At around 4:00pm yesterday, Maw and I got pissed off because we needed to drop off all three of our “Absentee Ballots”, which we filled out together at the dinner table on Friday evening after dinner. Our choices were the same. We sealed, signed and dated the blue envelope and took pictures of each other holding our voting envelopes proudly.
We both left Paw to get ready for that evening’s mass prior to picking him up at around 4:30pm after dropping off our voting materials at the drop-off box near the flagpole. The box is located outside the building. A very blue-eyed, disabled guy (who looked similar to an ex-boyfriend on mine from years ago) took our blue envelopes and popped those into the drop-off box as a courtesy. He told us that we could check online for the status of the envelopes. Again, disabled people are good folks. He is the friendly type.
Anyway, I just went online at “The County of Santa Clara – Registrar of Voters (DEP)” to track our “vote by mail ballot” a few minutes ago. This is the response I got for the three of our votes:
Vote by Mail Ballot Tracking
Here is the result of your search:
NOTE: If you have any questions or problems, please call (408) 299-8640.
Election: November 2, 2010 Gubernatorial General Election
House Number: [whatever]
Zip Code: [whatever]
Birth Date: [whatever]
Ballot Mailing Date: [whatever]
Ballot Returned Date: Your absentee ballot has not been received.Find a Ballot Drop Off Location
[Search]
New Results are posted daily and available after 9:00 p.m. Please check back if we don’t show receipt of your ballot.
I was, like: “Hey! WTF? It’s past 9:00pm!” I guess Absentee Ballots are not “counted” on weekends. Because when Maw and I went inside the building to personally drop off our envelopes, the place was closed and only open from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm.
So I’ll check back later on. But we know that the election process – from the candidates, propositions, measures, etc. – is rigged to the favor of the wealthy. That’s just our opinions, of course. However, I assume to know more than what the general public is not meant to know. Brouhaha!
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