# I Have My Absentee Ballot for the November Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452 "2008-09-27T07:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/21 "2008-09-28T19:54:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > He’d best be able to pull a handicapped offspring out of his sleeve. Um, Sam, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you pull offspring out of a woman’s hoo hoo, not a sleeve. [chuckle] I guess I should do my due diligence and look these guys up before completing my ballot, but, whoops, I derailed my train of thought mentioning a woman’s hoo hoo. What was I saying? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/22 "2008-09-28T22:28:18Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In your case, I would urge you to go ahead and vote absentee. Why take any chances? You know, you’re absolutely right. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/23 "2008-09-29T05:43:36Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > Um, Sam, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you pull offspring out of a woman’s hoo hoo, not a sleeve. [chuckle] I guess I should do my due diligence and look these guys up before completing my ballot, but, whoops, I derailed my train of thought mentioning a woman’s hoo hoo. What was I saying? Well, THIS may explain why I find myself childless. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/24 "2008-09-29T11:45:42Z")
Got my absentee ballot earlier this week, complete with Obama, McCain, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, some lunkhead from the Nebraska Party\* and assorted others. It looks exactly like the sort of paper ballot you get when you vote in person. **Rant:** I hate those electronic voting systems with a passion. Any voting system which lacks sufficient accountability and auditability is inherently anti-democratic and IMO anti-American. A vote is an incredibly valuable thing; too many people have fought and died for the right to vote to have people disenfranchised (accidentally or deliberately) by a buggy bit of software. \*I don’t _think_ he’s proposing independence for Nebraska but you never can tell with these people. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/25 "2008-09-29T13:00:47Z")
Still waiting for my absentee ballot here. At least 80% of our mail from outside the country never arrives so I think I will end up going to the Embassy for an emergency write-in ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/26 "2008-09-29T20:13:36Z")
Will you be sending your vote by pigeon? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/27 "2008-09-30T03:10:14Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Will you be sending your vote by pigeon? Now there’s an idea! But looking over the rules, it would seem the pigeon would have to be federally qualified. So no, I just went around to the post office and sent it off there regular air mail. That means … Woo Hoo! it’s Done and Dusted! I have voted in the 2008 US pesidential election, and Barack Obama / Joseph Biden now have one vote winging its way to Texas. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/28 "2008-09-30T14:19:49Z")
Too bad that by the time it gets here we’re going to be ruled by talking apes. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/29 "2008-09-30T14:47:53Z")
I know this is too cheap and easy but… “Going to be”? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452/30 "2008-10-01T03:12:43Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Too bad that by the time it gets here we’re going to be ruled by talking apes. Nah, the Thai postal system is really very good. It’ll be there in a couple of weeks. Now, for any Republicans out there, for $5000, I’ll sit and regret my vote for up to 10 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-my-absentee-ballot-for-the-november-election/465452.md?page=1)