Is my logic flawed?
Jun. 29th, 2020 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicollOnline voting for the 2020 Hugos has been promised "soon" for some time. It has not materialized. The deadline for the Hugo voting is 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7) on 15 July, 2020. I can't tell if online voting will ever be an option, therefore I should print out, fill out, and mail my paper ballot now, to ensure it arrives in time to be counted before the 2020 Worldcon.
I assume it's the date of the postmark they go by and not when it arrives but if I dither, and mail it June 14, it might show up after Worldcon and I can't see how it could be counted.
My logic is the worst case scenario of trusting online voting to show up is worse than the worst case scenario of mailing in my ballot. In the first case, I don't get to vote, but in the second I am out some stamps and a sheet of paper.
I assume it's the date of the postmark they go by and not when it arrives but if I dither, and mail it June 14, it might show up after Worldcon and I can't see how it could be counted.
My logic is the worst case scenario of trusting online voting to show up is worse than the worst case scenario of mailing in my ballot. In the first case, I don't get to vote, but in the second I am out some stamps and a sheet of paper.
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Date: 2020-06-29 06:15 pm (UTC)