I just registered to vote, LAST DAY in CA

[ReiAyanami]

the registration was easier than i thought.

The thing is when I mailed it out the form, it says to fold it in half, but I folded it in thirds, because if I fold it in half the post office will reject it with insufficient postage and I don't have any 12 cent stamps nor do I want to put two stamps on there, because I dont live in a swing state.

and the instructions say to put down an ethnicity, but then the state instructions say don't put anything there

i would have voted in the last election but i wasn't over 18 at the time
(ok probably not)

George W Bush: A Uniter (of people against him)

Edit: Oh and it seems homeless people will automatically be disenfranchised since they have no mailing address.

 

[Todd33]

Kerry will win CA by 10 points, so your vote means jack. Welcome to the EC system, assbackwards democracy at it's best.

 

[ntdz]

it means something towards all the propositions, the congressional elections, etc

 

[Infohawk]

Hopefully a shamless Republican won't throw your vote out. Apparently it's all the rage with them.

 

[ReiAyanami]

as a bonus i get to chose over which indian casino will be built, and what valley my trash will be dumped into

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
as a bonus i get to chose over which indian casino will be built, and what valley my trash will be dumped into

Where do you live?

 

[EDoG2K]

i hope it gets in on time. I'm not sure if the county registrar has to HAVE it by today or postmarked by today.

I'm in CA as well, and I think at some point when the popular vote is massively one direction and the EC goes another direction, say... CA and NY go 90% democratic and every other state goes 51% republican, then there will be enough uproar about the E.C. to change it.

I mean, Gore already won the popular vote in 2000, but if it is more overwhelmingly so, there might be more pressure to revamp the system.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
Topic Title: I just registered to vote, LAST DAY in CA
Topic Summary: Hope I don't get disenfranchised on a technicality.

Why wait till last day???

 

[Steeplerot]

Me too today was the last day so I went to SF city hall and cast my vote now it's up to the rest of the country.
The place was packed! I took 2 hours off work to wait in line as MANY others did also.
I held up my absentee ballot to those waiting in line for theirs and yelled "One more ticket to send the Shrub home!"
100's of people cheered in that basement of city hall today
Kerry by a landslide baby!

 

[ReiAyanami]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Why wait till last day???

1) soooooo not a swing state
2) i actually tried 4 days ago, but the government site to download the form off of was down and unaccessible (they probably running unpatched windows server). fortunately it was back up on the last day.