Absentee Voters
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THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S SUCCESS'99 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW,Suite 100 * Washington DC 20037 * (202) 333-0008 * www.LP.org Absentee Voters Your Crucially important Absentee Voter Plan T he Absentee Voter Plan is virtually a separate "plan within a plan" to reach a group of people who vote days, some- times weeks, before Election Day. Depending on the district, they can represent a large block of voters, have a fairly consistent demographic (seniors) and are identified by the clerk who provides the voter lists. Absent voters (AV's) need to be contacted and AVballots.need.to be monitored as carefully as possible. 1 Obtain the list of AVvoters from previ- ous elections from the clerk. 2 Send out a First Class or "address correction requested" (introductory) campaign piece. 3 Update your AVlist based upon returns, .and take the returned envelopes back to the clerk for them to remove deceased or moved voters from their list. 4 Find out when AVapplications for this election will be mailed. 5 Determine deadline for applications to be returned and when this list will be available. 6 Update your list using list of returned applications. 7 Find out when AVballots will be mailed. 8 Time your final mailing piece to arrive the same day or the day before' their ballots arrive. 9 Find out procedures for AVballot counting and signature verification and plan according ly. 10 Familiarize yourself with the laws governing AV.ballots in your district. 11 FlagAV voters in your master voter data base so that they do not get non-targeted mailings from your campaign. There are two very important things to remember about absentee voters: They are mostly senior citizens who are highly likely to vote. Target your outreach pieces accordingly! This is an area where voter fraud is most likely to occur. Large percentages die between elections, but somehow manage to vote anyway. The laws about counting AVballots vary from state to state, but if verification of signatures and ballots is the responsibility of an appointed or an elected city or county clerk, thepossihil- ityoftampering remains a concern.
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THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S SUCCESS'992600 Virginia Avenue, NW,Suite 100 *Washington DC 20037 * (202) 333-0008 *www.LP.org
Absentee VotersYour Crucially important Absentee Voter Plan
The Absentee Voter Plan is virtually aseparate "plan within a plan" to reach agroup of people who vote days, some-
times weeks, before Election Day. Depending onthe district, they can represent a large block ofvoters, have a fairly consistent demographic(seniors) and are identified by the clerk whoprovides the voter lists. Absent voters (AV's)need to be contacted and AVballots.need.to bemonitored as carefully as possible.
1Obtain the list of AVvoters from previ-ous elections from the clerk.
2 Send out a First Class or "addresscorrection requested" (introductory) campaignpiece.
3 Update your AVlist based upon returns,.and take the returned envelopes back to theclerk for them to remove deceased or movedvoters from their list.
4 Find out when AVapplications for thiselection will be mailed.
5Determine deadline for applications tobe returned and when this list will be available.
6 Update your list using list of returnedapplications.
7 Find out when AVballots will be mailed.
8 Time your final mailing piece to arrive thesame day or the day before' their ballots arrive.
9 Find out procedures for AVballotcounting and signature verification and planaccording ly.
10 Familiarize yourself with the lawsgoverning AV.ballots in your district.
11FlagAV voters in your master voterdata base so that they do not get non-targetedmailings from your campaign.
There are two very important things toremember about absentee voters:
They are mostly senior citizens who arehighly likely to vote. Target your outreachpieces accordingly!
This is an area where voter fraud is mostlikely to occur. Large percentages die betweenelections, but somehow manage to vote anyway.The laws about counting AVballots vary fromstate to state, but if verification of signaturesand ballots is the responsibility of an appointedor an elected city or county clerk, thepossihil-ityoftampering remains a concern.
