I have
been hearing the same things about absentee ballot problems. Five people
(four Republicans and one Democrat) have contacted me with information that they
applied for absentee ballots weeks ago and had still not received them. I
checked with the Commissioner's office and was told that they had no record of
an application from one and that the other four had been sent out, but possibly
not until last weekend. Two of them arrived two days ago and were
returned. The other two had not been received as of last
night.
As
much as I would like to have said that this was a conspiracy by the two
Democratic Commissioners to suppress the Republican vote, I suspect that it is
simply overwork and incompetence. If we ever elect a majority of
Republicans to the City Commission, we could expect a step up in
competence.
You
should let your friends know that due to the large number of new registrations,
the state Bureau of Elections has made some important changes in the election
day procedures to make things flow more smoothly and to accomodate the large
numbers of people who want to vote. For this election, only Republicans
will vote on November 2nd, only Democrats will vote on November 3rd and on
November 4th non-partisans and anyone who had not voted before will vote.
I think it will hurt the Republican chances of taking Pennsylvania as we have to
vote first and the Democrats will then have a pretty good idea of how many votes
they will need to overcome the Repulican vote. We'll see how it
works.
Remember to remind your non-Republican friends that they will vote on
either November 3rd or November 4th.
Sincerely,
Matt
Wolfe
-----Original Message-----Has anyone else applied for an absentee ballot? If so, have you received it yet?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Naomi
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [UC] Absentee Ballots?
A co-worker filed for one close to a month ago (well with in the time frame) and has yet to receive her ballot - which is due back tomorrow. I have heard this story from a number of other people - all registered democrats in Philadelphia. My co-worker's phone calls have resulted in a lot of run-around. One person at the office handling the absentee ballots did tell her that her ballot was sent out Wednesday a week ago and must have been lost in the mail. But would not send out another. The other missing absentee ballots are unexplained.
Before we get to far into the conspiracy theory, I wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing any difficulty in getting their absentee ballots? Or has anyone applied for an absentee ballot and received it with no problems?
Thanks!
Naomi
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