Oregon Voting Information Error
Oregon may well be the friendliest, sexiest place to vote in the nation. In how many other places can you sit, dressed or not, in the privacy of your own home and decide the fate of our country?
My adopted state has a mail-in voting system. Say what you want about voter fraud, it’s really convenient. I don’t have to stand in line, show a voter’s registration card, or talk to exit pollsters.
The ballot just appears in your mailbox. After filling it out, I can drop it by the post office or a ballot drop off point in my own good time. In order to receive this service, all you have to do is get a Oregon drivers license, and we’ll give one of those to just about anyone. You don’t even have to prove that you’re a U.S. citizen! I told you we were friendly.
Now, Oregon is leading the way in taking the stress out of even this task. I got my Voter’s Pamphlet in the mail yesterday. On the inside of the front cover, is a letter from our beloved Democrat Secretary Of State, Bill Bradbury. Toward the bottom of the letter, he encourages those who need a hand and desire to speak to a professional, to call 800-ORE-VOTE.
This number directs you to another number where you can experience “an exciting new way to go one on one with hot girls.” See, it is a sexy place to vote!
Even though the pamphlet just arrived in the mail, a flurry of protest from gay men and straight women has prompted Bradbury to swiftly change the number to 866-ORE-VOTE. There you can actually get boring help with your vexing voting questions.
Fortunately, the 800 number is still valid. So those of us, straight men and lesbian women, who need a little relief from the stress of mail-in voting, can still make that call.
I know which number Humor-Blogs.com will be using. Photo may be clicked to embiggen.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Eileen // Apr 30, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thanks, I would have never even noticed.
I am going to bring the Voter’s pamphlet to work tomorrow, and see if I can get one of my co-workers to call the number.
The problems (potential fraud) that you mention, are related to the registration process, and not the idea that we can vote by mail.
I really love this system, and would be really depressed if it goes away (I am sure my voting record would go down significantly.)
One more negative to add to my list of Reasons to (or not to) move to Texas.
My employer wants me to move to Texas, my choice is to move, or lose my job :-(.
I didn’t even think about the whole voting thing, as I was making my list of negatives and positives.
Thank you for making me think about this.
2 Chris C // Apr 30, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Wow a Dem making gay men and straight women mad? Someone didn’t complete their DNC training program I see.
3 Fiar // Apr 30, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I can confirm that the 800 number led to a chat line.
What? Don’t you judge me like that!
4 Les James // Apr 30, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Eileen - I’ve lived in Texas. Take the un-employment check. And I wasn’t pointing out problems. I thought that I was being very postitive. I’m sitting here naked right now. Just like I will when I vote. This system is great.
Chris -Hope that visual haunts your dreams.
Fiar - How long did it take you to check out that number, the line was busy for over an hour!
5 Les James // Apr 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Eileen - You’re not working for a cell phone company in the Central Oregon area that’s being bought up are you?
6 Alex L // May 1, 2008 at 12:02 am
We have compulsory voting in Australia, and well our voting isnt nearly as sexy as yours… Democracy by force is a beautiful thing.
7 Eileen // May 2, 2008 at 1:45 am
No Les,
I work for HP, in Corvallis Oregon.
After the more recent announcement, and the number of people who instead of being asked to move, are just being eliminated, I should feel lucky (or maybe not).
I think I need to work on my Resume and get it out on Dice.
You were being positive related to the ease and comfort of voting. You did not suggest that we eliminate the vote by mail. I am just way to used to hearing that argument come right after the one about it being too easy for illegal aliens to register to vote.
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