Decisions are made by those who show up.
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 is election day here in California. I do hope all you Californians are getting out the vote today, so as not to waste the $80 million this election is costing California taxpayers.
You can drop your voted absentee ballot (in the completed and SIGNED and sealed) at any precinct tomorrow in the county in which you are registered, or at the Registrar of Voter's office (in the county in which you are registered), from 7 AM to 8 PM. It's too late to mail it in if you haven't already done so. If you live in one county and work in another, you have to deliver your absentee ballot to a precinct in the county in which you are registered.
If you have spoiled your absentee ballot, or decided that you want to vote at the polls instead, be sure to bring your absentee ballot and the envelopes with you: you need to surrender them. If you forget to bring them, you'll have to spend a little time getting set up with a Provisional/Fail Safe ballot. Be sure to bring a couple of forms of ID and a utility bill with you to present to the precinct worker who will be helping you with this.
For those not on absentee status, the Sample Ballot booklet you received several weeks ago has the name and address of your assigned polling place printed on the back cover.
If you registered too late to receive one, you should have received a postcard with that information - be sure to bring it with you, as the folks working there will need the peel-off label stuck to it.
If you've forgotten where you put the Sample Ballot, you can look up your polling place online, at the RoV site:
Sonoma County residents:
http://www.sonoma-county.org/regvoter/index.htm > Polling Place/Sample Ballot Lookup
All others can find a link to their county RoV through the Secretary of State's site:
http://ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_ppl.htm
Remember: If you are eligible to register and chose not to, or did but are choosing not to vote, you abrogate your right to complain. Yes, your right to complain is still covered by the First Amendment, but those of us who did vote ain't gonna listen to ya.
You can drop your voted absentee ballot (in the completed and SIGNED and sealed) at any precinct tomorrow in the county in which you are registered, or at the Registrar of Voter's office (in the county in which you are registered), from 7 AM to 8 PM. It's too late to mail it in if you haven't already done so. If you live in one county and work in another, you have to deliver your absentee ballot to a precinct in the county in which you are registered.
If you have spoiled your absentee ballot, or decided that you want to vote at the polls instead, be sure to bring your absentee ballot and the envelopes with you: you need to surrender them. If you forget to bring them, you'll have to spend a little time getting set up with a Provisional/Fail Safe ballot. Be sure to bring a couple of forms of ID and a utility bill with you to present to the precinct worker who will be helping you with this.
For those not on absentee status, the Sample Ballot booklet you received several weeks ago has the name and address of your assigned polling place printed on the back cover.
If you registered too late to receive one, you should have received a postcard with that information - be sure to bring it with you, as the folks working there will need the peel-off label stuck to it.
If you've forgotten where you put the Sample Ballot, you can look up your polling place online, at the RoV site:
Sonoma County residents:
http://www.sonoma-county.org/regvoter/index.htm > Polling Place/Sample Ballot Lookup
All others can find a link to their county RoV through the Secretary of State's site:
http://ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_ppl.htm
Remember: If you are eligible to register and chose not to, or did but are choosing not to vote, you abrogate your right to complain. Yes, your right to complain is still covered by the First Amendment, but those of us who did vote ain't gonna listen to ya.
posted by Melissa at 8:00 PM
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