whoa, that was fast
Oct. 6th, 2020 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
laconiaYesterday was the first day on which vote-by-mail ballots could be mailed to California voters.
We received postcards asking us to confirm our address and our intention to vote by mail in mid-September; then we received a postcard informing us of the vote-by-mail process a week later; sometime in September we received the voter information guide. I'm not sure how long it usually takes for us to receive our actual ballots. I've been a little nervous about this particular election, for reasons that I won't expand on at this juncture, so I was kind of wondering how long we'd have to wait.
I just got the usual email from USPS letting me know that I have mail and packages arriving today, and today's notice--unlike usual--doesn't include pictures of junk mail that I'd rather not receive in the first place. Instead, it has three glorious pictures of our vote-by-mail ballots.
Our mail carrier usually serves our neighborhood in late afternoon, so tonight I'll take a stroll to the mailbox and pick up our ballots. I probably won't finish all the necessary research before the end of the week, because dear lord were there a lot of propositions on the California ballot!, but hopefully we'll be able to vote this weekend and return our ballots on Monday.
I'm really impressed with USPS. Like, in general, but especially at the moment because the volume of election mail this year is going to be epic.
We received postcards asking us to confirm our address and our intention to vote by mail in mid-September; then we received a postcard informing us of the vote-by-mail process a week later; sometime in September we received the voter information guide. I'm not sure how long it usually takes for us to receive our actual ballots. I've been a little nervous about this particular election, for reasons that I won't expand on at this juncture, so I was kind of wondering how long we'd have to wait.
I just got the usual email from USPS letting me know that I have mail and packages arriving today, and today's notice--unlike usual--doesn't include pictures of junk mail that I'd rather not receive in the first place. Instead, it has three glorious pictures of our vote-by-mail ballots.
Our mail carrier usually serves our neighborhood in late afternoon, so tonight I'll take a stroll to the mailbox and pick up our ballots. I probably won't finish all the necessary research before the end of the week, because dear lord were there a lot of propositions on the California ballot!, but hopefully we'll be able to vote this weekend and return our ballots on Monday.
I'm really impressed with USPS. Like, in general, but especially at the moment because the volume of election mail this year is going to be epic.
