Share these magical words with your friends and family.

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really glad I live in Colorado where they mail those to you weeks ahead of the election.

14 words. How unfortunate.

That's a lot of words for Sharpie. Maybe just write "provisional ballot" instead.

@alttext.bsky.social

This is terrible advice. I wish people would stop sharing it. This is terrible advice. I wish people would stop sharing it.

Make sure "provisional ballot" is what it's called in your jurisdiction (Will the pollworker know what you mean? Almost certainly. Will the pollworker say "oh, we don't have those here" if you use the wrong term? Let's not find out the hard way)

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@alt-text.bsky.social

These "magical words" will get you jack shit in Wisconsin. Like virtually everything having to do with elections, the rules around provisional ballots vary widely from state to state.