On 24 Oct 2004 03:13:18 -0700, declan_murphy@hotmail.com (Declan
Murphy) brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash <the_light@on.the.hill> wrote in message news:<dfimn0dgc9legbbjj650p18t18r138p3jv@4ax.com>...
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:34:10 +0900, "Shannon Jacobs"
>> <our@favourite-merkin.nutcase> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>> 
>> >Well, there was one report of an absentee ballot coming last month, but mine 
>> >is still missing in inaction. Yes, I registered (in Texas), and I also sent 
>> >a specific form for the absentee ballot, but nothing yet. In previous 
>> >elections, the ballot has always arrived well before this time. Any other 
>> >reports out there?
>> >
>> >Maybe this is like the secret no-fly list? "Oh, you didn't know you were on 
>> >the no-vote list? That'll teach you to watch that Michael Moore movie. You 
>> >didn't know about our cameraman in Ebisu Garden, did you?" 
>> 
>> No, not time to panic. Time to be an informed voter:
>> 
>> http://www.fvap.gov/services/fwab.html
>> 
>> also see:
>> http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/textvag/tx.txt
>> or
>> http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/tx.pdf
>
>When I applied online for a postal vote for the recent Austrian poll I
>received (by snailmail via the Nagoya Oz consulate) ballot papers
>within 72 hours. I've never bothered to vote in Irish elections, so I
>have no other comparison. Can you think of any reason why sepponia
>would need a system for those who had applied and yet hadn't received
>papers after 30 days? Or why a "back-up"/FWAB system would be
>necessary in the first place? And FWIW, while I know that people such
>as yourself have your shit together, but for the Shannons of the
>sepponian world what is the problem?


Sepponian elections are conducted by the several states according to
their own laws. I don't know the details, but I would bet it was quite
a struggle to achieve even the modest degree of coordination which
allows for the FWAB.

I sent off for my ballot back in late August, I think it was. I like
to make sure it has time to get here, be filled out, and make the trip
back. And if it appears not to be coming, I have plenty of time to
contact the election officials in the county where I vote to track
down the problem and have the ballot resent.

I have no idea why the Shannons of the Sepponian world have a problem
with this.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College