A little more than three weeks remain before the deadline for D.C. residents to request absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 election. But those in need are currently unable to download an absentee application from the Board of Elections Web site. The online absentee function gives users an error when they try to display a personalized application form: “This URL is not valid. Please try again.” A resident who contacted me said the function has been down “for some days.” The alternative is hauling oneself down the board’s offices at One Judiciary Square downtown.
Spokesman Wesley Williams said board staff “are aware of it and are working on resolving the issue.” Williams has not yet responded to a question about how long a fix might take. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the board by Oct. 30. The online function uses an online form to populate a PDF file, which still must be printed out and mailed to the board. Might I suggest an easy fix: Just ditch the auto-populate feature and post a blank form!
Full Article: UPDATED: D.C.’s online absentee ballot request form was broken.