Nefertiti
01-04-2008, 12:46 PM
I'm flying to Egypt on Tuesday and won't be back in the country until Feb. 19. I called last week to see if I could vote absentee before I leave and was told to just print out the absentee ballot application and bring it in and I asked specifically if I could vote in person and was told I could.
Well, that was not "true." I put "true" in quotes because having researched what the rules really are in Illinois, I learned that what I was told downtown today was a bit suspicious. They told me the ballots weren't ready, but according to this document:
http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/il.pdf
Absentee ballots in Illinois are supposed to be mailed 45 days before a primary, so there should be ballots available.
I explained to them how I had no reliable way to receive the ballot by mail in Egypt, and they offered me no alternatives. However, according to the above document, I can request the ballot be sent to me by email (or fax)! They failed to inform me of this fact.
Anyway, I'm going to request the ballot by email, and if I don't get anything by the end of January, I will be in Cairo then and will go to the embassy and see what I can do from there.
I really regret ever having switched my voter registration from California to Illinois. They are all crooks here!
Well, that was not "true." I put "true" in quotes because having researched what the rules really are in Illinois, I learned that what I was told downtown today was a bit suspicious. They told me the ballots weren't ready, but according to this document:
http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/pdfvag/il.pdf
Absentee ballots in Illinois are supposed to be mailed 45 days before a primary, so there should be ballots available.
I explained to them how I had no reliable way to receive the ballot by mail in Egypt, and they offered me no alternatives. However, according to the above document, I can request the ballot be sent to me by email (or fax)! They failed to inform me of this fact.
Anyway, I'm going to request the ballot by email, and if I don't get anything by the end of January, I will be in Cairo then and will go to the embassy and see what I can do from there.
I really regret ever having switched my voter registration from California to Illinois. They are all crooks here!