CONCORD — Someone is sending out unofficial absentee ballot applications to New Hampshire voters, and the state Attorney General’s Office is concerned enough about it to send out an alert.
The office of Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald Thursday announced it has been notified that some New Hampshire residents have received unidentified mailers containing an absentee ballot application form with an apparently handwritten note on a piece of note paper on top of the form.
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The only way to vote is to show up in person on Nov. 3rd. I don't trust this mail in voting crap........there has been so many mistakes in the primaries and actual ballots found on the roadside and in the trash. Not a safe way to vote. I understand people that cannot physically get out to vote will have to mail theirs in but for everyone else, I'd think hard on voting by mail. Schools opening, eating out is back, many places open for business..........so why are they scaring people into voting by mail. Wear your mask and get out to vote. Good luck no matter what you decide.
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