October 16 at 2:22AM
Countdown to Electiony: 19 Days
19% approval rating.
Another record for President Bush. Is there anything this guy can't achieve?
I'm so proud of our chief diplomat.
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While the candidates debate economic policy and their individual voting records, some of us are trying to figure out how we are going to vote rather than for whom. Both campaigns have worked to register new voters and the demographics of this year’s voting outcomes are likely to be different than ever in history. However, what no one is talking about is the back up in county boards of elections. I am a registered Ohio voter. I registered when I turned 18 and voted in my local election in 2001. I did not vote again until the Presidential election of 2004. That vote, I found out after submitting my absentee ballot, would not be counted unless there was a tie. Imagine my aggravation knowing that fact while seeing my county highlighted on the map of Ohio as one of the remaining undecided counties. Now we are approaching my third election. Three has become a funny number. I received a notice from the Franklin County Board of Elections back in August that I needed to update my address to be able to vote this year. My address had changed so this letter was not surprising. After submitting my change of address form and applying for an absentee ballot I received another letter with the same change of address form. Apparently I had filled it out incorrectly. I found this odd and frustrating but I filled it out again and mailed it back. I received confirmation that I was registered to vote at my address in Ohio while simultaneously receiving a third letter at my temporary out of state address that I still had not filled out my change of address form correctly. Which notice was I to believe? I called the Franklin County Board of Elections and got an automated system. I was put on hold and no one ever picked up the other end. I then asked my mother to call, thinking it might be easier because she was in Ohio at the time. She was able to speak with someone who informed her that I should send in my absentee ballot request. This was also frustrating because I had sent in the request twice already, but I did what was suggested. The absentee ballots were sent out on September 30th. I did not receive mine by October 6th and called the Franklin County Board of Elections again. The office I needed to reach was closed for the week. They sent some of the absentee ballots out and then took a week off! The office was to be reopened on October 7th. I have called three times since October 7th and have not been able to reach anyone. The automated system has no record of my voter registration, which is ridiculous because I have voted in two elections to date. The automated system also has no record of my absentee ballot request. I am essentially being prevented from voting by a bureaucracy I am paying for with my tax dollars. The government can keep my tax dollars, but I WANT MY VOTE!
it's easy and hard to believe republicans are still that fucking stubborn and stupid to give him that high of an approval rating. 1-20-09 end of an error!