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Edited on Tue Oct-04-05 07:47 PM by cosmicdot
Called on Friday to see where my absentee ballot might be saying I had mailed 2 requests for this household at the same time. One arrived. Mine didn't. I was told the system had not marked me as being sent an absentee ballot.
Can I go to the polls to vote? Yes. Will I have any problems? No.
So, I walked to my designated polling place passing a closer one en-route.
Only the poll workers were there when I voted. Their paperwork had me marked as an absentee voter. So, I told my story.
Sigh.
I had to do the blue provisional ballot paperwork before using the ES&S machine.
Politely ranting ("I feel as if I'm in Ohio." :) ), etc., through the process.
They assured my vote will be counted ... that these machines are tamper-proof. I was given a number to call to verify my vote was counted using a Provisional Retrieval Code. Me: Verify that my vote was counted as cast?
H0-hum.
If Steve Young had only been the only Democrat on the ballot, it might have helped especially considering the 10 GOP candidates to divide those votes + 1 Libertarian + the Minuteman Independent American + a Green. The key is the number of votes cast. I suspect a low turnout. The candidate obtaining a majority of the votes cast wins, and there will be no December election. If anything, perhaps the GOP could have been given a run for their money.
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