I Did Ballot Curing for Pennsylvania Last Night - Remotely, from Home
This post is a plug for you to do “Ballot Curing” in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and other swing states — to help the Harris-Walz campaign. I did ballot curing for Pennsylvania last night, using my phone and laptop. It was easy. It was fun. It was rewarding.
What is “Ballot Cure” / “Ballot Curing”?
At times boards of elections will reject a mail-in / absentee ballot for missing a signature or date, or some other “deficiency. Voters may be able to “cure” those deficiencies in several different ways, depending on the state (or county). An uncured ballot will not be counted. A cured ballot will be counted.
Ballot Cure Training
During the first 15 minutes of your shift, a trainer teaches you all you need to know about ballot curing. That’s easy!
Where are Harris-Walz Ballot Cure Volunteers needed?
Ballot cure volunteers are needed for Pennsylvania and Georgia, in particular, but also for North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and elsewhere.
Two Stories from my Pennsylvania Ballot Curing last night
I signed onto Ballot Curing last night — in a zoom with over 175 people in it, all doing ballot curing for Pennsylvania. Here are 2 stories from my ballot cure work last night.
1. A 78-year-old voted by mail then entered the hospital for 3 surgeries. I phoned to tell him his ballot was rejected. I spoke with his co-worker, who contacted the voter’s son to connect with his father to cure the ballot’s deficiency. All were happy!
2. Then, I phoned a 77-year-old voter in her assisted living facility. Her ballot had also been rejected. She had retired to her room post-dinner (around 7:15 p.m.), but a message was taken to her. She now knows that her rejected ballot can be cured.
Can I do Ballot Cure if I am overseas? On a cruise ship? In my office or home?
Ballot curing can be done from your office, your home, a park, a cruise ship -- anywhere you happen to be in the world where you have cellular and internet connections!
Democrats Abroad — Please Sign Up for Ballot Cure!
Does Ballot Curing matter?
In 2020, thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected across the U.S., and then were cured, with the help of Biden-Harris Ballot Curers! More ballots were cured around the country then the number of votes between the two major candidates in some states. So, cured ballots may have had a real impact (we will never know precisely, because ballot cure volunteers never ask the voter for whom the voter cast their vote — we help all voters, irrespective of for whom we might think they may have voted).
When you help cure a rejected ballot, you directly help the voter exercise their constitutional right to cast a vote, and to have their vote counted.
How to Sign Up?
Sign up for Ballot Cure for Pennsylvania (remote): https://tinyurl.com/mpsndwrh
Sign up for Ballot Cure for Georgia (remote): https://tinyurl.com/muunzrfa