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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / November 2006Otp Please go vote,,,,
I want to thank all the people in this newsgroup for leaving politics out of this newsgroup where support for people with the problems that go along with arthritis are what is important here. I also want you to know that you do not have to be told that you have been prayed for today to know that God hears the prayers said from this newsgroup by people who really do care about you. Harv In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. The major benefit of this, in my eyes, is that the sooner you return your ballot, the sooner the political phone calls and mailings stop. If that only worked for TV ads, life would be grand.:) I returned my ballot 2 weeks ago. Kelly C. > I want to thank all the people in this newsgroup for leaving politics > out of this newsgroup where support for people with the problems that go [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Harv > In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. California expects 50% voting will be via absentee ballot. Mary and I are permanently registered for absentee ballots. > The major benefit of this, in my eyes, is that the sooner you return > your ballot, the sooner the political phone calls and mailings stop. That means the political parties, PAC's and other interested groups monitor the return of ballots to remove names? > If that only worked for TV ads, life would be grand.:) What's TV? <g> The past 3 or 4 months I haven't viewed anything except PBS Saturday evenings we aren't attending a square dance and can't watch Lawrence Welk re-runs. ... Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get. >In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. Where I live in Washington, we do also. I voted last week :-) >The major benefit of this, in my eyes, is that the sooner you return >your ballot, the sooner the political phone calls and mailings stop. Not true here....I LOVE caller ID :) >If that only worked for TV ads, life would be grand.:) I am SO looking forward to not having to look at the ads anymore. I used the mute switch on the remote so that I didn't have to listen to them, but even seeing them on the TV got so annoying! Carole > In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. I wish we could here -but we voted absentee for this election. In our sparsely populated county, the turnouts for primaries are so small we figure we owe it to the election wokers to show up in person if we are able! The major benefit of this, > in my eyes, is that the sooner you return your ballot, the sooner the > political phone calls and mailings stop. If that only worked for TV ads, > life would be grand.:) how do they know to stop bugging you? We were lucky - for some reason we got NO political phone calls at our place. One person we know swore she absolutely would NOT vote for the person supported by the first call she got this season and it turned out to be for someone she never would consider voting for anyway! As for the TV, thank goodness for many satellite channels, even on the basic plan and for that remote....... > I returned my ballot 2 weeks ago. That's when we voted absentee. It's made it more fun to talk back at the TV ads. LOL  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann Bell wrote in reply to Kelly: >> In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. > > I wish we could here -but we voted absentee for this election. In our > sparsely populated county, the turnouts for primaries are so small we > figure we owe it to the election wokers to show up in person if we > are able! Mary and I receive absentee ballots, fill them in within the week of the election, then she drops them off at our polling place. She gets to talk to the election workers - one is from our condo complex and sits on the HOA board with Mary. >> The major benefit of this, >> in my eyes, is that the sooner you return your ballot, the sooner the >> political phone calls and mailings stop. If that only worked for TV ads, >> life would be grand.:) > how do they know to stop bugging you? That's what I would like to know. > We were lucky - for some reason we got NO political phone calls > at our place. Mary received at least half a dozen a day on her line. The days she's at work I would pick up the receiver and slam it back down. I received not 1 single call on my line. > One person we know swore she absolutely would NOT vote > for the person supported by the first call she got this season > and it turned out to be for someone she never would consider > voting for anyway! I did that with the litter bugs who strewed their signs along our streets and posted them on school and park fences. If more than 1 candidate for an office did that, I left the space for that office blank - and there were quite a few. And we will be seeing those signs for weeks after today. I believe the county and the cities should send "rent" bills to every candidate who posts on public property. ... Due to budget constraints, the light at the end of the tunnel is off. The candidates and PACs get daily updates from the county of who has returned their ballots, then they're taken off the call and knock lists.:) It's a great system, and a great incentive to get those ballots returned early. Kelly C. >> In Oregon we vote exclusively by mail-in ballot. > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > TV > ads. LOL > The candidates and PACs get daily updates from the county of who has > returned their ballots, then they're taken off the call and knock lists.:) > > It's a great system, and a great incentive to get those ballots returned > early. I would think so! It would definitely get us returning our ballots IMMEDIATELY! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > I would think so! It would definitely get us returning our ballots > IMMEDIATELY! I think that happens here as well. I did get one call but it was the day after I'd mailed my ballot, so I'm sure it hadn't been received and recorded yet. But that was the only call I got. Other friends who returned their ballots later than I did got a number of calls. This was the first time I voted by mail. But next year I'll be sure to return the ballot straight away! :-)) Carole my son and i both voted by absentee ballot last week. i've been voting by mail for well over 15 years. i understand that over half of this state votes by mail. and i heard they are considering vote by mail for our whole state. personally, i think it's a great idea. kate (remembering when i used to man the polls, with friends, one day out of each year for almost 20 consecutive years. sometimes that meant from dawn til almost midnight occassionally and it was exhausting whenever that happened.) I want to thank all the people in this newsgroup for leaving politics out of this newsgroup where support for people with the problems that go along with arthritis are what is important here. I also want you to know that you do not have to be told that you have been prayed for today to know that God hears the prayers said from this newsgroup by people who really do care about you. Harv Harv, I didn't want the wonderful sentiments in your post to get lost in the voting issue. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the caring message you sent. I know I need to be reminded from time to time that prayers aren't just given when specifically asked for, and that this group is full of really good humans. Hugs, Ginnie >^..^< ________________________________ > I want to thank all the people in this newsgroup for leaving politics out > of this newsgroup where support for people with the problems that go along [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Harv |
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