My landlords are an older married couple and they live out of state. They got ballots for my county mailed to my address. They do not live here in this county anymore but are apparently still registered to vote here.
The only thing on the ballot is a school funding tax that my wife and I are in favor of, and I know my landlord is generally cheap and I would assume, not having school age kids or living in this community, they may vote against the measure, canceling out our votes in favor. Plus they just don’t live here anymore and it would really bug me if they do vote in our county elections.
Would I be the asshole if I slow walked sending their ballot until after it’s too late for their ballots to be counted?
\*Edit: they know it was delivered here and have asked me to send it to them, so writing “does not live here” would be more directly starting conflict with the people who determine my rent payment and doesn’t really feel like an option. But I’m also worried about facilitating their voter fraud because they haven’t lived in this county for years
I mean, YTA, but it’s a justified Asshole.
You could just talk to the electoral office. Send them in and say they don’t like ther.e
YTA, could be considered as a form of voter/mail fraud to do that— especially since you put your intentions to on the internet for everyone to see.
YWBTA – You’re directly interfering with another’s democratic right to vote because you disagree with them. That’s pretty messed up. Don’t give life to the thus far imaginary interference. You could always write “return to sender not at this address,” cover up the address and bar code, and stick it back in the mail.
INFO: Do your landlords live permanently out of state or are they snowbirds who maintain their residency where you live?
YTA. Do you think it’s okay for someone to intentionally prevent you from voting?
It everyone’s duty to prevent voting fraud, which this is. They don’t live in the county anymore, they don’t get to vote there.
yes, you’d be ta. it is illegal to intercept ballots.
either contact them to let them know you have their ballots or write “not at this address” and put them in a mailbox.
stop being a miscreant.
YTA if you do that technically but NTA if you just return to sender instead of forwarding. It’s their responsibility to update registration and you should not sabotage their ability to vote but you don’t have to assist in it. RTS and let it go back to the post office, neutral action
If they live out of state they should not be voting in your location. Write ‘no longer at this address-return to sender” on the ballots and drop them in the mailbox. YTA if you hold onto them, and if you forward them you are technically helping them commit voting fraud.
This kind of falls under “doing the right thing for the wrong reason.” I think there are plenty of justifications for just tossing those ballots, but low-key manipulating the results is not actually ethical.
Technically I would have to say YWBTA if you didn’t forward them *specifically for that reason*. However, check your local laws first because in general, you’re only legally allowed to vote where you actually live, and I suspect it would be illegal for him to cast a ballot in your county.
Write not on this address on the parcels and put them back in your mailbox.
You should be returning the ballots by writing not at this address on it to the voter registrar office in your county, since they don’t live there anymore. I’m a registered poll worker and they should legally be requesting ballots sent to their current address if they’re still eligible to vote.
NTA But I’d probably just write ‘Return to sender – Wrong address’ on the envelope and then pop it back in the mailbox. Problem solved.
YTA
“I don’t agree with the way this guy might vote so I’m going to prevent him from being able to vote” absolutely makes you an AH.