I think I'm losing it. Truly, perhaps I'm already gone.
After the administrative hellhole I have lost myself in, I shouldn't be surprised by another blow to my well-organized and excessively Type-A ego. But, alas. The absentee ballot saga continues.
I double-checked on the Michigan website. It says:
That's it!, I thought, and sent an email along to the township clerk, pointing out that, yes, I'm an overseas voter. Her response?
I received a fax copy and I cannot read the information to make sure I have it spelled correctly. There should be no reason that you should not want to verify so we may use this information for identification purposes. I would appreciate the information so I can furnish your request.
Uh... who's Pamela? And what fax?
Maybe I was wrong about the US having less administrative problems than France. Apparently American voter-registration workers are high as kites.
; "Sun River 5K")
; "Catching fish")
You can always just go get a federal absentee write in ballot from the embassy which will let you vote for president
http://www.amb-usa.fr/preleases/absvoting.htm
Genius...
I have sent an email to a mailing list of overseas voters that I am on to see if any of them have ideas on how to deal with this.
Good luck.
Followup:
A friend overseas sent me the following message:
You can contact Margo Miller who is in charge of voting irregularities for the Kerry campaign at margodmiller89@yahoo.co.uk
You can also vote a federal write in ballot available from your consular section and/or contact the Federal Voting Assistance Program at www.fvap.gov
I hope this helps.
sorry to find out your voter registration drama has increased exponentially... hope it works out. i think most people don't realize how inefficient/hellish their own governments are because they've never been an immigrant or on social aid in their own country.