Wednesday, October 08, 2025

SNEAKY, STUPID OR JUST PLAIN HAPPENSTANCE

By Bob Walsh

 

A close-up of an official ballot envelope. On the left side is a small hole.


The Proposition 50 ballot is the only item on the ballot in CA this November.  I have voted by absentee ballot (mail return) for about 30 years.  No biggie.  There is, however, something interesting about the ballot this time around.

The return envelope has a hole in it, both sides.  This allows a person to tell at a glance whether or not there is in fact a ballot (or at least a piece of paper) in the return envelope.  I assume there is a good reason for doing that.

The trouble is, this time around, depending on which way you fold your ballot it is possible to see which way you voted because the NO box lines up perfectly with this hole.

Does this mean there will be a rash of ballots being shitcanned because they are obvious NO votes?  I would like to think not but since a LOT of people are clearly suffering from TDS and at least some of these people will be involved in the process in at least some of the processing stations I confess to being concerned.  And it isn't exactly a secret.

Just saying.  

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