In the wake of an election that some people have been anticipating for 8 years, I am accepting the fact that I'm sitting this election out.
Not voluntarily.
I am currently living in Chicago, Illinois, and requested my absentee ballot way back in September. In fact, my father even put in an additional request about a month ago. They received their ballots, and I never received mine.
I called the supervisor of elections in Hillsborough County, Florida, last week. Which, apparently, was just too late. They stated that they sent out the ballot a long time ago, and it must be the post office's fault, thank you very much. She informed me that they've been getting a lot of these calls.
She said that she would issue a new ballot. It is Monday, and I have yet to receive the ballot in the mail. The mail doesn't come until about 3. I would have to rapidly fill out my ballot, rush to the post office, and send it overnight. Since, as the woman told me, the ballot has to be physically in their office on November 4th.
So even if I manage to get home in time from the library, where I am currently working on job and grad school applications, and get to the post office before it closes, it will cost me 16 dollars to theoretically get my ballot into the voting office.
This doesn't even answer the question: what happened to my original ballot that was mailed out by the Supervisor of Elections? Let's say that someone got this ballot and used it to vote, and sent it in. What happens when my 16 dollar ballot comes in, and they say, "Well, this person can't vote twice?" Do they throw out both of these ballots?
I want to know who stole my ballot! It's not fair. It's not fair that I might have to pay 16 dollars (when I'm so broke and unemployed) to vote in this election. It's not my fault that I didn't recieve my ballot. Why does it have to be in on November 4th?
Apparently Florida has had one of the largest problems with missing absentee ballots in the country. I feel robbed of my right to vote. I might be bitter about this one for years. I can't believe that people choose not to vote.
I'll never get this vote back. For the next two, four, eight years, when I am upset about a politician, I won't even be able to say, "I voted for the other guy." I have become involuntarily apathetic.
Not voluntarily.
I am currently living in Chicago, Illinois, and requested my absentee ballot way back in September. In fact, my father even put in an additional request about a month ago. They received their ballots, and I never received mine.
I called the supervisor of elections in Hillsborough County, Florida, last week. Which, apparently, was just too late. They stated that they sent out the ballot a long time ago, and it must be the post office's fault, thank you very much. She informed me that they've been getting a lot of these calls.
She said that she would issue a new ballot. It is Monday, and I have yet to receive the ballot in the mail. The mail doesn't come until about 3. I would have to rapidly fill out my ballot, rush to the post office, and send it overnight. Since, as the woman told me, the ballot has to be physically in their office on November 4th.
So even if I manage to get home in time from the library, where I am currently working on job and grad school applications, and get to the post office before it closes, it will cost me 16 dollars to theoretically get my ballot into the voting office.
This doesn't even answer the question: what happened to my original ballot that was mailed out by the Supervisor of Elections? Let's say that someone got this ballot and used it to vote, and sent it in. What happens when my 16 dollar ballot comes in, and they say, "Well, this person can't vote twice?" Do they throw out both of these ballots?
I want to know who stole my ballot! It's not fair. It's not fair that I might have to pay 16 dollars (when I'm so broke and unemployed) to vote in this election. It's not my fault that I didn't recieve my ballot. Why does it have to be in on November 4th?
Apparently Florida has had one of the largest problems with missing absentee ballots in the country. I feel robbed of my right to vote. I might be bitter about this one for years. I can't believe that people choose not to vote.
I'll never get this vote back. For the next two, four, eight years, when I am upset about a politician, I won't even be able to say, "I voted for the other guy." I have become involuntarily apathetic.
I'm so sorry. That's so sad and f-ed up. If it makes you feel any better I'm voting for the current Supervisor of Election's challenger, so maybe he won't be in office much longer. What a bang up job these Supervisors of Elections do in Florida. Shameful.