1.    How does vote by mail work?
2.    I’m concerned about fraud.  How can vote by mail be secure?
3.    What do I do if my ballot doesn’t arrive in the mail?
4.    What do I do?  My dog ate my ballot.  I spilled coffee on my ballot.  I lost my ballot.
5.    What if I need assistance in voting?  How does that work with vote by mail?
6.    I want to vote in person.  What do I do?
7.    How can I be sure that the ballot I mailed back has been received by the county clerk?
8.    Going to the polls on Election Day is a ritual that vote by mail takes away.  Is there a substitute?
9.    Do I have to pay postage to send my ballot back?
10.    If we move to vote by mail, can someone else return my ballot for me?
11.    Will vote by mail cost taxpayers more or less than the current system of polling-place elections?
12.    Does vote by mail benefit one political party more than another?
13.    What other states use vote by mail?  Why?
14.    How will election administration change under vote by mail?
15.    I’m homeless.  How can I vote by mail?
16.    Can’t someone else just take my ballot, mark it, and send it back without me knowing?
17.    Can my vote by mail ballot be postmarked on Election Day or does it have to arrive by Election Day?
18.    Absentee voting is an option.  Why force people into vote by mail?
19.    What is an official ballot deposit location?
20.    We have absentee voting that works through the postal service.  Why do we need vote by mail?
21.    I still don’t understand the differences between absentee voting and vote by mail.  Simplify.
22.    The only downside for our county is the effort and expense already made for voting machines. [submitted]
23.    How easy is it to process all the ballots, if they are counted only on election day?  Are they machine read? [submitted]
24.    Are there other cost savings associated with vote by mail?
25.    What is the biggest misunderstanding about vote by mail?
26.    What does vote by mail look like in states that already do it?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTE BY MAIL IN WV

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