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I voted today, did you? |
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Today I sent off my absentee ballot for the Ohio Primary next week and as I was waiting in line at the post office to mail the ballot off I realized how easy it was to obtain. Therefore, here are some tips for getting an Absentee Ballot: First off, screw the State website. I prefer to deal directly with my county election board. Most have a website, and a quick Google search for "Butler County Board of Elections" made it that much faster. If that doesn't work, check out your home state's website.
All in all, after printing out the form, it took about four days to get my ballot. For once, Southwest Ohio did something efficient…now if the Bengals can just draft someone who doesn't suck.
Enjoy the debate tonight. I, like you, am wondering which Hillary Clinton will show up. My good friend Mike said it best last night: "It's as if she can't believe she's losing…it's pathetic looking."
Also, while at the post office, someone noticed the "official ballot for Ohio" stamp on my envelope, and when I told her whom I was casting my vote for the entire line applauded and thanked me for not registering in the State of Washington.
three cheers for absentee ballots. I wrote an article for a publication out here in New York on the strategy of voting absentee. Seems lots of new New Yorkers from red or swing states choose not to register here in the apple cause they want their blue votes to count back home (given that New York hasn't voted Republican since the Mondale fiasco). Being from Illinois, it's apples to apples, but I registered here to try to help Obama get New York. Alas, to no avail.