Re: Time to panic for absentee ballots?
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:39:30 -0400, Kevin Gowen
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:
>Shannon Jacobs wrote:
>> Well, thanks for the helpful information offered in this thread, but so
>> far I'm doubtful it will avail much. Following the appropriate links I
>> was able to find lots of detail about the procedure for Texas. First it
>> said I wasn't qualified to use this system. Then it said they had
>> extended it and it looked like I did qualify. However, in the next
>> section it looked like I was between the cracks again, but in the
>> section after that... I'll take another swing at figuring it out again
>> later, but so far I sure couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do.
>> Closest I got was the same address I'd been writing to already. The only
>> explanation I can figure for instructions like those is that they don't
>> want too many folks to figure 'em out.
>>
>> Years ago this absentee voting stuff used to be relatively painless and
>> easy.
>>
>> At this point Occam's Razor seems to be the "no vote" list.
>>
>> Anyway, it probably doesn't matter that much. My representative was
>> Lloyd Doggett, quite a tough old moderate (which means he's called a
>> screaming liberal in Texas). It would have been an honor to vote for him
>> again, but his district was thoroughly gerrymandered... Fortunately for
>> the big picture, the fanatical Busheviks have concentrated themselves in
>> certain states (like Texas), so I'm increasingly optimistic Kerry will
>> be able to take the swing states and the election. (Assuming they
>> actually count the votes this time.)
>
>Kerry is strong and compelling.
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55919-2004Oct22?language=printer
Hey! He doesn't do hypotheticals, dood.
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