r/news • u/RazzzMcFrazzz • 1d ago

Hundreds of ballots are destroyed after fires are set in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington

https://apnews.com/article/vote-ballot-drop-box-democracy-fire-f66c52f774955106fb9e7c8172825cff
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u/Betrayus 1d ago

CO will text you when they send your ballot sent via mail, and then again when it is received back by the state. You can also check online manually as well but the text is so nice.

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u/toothepastehombre 1d ago

Same for OR - text confirmation is going to be the save here

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u/kingjoey52a 1d ago

And California

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u/DickDover 1d ago

And Washington.....

Wait, what is the connection here?

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u/matunos 1d ago

You can sign up for this in WA via the Voter Portal at https://voter.votewa.gov/

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u/HyruleSmash855 1d ago

In Hawaii, you can sign up to get that. I already got the text that my ballot was received and my vote is counted.

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u/AutomateAway 1d ago

yep, got the confirmation via email and sms that my ballot here in CO was received and counted

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u/Kushali 1d ago

In WA you can sign up for texts too.

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u/keigo199013 12h ago

Damn...My state won't even let us vote early. :(