Rodriguez says the postmark is not what governs whether a ballot can be counted. Postal Service can be valid because only the Postal Service can provide an official postmark. That lawyer questioned whether ballots delivered by anything other than the U.S. “They'll have to pay a little bit more money and send it, FedEx, UPS overnight, special delivery or any of those other third party services that will guarantee that I'll get here earlier,” she said.Ī KGUN9 viewer cited a national news story quoting a lawyer for UPS. if you’re worried about your ballot arriving in time you could use something other than the Postal Service. Rodriguez says it’ll help to mail the ballot as soon as you can. Rodriguez is concerned about voters registered in Pima County who may be mailing absentee ballots from out of state, especially with the mail system loaded down with campaign advertising. So even if everyone in Pima County votes by mail, that only raises the workload by 20 percent for a system that’s busier - but not breaking down. “We have to remember 80% of the voters who vote in Pima County already vote by mail,” she said. Rodriguez says those places do not have Pima County’s 20 years of experience with voting by mail. Rodriguez thinks other parts of the country have more reason to worry about COVID concerns and an overstressed Postal Service jamming up vote-by-mail systems.
She says the need to verify signatures on some voter propositions mean the ballot won’t be available until then. They're ready to vote right now they want to get this over,” she said.īut she says they’ll have to be patient until early October. “You know, we have voters calling right now. Rodriguez is already hearing from people eager to cast their votes. Ann Rodriguez says long years of experience with mail voting should make it go smoothly here. Despite concerns about voting by mail, the official who oversees Pima County’s vote-by-mail program is not worried about the County’s program bogging down if COVID concerns lead to a surge in mail ballots.
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