On Thursday, October 9, 2008, the three of us received our ‘Official Election — Balloting Material’ from the ‘Registrar of Voters — County of Santa Clara’. Included in the envelopes were the ‘Vote by Mail Instructions’ with a detachable sticker showing the American flag to the left of the words of ‘I Voted’ and the two cards with its own numbered ballot stub , which ‘shall be removed and retained by the voter’.
As mentioned in my previous blog somewhere via WordPress.com, I didn’t get a ‘receipt’ when I voted in person and used that ‘Diebold’ electronic voting machine. By being a ‘Permanent Vote by Mail’ voter, I could avoid wasting gasoline, waiting in long lines and get my damn receipt!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And she flat-out said to me, “I can’t vote for that black boy.” (Per CNN Newsroom transcript on ‘Race and Presidential Election‘).
Anyway, I voted on the candidates for President and Vice President, State Senator, Member of the State Assembly, ‘School’ and ‘County’ sections. Although I was affiliated with another party, this time I voted on the other party based on recent presentations about the shady past and associations of one candidate. Some ‘old souls’ are adamant that he is wrong for this high level of office. That’s all I’m going to add for now.
There were measures for high-speed train, standards for confining animals, children’s hospital, waiting period and parental notification prior to abortions, drug, police and law enforcement, victims’ rights and the environmental issues of renewable energy, alternative fuel vehicles, and veteran’s bond. I voted ‘No’ on most of these measures because that would mean higher PROPERTY TAXES as one form of paying for these HUNGRY BONDS!
We signed and dated the outside of the blue envelop on that same day. It is funny how the opening of the envelope is located on the bottom. I wonder if the glue sealing the envelope would come undone during processing in the mail system and the contents of the balloting material would come out as a result.
On the following day, Friday, October 10, 2008, we delivered out voted ballots directly to the inside box of the ‘Registrar of Voters’ Office’. At the same time, the three of us switched parties. Our views for the longest time have been opposite to the ‘Demon-crats’. We didn’t realize that belonging to this political party wasn’t conservative.
This means filling out a new registration form each a person changes political party. We inquired with a Latino lady, who softly explained and highlighted the areas to fill out. We sat out on the long white table and hurriedly filled out the form because someone needed to use the bathroom.
After finishing, an Asian lady explained (very loudly, of course) that being a ‘non-partisan’ or ‘non-affiliated’ is not the same as ‘American Independent Party’. One should choose ‘Decline to State’ instead. We submitted our corrected forms by crossing out and initialing the errors to her.
Now (hopefully) noone should be sending us those stupid, emergency or urgent fund raising materials by regular mail or visiting us at our door for any stupid donations. For heaven’s sake, these presidential candidates are rich! And they (or anyone running for office) shouldn’t be asking for money in the first place if they cannot afford to run for the sought after seat of office.
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