form to 828-250-6262.
The deadline for returning to the completed form of the mailed voting request is Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Lately he is accepting forms of request for absences, “and the electorate is encouraged to return to the form before the deadline,” the online page says.
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Here are some more data and dates provided through election services:
Once your North Carolina survey application form has been received by mail, a survey will be mailed. Ballots will be mailed from September 4, 2020.
Ballots for returned absentees must be cancelled until Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and won until 5pm. Friday, November 6.
They may also be returned to the Electoral Services Office by no later than 5pm. November 3, but only through the voter or a close relative.
Ballots can also be returned to any early voting site, but not to a polling station on polling day. Ballots returned to an early voting site must be handed over to the election official at the register.
Special Note: For the november 3, 2020 general election, a mail-in vote witness will be required for absentees.
Almost relative exceptions: from 28 October to 28 November. 2, a close relative of a voter would likely come to the workplace during business hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to complete an absence request for a poor-health or disabled voter who has not in the past requested a mail-order poll. The application will be processed without delay and voting will be given to the nearest relatives for delivery to the voter. These surveys have the same time periods as those indexed earlier.
The following people are close relatives: spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandfather, son, grandchild, in-laws, stepfather, stepson, or verifiable legal guardian.
He also notes that a new state law has made some adjustments to the absentee voting process. Include:
A form of absenteeism application is now valid if it is returned to the county election council through the voter, closest relatives or the voter’s legal parent, or a multi-party assistance team.
If a voter wants help completing the application form due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write, and a close relative or legal parent is unavailable, the voter may get help from someone else, who will need to provide their information. or your call and deal with the form.
That’s John Boyle’s opinion. If you have a question, contact it at 232-5847 or [email protected]