{"id":12932,"date":"2015-11-05T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=12932"},"modified":"2015-11-05T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:52:51","slug":"video-absentee-voters-miss-mark-why-the-mail-may-be-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/11\/05\/video-absentee-voters-miss-mark-why-the-mail-may-be-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Absentee voters miss mark: Why the mail may be to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUCAS COUNTY, OH (WTOL) &#8211; Nearly 200 potential Lucas County voters who sent in an application to vote absentee in Tuesday&#8217;s election won&#8217;t get the chance after missing the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>LaVera Scott, the Deputy Director of the Lucas County Board of Elections, says they received 198 absentee applications in Monday&#8217;s mail, missing the Saturday deadline. Scott says those 198 applications may include some repeats or invalid applications, but some won&#8217;t be able to vote absentee.<\/p>\n<p>Scott says the 141 absentee applications they received before the deadline Saturday will be sent absentee ballots. But Scott says she fears those people didn&#8217;t get those absentee ballots in the mail by Monday, and that&#8217;s crucial because absentee ballots must be postmarked Monday in order to count.<\/p>\n<p>Scott says part of the problem is that mail is being rerouted and processed in Detroit, MI. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtol.com\/story\/30415873\/absentee-voters-miss-mark-why-the-mail-may-be-to-blame\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/WTOL.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=597548;hostDomain=www.wtol.com;playerWidth=475;playerHeight=360;isShowIcon=true;clipId=11970626;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><a title=\"Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtol.com\">Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/votes-not-counted-mail-problem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12933\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/votes-not-counted-mail-problem.jpg\" alt=\"votes-not-counted-mail-problem\" width=\"458\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/votes-not-counted-mail-problem.jpg 458w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/votes-not-counted-mail-problem-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCAS COUNTY, OH (WTOL) &#8211; Nearly 200 potential Lucas County voters who sent in an application to vote absentee in Tuesday&#8217;s election won&#8217;t get the chance after missing the deadline. LaVera Scott, the Deputy Director of the Lucas County Board of Elections, says they received 198 absentee applications in Monday&#8217;s mail, missing the Saturday deadline. 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