Blogs Oct 31, 2012 at 3:19 pm

Where's Your Ballot?

Paul Constant
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It took forever for them to verify my signature too. I wondered if they didn't have many people doing it.
originalcinner on October 31, 2012 at 3:28 PM Report this
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"I never sign the same signature twice"

Explain why.

stinkbug on October 31, 2012 at 3:28 PM Report this
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I checked for myself and my 3 other immediate family members. All 4 of us are signature verified, officially voted people. Yay.
SeattleKim on October 31, 2012 at 3:28 PM Report this
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@2 My signature is a scribble with maybe three or four actual letters in it. I sign maybe two or three documents a month; certainly not enough to have a practiced, consistent signature.
Ruke on October 31, 2012 at 3:38 PM Report this
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my wife and i voted, returned it to the downtown ballot box yesterday, but they havent marked it as received yet. ill be patient. for now.
diminished on October 31, 2012 at 3:40 PM Report this
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It's a really good question actually, since I filled out my change of address form and then never got my ballot. >:(
Foghorn Leghorn on October 31, 2012 at 3:46 PM Report this
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I feel discriminated against as an over 30 Canadian who can't vote but pretends to anyways. My cat, my teddy bear and my self will all vote on the 6th... I know who I'm voting for but the other two are undecided. This thing could go either way! It's THAT close. Voter fraud is definitely a concern...
ArtBasketSara on October 31, 2012 at 3:49 PM Report this
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I really like that option one has so many votes, and option five has none.
LMcGuff on October 31, 2012 at 3:50 PM Report this
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Um, option four has no votes. Good thing I'm not counting ballots.
LMcGuff on October 31, 2012 at 3:50 PM Report this
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I put mine in the mailbox on Saturday night after collections, and my signature is already verified. YAY!
TheMisanthrope on October 31, 2012 at 3:54 PM Report this
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...alright, who am I kidding...my cat is totally voting for Romney.
ArtBasketSara on October 31, 2012 at 3:55 PM Report this
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@2: My handwriting is awful and highly inconsistent.
Paul Constant on October 31, 2012 at 4:02 PM Report this
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@11 tell your cat that the Republican celebration for world supremacy will stock extra tuna in its honour.

As for the poll I can't vote in the US because I'm not a citizen of the US (I live elsewhere... here... and the next election is in 2 years but if you want to know I will be voting for the Leftwing party aswell as the Pirate Party)
JensR on October 31, 2012 at 4:02 PM Report this
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When I lived in King County, I received notice that my signature could not be verified every. damn. election. Every time I had to re-sign a new form with a photocopy of my ID. Eventually I changed my elections "signature" to my name in print because that's more consistent.

My signature isn't even that bad. It seems to work for credit card receipts. I chalked it up to voting early; they have more time to overly scrutinize signatures before the flood of ballots are returned.
Mattini on October 31, 2012 at 4:13 PM Report this
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@6,

Contact the county and ask if you can get a provisional ballot.

@14,

Unless you have a really thorough merchant who checks every receipt against the card, no one cares about the signature on credit card receipts. I've forgotten to sign them completely, and nothing happened.
keshmeshi on October 31, 2012 at 4:23 PM Report this
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Yes!
gloomy gus on October 31, 2012 at 4:29 PM Report this
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This is the first Slog poll ever that has had an option that acucrately reflects my nuanced and individual stake in the issue ('I haven't mailed my ballot yet.')
Zebes on October 31, 2012 at 4:37 PM Report this
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@6 Print your ballot out! kingcounty.everyonecounts.com
care bear on October 31, 2012 at 5:05 PM Report this
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My cat hates rules and being told what to do. She's voting Libertarian. I'm expecting her signature to be rejected, what with her lack of opposable thumbs, it's all over the place.
originalcinner on October 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM Report this
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I don't put it in the mail. I drop it off. I don't want it to get lost in the mail.
idaho on October 31, 2012 at 6:39 PM Report this
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You can check your ballot status in Pierce County too. Here's the link. Click "my vote".
http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ouro…
tacomagirl on October 31, 2012 at 7:10 PM Report this
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Thank you for including a Canadian ... option, even if I ... uh ... lied. I'm a few multiples of 15, but figured you wouldn't really deny me a vote - well, at least not in a (super-binding) SLOG poll!
Helenka (also a Canuck) on October 31, 2012 at 8:45 PM Report this
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i just FAXED my ballot from Mexico at about 2pm central time...nothing in the records yet and I am crossing my fingers.
jessicar r. on October 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM Report this
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Not voting is not always the sign of fecal jetsam. I do not care to enter such an arena of dishonesty and hypocrisy. Call it being with principles, not being a turd.
on October 31, 2012 at 10:20 PM Report this
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Mailed Monday, but not showing as received yet.
Amy Kate Horn on November 1, 2012 at 12:37 AM Report this
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My three cats have all voted for Obama. They dislike screaming and realize if Mitt the Git managed to buy and lie his way into the White House there will be consistent screaming for the next four years in my house. Plus, of course, the dog-on-the-car-roof thing. While they admire The Git for such beautiful dog cruelty, they are also smart enough to know if they guy will do that to a dog, he will declare war on cats.
Bugnroolet on November 1, 2012 at 7:42 AM Report this
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I have worried about this! What if I signed my card voting for Clinton? So young, so different.
seattlejenny on November 1, 2012 at 10:28 AM Report this
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Does anyone know how often the ballots that are deposited in drop boxes like the ones in downtown or Ballard are picked up? I thought I'd do that since it seems a little more direct, right? (And I'm out of stamps at the moment.)
MacBastard on November 1, 2012 at 11:01 AM Report this
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Mailed last week, verified 4 days later.
very bad homo on November 1, 2012 at 12:36 PM Report this
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As someone who is living abroad, it is pretty nifty that I could check this. They got it! I have to give a lot of credit to the state of Washington for making things so stream-lined.
on November 1, 2012 at 12:56 PM Report this
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Do check on your ballot, and mail your ballot early or use a drop box. For the primary election, I dropped my ballot off at the post office on the day of the election (about 30 minutes before closing), and they didn't postmark it until the next day, thus disenfranchising me.
on November 1, 2012 at 10:43 PM Report this

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