Advice: Keep the Envelopes your Mail-in Ballot Came In

To the Editor:

Here is some important information for any registered voter who requested a ballot to vote by mail.

If you change your mind and decide to vote in person on Election Day, election officials recommend that you go to the polls with your mail-in ballot and all the envelopes it came in.

Do not throw away the envelopes your mail-in ballot came in. Also, be sure to take government-issued identification such as a driver’s license.

If you threw away the envelopes that your mail-in ballot came in, you will have to request a provisional ballot when you go to vote in person.

Requesting a provisional ballot is a more complicated and time consuming process on a day that will already be fraught with challenges.

This is important information for people of any political party. I think this information should have reached citizens in a clearer, more transparent way.

George Dempsie

Huntingdon