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| Signs of a mixed marriage in the Glenn Precinct in North Central Phoenix |
Things started out rough: a troublesome overnight email exchange
with a lady in LD 24 who is on the Permanent Early Voter List. Her ballot came in the mail; she filled in the
blanks, signed and dated it on the outside of the envelope, and then mailed it.
The trouble is, a day later it was back in her mailbox,
having been returned to her by USPS instead of being sent to the County
Elections Office. When she went to the
Post Office to inquire as to why, there was no explanation other than to say that
it had happened to quite a few others, that hers would be included with them
and delivery would be attempted again.
Is she alone in thinking that this is some sort of voter suppression? That’s 1 vote for our side.
On a brighter note, a gym buddy who had planted an
Obama/Biden yard sign at his home in North Phoenix said that because of me he
has volunteered to be a poll-watcher on E-Day.
That’s 2 votes –his and his wife’s—for our side.
Florida's gain is Arizona's loss. I spoke to a young woman in Tempe who said that yes, she's happy to help Get Out The Vote. So happy, as a matter of fact, that's she's going to Orlando to do it. I couldn't compete with her sister, who's a Regional Field Director for Organize For America, the nation-wide Obama campaign.
The final highlight of the day involved a grandmother in
Mesa who wanted to make sure that her grandson who is a student at NAU received
his early mail-in ballot. I checked and
found him on the Permanent Early Voter List, which re-assured her somewhat, but
then I called the student’s mom, asked her to have him check his PO Box at
school. As a backup, I sent her the list of places in
our county where he can come to vote early during the pre-election week if he cannot find his mail-in ballot. Whew!
That’s 3 votes for our side.
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