So, just a little bit of rejoicing here. There was angst and possible disappointment, but all has turned full circle now.
Voting ballots. Where the heck were ours?
Todd and I are registered to vote by mail in California. We got our Cali ballots in Alabama last year so we could vote for all the county judges and stuff. We were expecting to get Cali ballots again this year, and VOTE YES ON PROP 8 and also try to keep Obama out of the White House.
But the ballots never came.
I've been calling and trying to speak with an actual person at the Santa Clara County voting office for over a week now. First, I was getting sent to voice mail, which was full and wouldn't let me leave a message. Then, I was still being sent to voice mail, but when I'd leave messages, they must have fallen into a dark abyss or something, because there was no response.
But last night I got a call from them! And they said our ballots had been mailed to Alabama. They put my Utah address and Todd's Oklahoma address in their system and said they would mail our new ballots out in the morning (maybe even as I type this...) and we should have them by Thursday. Hallelujah!
Here is why it means so much to me:
1) I am a patriotic American, and do not want to miss out on exercising my right to vote.
2) Although I am not in love with McCain, Obama scares my socks off. I need to do what I can to get Palin - er, uh, McCain - into the White House. Please, can we stay away from Socialism?
3) Vote Yes on Prop 8 is perhaps the most important action I will have taken as a voter since I started voting in 2000. (For those who don't know, Prop 8 would define marriage as being only between a man and a woman in the California constitution. Sadly, there is a lot of opposition to it in California.) I am horrified by how threatened "traditional" families are, and want to do whatever I can to ensure that my children are raised in a country where it's common sense that a family has a mom and a dad.
At any rate, I was thoroughly disappointed that I wasn't going to be able to vote at this upcoming election, but now my worries are over. I can't wait to hold my ballot in my hot little hand!
6 comments:
How do you manage to vote California,... I'm looking forward to voting this year, but Dan and I have to do a preferential voting or something like that,... some p word,... we didn't get our address change in time to vote electronically.
Todd and I have maintained our California residency since we're only gone due to military and plan to move back there when we can.
Yay for voting! I'm glad your ballot it coming.
Glad that you got it sorted out! Brian and I watched the mail intently until ours came. We have photo documented our whole "voting experience" and plan to wear our "I Voted" stickers on the 4th.
We were also glad that we were able to vote in CA because of prop 8. Also, after living with social medicine and such...I am SCARED TO DEATH as to what could happen.
i would put that ballot back in the mail the day you get it! Way to be persistent!
That is so great! Jon and I filled out our vote-by-mail ballots tonight. There was only 1 issue we didn't vote the same way on (renewable energy). Our country is CRAZY. I feel like Prop 8 is so generational in a lot of ways---older generations want traditional marriage, young college age people don't care. Its so sad that marriage is such a disintegrating institution thanks to so many corrupt things nowadays. Urgh.
Way to go Angie! Yeah I'm a little late with this but I feel the same as you!
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