All these people* can go screw themselves

[conuly]

because they're determined to screw the rest of us over even more.

* Except those who are genuinely facing structural difficulties in voting.

Comments

[jtthomas]

Structural difficulty on my part: can’t drive, am two hours from “home”, and “home” is in such a small town that the address to send absentee ballot info to isn’t available online no matter how hard I look. Also, am queer in Massachusetts so if anyone should currently worry about specifics it’s me and those like me. Last I heard, there was a 50/50 chance trans rights would be lost.

Wishing I could vote, but alas.

[conuly]

Those structural issues aren't by accident, and they completely suck.

[julian]

So, this is going to sound weird, and I totally get that you might not want to do this, and/or don't have time. (Actually, it seems much more likely you just don't have time, given as you're in school, which is totally reasonable.)

But, depending on where in MA you *are*, and where you have to get to, I'd maybe be able to give you a ride? I live in Easton, but I was planning on hooking up with Democrats to drive folks to the polls anyway. This would just involve... more driving. My main time constraint is that I have to be in Brockton by I think 4pm for an Election Protection shift.

If you don't want to spend that amount of time in a car with a random stranger, I totally get that.

[jtthomas]

I greatly appreciate the offer, but I’m unable to accept for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is being in tech rehearsal for theatre at current. That’s twelve hour days, day after day, final rehearsal Tuesday .

Wish I could accept.

[julian]

Ah. Yeah, the end run up to performance is packed. Glad Siderea found the solution, and have a good performance (and/or break a leg, depending on the your superstitions).

[siderea]

Please ask for help? Like, these may be solveable problems, for someone else. Like, if you have the absentee ballot, and all you need is the address to send it to, and it's not on the web, I'm happy to make a phone call to find it out. ETA: tripped over the universal Massachusetts answer:

Board of Registration or Election Commission
City or Town Hall
[Your town name here], MA [your town zip here]

(Thanks, Secretary Galvin!)

If you don't have the ballot, I believe it's too late to get one now. You'd have to vote in person. But that might have other solutions. ETA: I was wrong! "Absentee ballot applications must be received by your local election office by 12 p.m. on the day before the election". You'd have to get it there by Monday noon. I wonder if they have a fax machine. Do you have a scanner? "Applications may be submitted in person, by mail, fax, or by e-mail; however, the local election official must be able to view the signature of the person requesting the ballot. If the application is being submitted by e-mail, a scanned copy of the request must be submitted."

ETA3: Also, FYI: How to contact the election officials for every municipality in MA. The absentee voting rules.

[jtthomas]

Thank you! This explains a lot: my town apparently doesn’t even have an election commission to send the application to. I have to hope the address given is correct, though, because my town has at least three so-called town halls and each is entirely separate.

I’ll try to email it today, thanks. I have a scanner and a teeny bit of free time.

Thank you!

[julian]

I heart you.