Every election amazes me. When they say most Americans by a large percentage dont think politicians are doing a good job we have been granted with a system where we dont have to have revolutions like the rest of the world. All an American has to do is get informed, then go vote, unfortunately they dont even have to get informed which is what really has made a mess so I add the get informed part.. Yet the same people get elected over and over because Americans are too disengaged to even do something so simple as get informed and vote. In fact most of you will make fun of people who choose to get informed, attempt to share and encourage you to vote. Would have thought that those who at least requested early ballots may be a little engaged but Vera just shared the following stats that indicate not even they are paying attention. This is exactly what allows special interest to control elections as they dont need many votes to control when most dont vote. As of Friday there were a total of 944,021 early ballots that had been requested, and or those 916,583 were deliverable. Of those that were deliverable only 330,160 (36%) ballots have been returned so far. Out of the 330,160 ballots that have been returned so far only 206,369 ballots are Republican. That means that there are still 316,641 or (60.5%) Republican early ballots that are out there to be returned. If you received an early ballot it is to late to mail them so please make sure you have signed your ballot, dated it and then you can drop off at any polling place on Tuesday. If you received an early ballot and go to the polls without your early ballot you will have to fill out a provisional ballot to vote. So it will be easier if you take the ballot you received and drop it off. You can check your polling place at the link below or if you happen to go to the wrong place your correct location will show up on the new system and you will be directed to the correct polling location. Secretary of State web site: https://voter.azsos.gov/VoterView/Home.do
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:16:34 +0000