I just finished checking on the Cook County voter registration website and my name is listed. I also called their voice mail system which also confirmed my registration. I printed out my registration from the website and I will take it with me.
The reason I am going to all this trouble is two years ago, when I last voted, I receieved a provisional ballot. This was because when they looked me up in the voter registration they could not find my name. Then they looked in a "special" book and found my name listed there. No explanation was given.
It allowed me to vote, but then my ballot was placed in a sealed envelope which they asked me to sign across the seal. I did some investigation afterwards and it turns out that this was a result of the "Help America Vote Act." Like many laws passed under this administration, it does the exact opposite of what the title says. It allowed contested registrants to vote, but the ballots would only be opened and counted in the event of a close contest. In other words, I was permitted to vote, but it was never counted.
So this time, I have checked and double-checked my registration and I will be dammned if I will be given another provisional ballot. My vote will be counted this time.
Who thinks I will get my vote counted this time?
The reason I am going to all this trouble is two years ago, when I last voted, I receieved a provisional ballot. This was because when they looked me up in the voter registration they could not find my name. Then they looked in a "special" book and found my name listed there. No explanation was given.
It allowed me to vote, but then my ballot was placed in a sealed envelope which they asked me to sign across the seal. I did some investigation afterwards and it turns out that this was a result of the "Help America Vote Act." Like many laws passed under this administration, it does the exact opposite of what the title says. It allowed contested registrants to vote, but the ballots would only be opened and counted in the event of a close contest. In other words, I was permitted to vote, but it was never counted.
So this time, I have checked and double-checked my registration and I will be dammned if I will be given another provisional ballot. My vote will be counted this time.
Who thinks I will get my vote counted this time?