[EL] Postage Question

[Salvador Peralta]

Paul, 
Do any early voting or vote by mail actually require that a ballot be returned by mail?  
In Oregon, Colorado, Washington and California, a voter can either return her ballot via mail or deliver it by hand to ballot drop locations.  So, using a stamp is less a requirement than a matter of convenience in those states, at least.  Also, at least in Oregon, the USPS will deliver ballots that have insufficient postage..
Thanks,
Sal
      From: Paul Gronke <paul.gronke at gmail.com>
 To: "Gaddie, Ronald K." <rkgaddie at ou.edu>; "edu law-election at uci. edu law-election at uci." <law-election at uci.edu> 
 Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 12:48 PM
 Subject: Re: [EL] Postage Question
   
All voting involves some sort of burden, whether it be voting by mail, voting early in person (not at the precinct), or even at the precinct place. 
The 24th Amendment forbids poll taxes but it does not require government to make voting completely cost free.  The cost of a stamp has been judged not to be an undue burden.
However, I’m not an election lawyer.  I only stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. 
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Paul Gronke
Professor, Reed College
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On Nov 1, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Gaddie, Ronald K. <rkgaddie at ou.edu> wrote:
Query: A former student, who is a lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate, wrote and asks "how is paying postage on an absentee ballot not a poll tax?"

Any knowledgable answers are greatly appreciated.
Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
President's Associates Presidential Professor
Chair, Department of Political Science
Senior Fellow, Headington College
Associate Director, Center for Intelligence & National Security
General Editor, Social Science Quarterly
The University of Oklahoma
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