Miami-Dade Commission Votes To Provide Prepaid Return Postage For Absentee Ballots

Will It Stamp Out Fraud?
SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 24: A stack of vote-by-mail ballots sit on a table prior to being sorted at the San Francisco Department of Elections January 24, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Absentee balloting in California has become extremely popular in the past few election cycles with an estimated 3.7 million California voters casting absentee ballots in the 2006 general election, close to 42% of the total vote. California voters have been casting their ballots by mail for this years primary election since early January. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 24: A stack of vote-by-mail ballots sit on a table prior to being sorted at the San Francisco Department of Elections January 24, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Absentee balloting in California has become extremely popular in the past few election cycles with an estimated 3.7 million California voters casting absentee ballots in the 2006 general election, close to 42% of the total vote. California voters have been casting their ballots by mail for this years primary election since early January. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In an attempt to curtail voter fraud, Miami-Dade commissioners made a small but potentially significant change Tuesday, deciding that the county should pre-pay return postage for absentee ballots -- a measure first suggested by a grand jury nearly 15 years ago.

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