Comments on: Los Angeles Voting Fiascos & Urgent Questions http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/ An Echo Park Yahoo's place for thoughts on life and the web Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:05:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: max http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-69265 max Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:41:48 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/#comment-69265 i'm planning on making the trek tomorrow, so i'm definitely interested in seeing what happens, and best of luck! i’m planning on making the trek tomorrow, so i’m definitely interested in seeing what happens, and best of luck!

]]> By: greg http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-69252 greg Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:03:35 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/#comment-69252 It should not be this difficult to vote in the modern era. It should not be this difficult to vote in the modern era.

]]> By: jonathan http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-69251 jonathan Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:53:08 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2008/11/los-angeles-voting-fiascos-urgent-questions/#comment-69251 Yikes, what a pain in the ass! I'm at an Obama rally in Vegas, and was just discussing with a campaign staffer how ridiculous it is that they need this much manpower just to get people to vote. Given how broken the system is in LA county, which I figure is on the more advanced end of the spectrum nationwide, it is sadly not a big surprise getting out the vote is such a huge challenge. I too experienced issues with my LA county absentee ballot, though not nearly as painful as yours. My first request went through, but took 10 days to be processed. So, the ballot arrived Thursday, once I had already left town. Having it FedExed to my hotel in Vegas seemed like a better alternative to trekking all the way out to Norwalk (really, Norwalk?!) before I left. Good luck! Yikes, what a pain in the ass! I’m at an Obama rally in Vegas, and was just discussing with a campaign staffer how ridiculous it is that they need this much manpower just to get people to vote. Given how broken the system is in LA county, which I figure is on the more advanced end of the spectrum nationwide, it is sadly not a big surprise getting out the vote is such a huge challenge.

I too experienced issues with my LA county absentee ballot, though not nearly as painful as yours. My first request went through, but took 10 days to be processed. So, the ballot arrived Thursday, once I had already left town. Having it FedExed to my hotel in Vegas seemed like a better alternative to trekking all the way out to Norwalk (really, Norwalk?!) before I left.

Good luck!

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