OPINION — I will take my completed mail-in ballot to a voting center, have the sealed envelope ID-verified, drop the ballot in the drop box and await acknowledgements from the sign-up tracking system that my ballot has arrived at the processing center and has been counted.
The ID-verification step allows the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center crew to skip the signature verification and send my ballot directly to pre-tabulation processing.
I trust the U.S. Postal Service, but I've seen how understaffed my local branches are, and I want to avoid the new rule that has USPS postmarking my mail when it leaves the facility, not when it arrives at the facility.
