I Voted Absentee - How About You?
By: Shawn
Published On: 10/12/2008 4:20:27 PM
On Monday, September 22nd, I was delighted to become the first person in Fredericksburg to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden for President and Vice-President of the United States of America, Mark Warner for Member of the United States Senate for Virginia, and Bill S. Day, Jr. for Member of the House of Representatives for the 1st District of Virginia.
The process itself took less than 15 minutes. After requesting the ability to vote via absentee ballot, I was asked to provide identification and to fill out an Absentee Ballot Application. Once the registrar had reviewed the documentation, and checked it versus the voter rolls, I was directed to an area where two temporary polling stations had been setup. I was then given the white ballot pictured below along with an envelope. After filling in the appropriate boxes I put the ballot into the envelope and was directed to put it into a labeled container. When I inquired how many other people had voted I was told that I was the first to vote!!!
Fredericksburg is fortunate to have Juanita D. Pitchford as our Voter Registrar/General Registrar. She and her staff can be found in Room 101 of City Hall at 715 Princess Anne Street. Click this link for the Virginia State Board of Elections website with more information on absentee voting.
cross posted on VirginiaDem
Comments
I voted, too! (Cliff Garstang - 10/12/2008 6:33:58 PM)
Last Wednesday morning, after observing the testing and sealing of the Augusta County voting machines on behalf of DPVA, I, too, voted absentee. I wasn't the first, though. Our system allows in-person absentee voting on the touch-screen machines, and about 200 people beat me to it.
I was pleased to vote for Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Mark Warner, and Sam Rasoul (6th District).
I voted last week. (Lowell - 10/12/2008 6:58:07 PM)
Tough choices, but somehow I figured out who to vote for. :)
I voted on Friday in Loudoun (acluka - 10/13/2008 9:30:51 AM)
they said they have been very busy, and it is only going to get worse. They have two people currently dedicated to early voting,a nd it will likely increase this week.
My vote: Obama/Warner/Feder
I voted about 2 weeks ago at the Fairfax Gov Center (Used2Bneutral - 10/13/2008 10:39:50 AM)
it was somewhat crowded and busy.... but the line moved fast and the optical readers worked very well..... they said they had never had such a busy time for new registrations and early voting....
I figure like a lot of you I will be very busy on election day....
I voted absentee last Friday. (hallcr3 - 10/13/2008 9:52:45 AM)
But I'm not telling for who. That's between me and Democracy... :)