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November 07, 2007
Voted
Voting in Oregon is so weird. Normally you get a ballot in the mail a few weeks before election day, you fill it out on your own time, and then you mail it back when you feel like it. Just so it gets to election headquarters by the official voting Tuesday, you're good.
I have not yet voted weeks or even days out. What if a candidate dies? What if new facts emerge? I want my vote to be based on the most accurate information available as of close of polls on election day.
This year I cut it particularly close. Ballots are not forwarded, so if you move you need to tell the election office if you want a chance to vote. Only Ben and I never got around to doing that. I kept telling myself we needed to, and then suddenly it was 7 p.m. on voting day and the polls closed in an hour. So we headed over to election headquarters, filled out a change of address form, waited for a new ballot to print out, and submitted our inked choices. Everything went very smoothly, and we were in and out in 15 minutes.
I've still never missed an election, and I've still always voted on election day. Yay democracy.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at November 7, 2007 07:44 AM
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Dad and I voted here in Virginia too.
Posted by: Mom at November 7, 2007 06:06 PM