Kevin Standlee Has Voted

[kevin_standlee]

I am not officially no longer a target for political advertising in this cycle, for it would do no good at all. After lunch today, Cheryl and I walked over to the post office where I mailed my ballot that I finished filling out yesterday after puzzling over the local candidates for a while. (I'd made up my mind about the federal and state offices and the propositions earlier.)

I was concerned that the envelope weighed more than one ounce, and thus carried some extra stamps with me. Sure enough, the postal scale at the office said it weighed 1.1 ounces, so I put an supplemental-rate postage stamp on it before mailing. I certainly hope the post office isn't bouncing ballots back to senders for insufficient postage. Think of the scandal that would cause!

Comments

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

A recent news story at SFGate.com explained that the post office and the elections offices have a deal so that ballots are not returned for extra postage, to ensure that doesn't happen.

[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

My vote was sent today, also. I put an extra stamp on it to prevent it from coming back to me. I had no problem with any of the judges, so that was an easy choice. It was one of the state constitutional amendments that had me wondering for a minute of two.

[k6rfm.livejournal.com]

Here in Santa Clara County the instructions in the package made it very clear that two-ounce postage was required to mail the ballot back. We've also both checked on the web site to confirm our ballots have been received.