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RandySF

(85,007 posts) Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:49 PM Oct 2014

My voting ordeal in California [View all]

I had to walk all the way down the stairs to the lobby, open the mailbox, pull my ballot out and walk back up stairs. THEN I had to sit down, and fill it out all while avoiding paper cuts. THEN stuff all four pages into another envelope, sign it and take it to the mailbox down the street. Good thing I didn't need postage or I wouldn't know what to do. Voting is such hard work in CA.

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My voting ordeal in California [View all] RandySF Oct 2014 OP

It can be harder for the transient and the homeless and anyone who moved and doesn't have great docs NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

This is all in jest, btw. RandySF Oct 2014 #3

Another possible part of the ordeal. . . Stargleamer Oct 2014 #2

The nice thing about paper ballots RandySF Oct 2014 #5

Well, voting really sucks in WA state... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #4

And they send those huge pamphlets out that have to be read and then recycled, how agonizing. freshwest Oct 2014 #12

On the contrary............ Capt.Rocky300 Oct 2014 #14

Oh you poor thing......here, sit a spell dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #6

Out here in the hinterlands we have to provide our own stamps. TWO. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #7

Postage on a ballot feels like a poll tax to me. RandySF Oct 2014 #9

It's less than I'd spend on gas going to my polling place. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #10

In CA, you can drop off the completed ballot for free Retrograde Oct 2014 #16

I used lots of stamps shenmue Oct 2014 #8

USPS will now flag it as a potential letter bomb...and blow it up SoCalDem Oct 2014 #18

I live in Minnesota. Jenoch Oct 2014 #11

The problem with voting by mail is ... aggiesal Oct 2014 #13

No choice here... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #15

Anyone in WA can go online and see when their ballot has been accepted. pnwmom Oct 2014 #20

Californian here...we have to put a stamp on the envelope cally Oct 2014 #17

The propositions are a real dilemma this election SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2014 #19

I voted yes on 1 and 2. RandySF Oct 2014 #21