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Mon, Oct 30, 2006

Voting Complications

Posted at 5:52 pm MST to Current Events

My absentee ballot arrived at the county clerk's office, but I had missed a place where my signature was required. I think the guy who designs Publisher's Clearinghouse forms moonlighted on the design of the ballot package, though they didn' have any stickers that put you in a raffle for a new car (Maybe they should consider adding one: it might improve voter turnout.

The elections board sent me a letter explaining the problem, which arrived Friday. It said I could stop by their office to sign the form any time before Nov 15, which wasn't going to work since I'm stuck on the East Coast until December. I callled them to ask if there were any alternatives (the 2 hour time difference is sometimes useful), and they said they would figure something out and get back to me today at the latest.

I love modern technology, and I really appreciate government officials who actually go out of their way to be helpful. Ms. Patricia Stahl at the elections office called promptly as promised, and emailed me a PDF of a scan of the form I needed to sign. I printed it out, signed it, and made a photocopy of my driver's licence and faxed the form and the license copy to her.

Tomorrow I'll mail out the hardcopy originals, so she will have them for the official records.

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