Sensing, perhaps, that I was upset at receiving a provisional ballot, a clerk at the polling place, who happened to be a neighbor, bent the rules and allowed me to vote by machine. That evening I rechecked my mail-in ballot status on a city website and read that I had received a mail-in ballot that was as yet unreturned, or “pending.” Read Full Article »
Philadelphia's Election Follies
On E
lection Day, I entered my local polling place in Philadelphia, expecting to cast my vote for president, when I was informed that because I had received a mail-in ballot I could not vote at the facility. Instead, I would have to fill out a provisional ballot. But I never received a mail-in ballot because, two months prior to the election, I requested that my name—which a housemate had inadvertently added to the mail-in ballot list—be taken off the list. My name was stricken, and I was assured that I would not experience problems voting in person on November 3.
Sensing, perhaps, that I was upset at receiving a provisional ballot, a clerk at the polling place, who happened to be a neighbor, bent the rules and allowed me to vote by machine. That evening I rechecked my mail-in ballot status on a city website and read that I had received a mail-in ballot that was as yet unreturned, or “pending.” Read Full Article »
Sensing, perhaps, that I was upset at receiving a provisional ballot, a clerk at the polling place, who happened to be a neighbor, bent the rules and allowed me to vote by machine. That evening I rechecked my mail-in ballot status on a city website and read that I had received a mail-in ballot that was as yet unreturned, or “pending.” Read Full Article »
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