two florida ballots
Mom and I cast our absentee ballots last week. Happily we did not encounter any of the issues I’ve heard others have had when voting from abroad, though we did spend a ridiculous amount of money at FedEx. Three trips were necessary. The first to get us registered. The second to have our absentee ballots shipped from Green Cove Springs. The third to submit them to the Clay County Supervisor of Elections. Like I told Mom, though, I need to be able to truthfully tell my grandchildren I voted in this election.
Posted on October 27th, 2008 under Grenada • Tags: election, living abroad, PHOTOS, politics. • 
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October 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Thank you for going to the expense and effort. If there was one election in the last 30 years that many people around the world would like to vote in, this is the one. It is good to know that you take this opportunity seriously.
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October 27th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
@lilalia -
It was our pleasure. It was so very exciting for us to cast ballots in Florida. New York — where I’d been registered previously — will go for Obama no matter what I do. Florida is a different story. Every vote counts, and I’m proud to be one of them.
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