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October 29, 2004

Elections and voter registration

It's only 4 days before election time, and it can't get here soon enough.

Kyle and I have finally gotten the last pieces put in place in the studio for election night. We put in all new cabling and a new phone block. We're using our new 24-port switches that arrived this week to ensure that there will be no networking issues, in addition to putting two new laptops immediately to work entering election data.

Tests have been run. Graphics are in place. Phones are ringing. PCs are networked and ready for action. All we need are the people to use the equipment and the voters to make their choice. We're ready to go. I don't think that we can get any more prepared than what we are.

On an interesting note regarding elections, I checked out the Board of Elections Web site last Thursday only to discover that my voter registration didn't change when I updated my drivers license last year. I'm still registered to vote in Frankfort. What's really odd is that Amanda and I went to get our licenses done on the same day at the same time. I got mine done first, she followed after me. She's registered to vote in Jefferson County, and I'm not.

I sent an e-mail to the Board of Elections and got a phone call back within 10 minutes. It was a lady by the name of Susan, who appoligized for the oversight and explained what I could do to get myself registered. It seems that I will need to go to the Board of Elections on November 2nd and plead my case with some panel to get my right to vote in Jefferson County. If they deny it, I can appeal the decision with a judge.

The downside to all of this is that I'm going to be extremely busy all day on the 2nd. I've done enough of these elections to know that free time isn't something that comes in mass quantities on election days. So, I find out that I have to find time to make it down to the BoE sometime during this day and make my case. When am I going to find time to do this? Will this even be something that I will be able to do considering how important our election coverage is here at the station?

I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm going to have to make a difficult choice. I've never missed an opportunity to vote. I've always been a big believer that every single vote counts, and that only fools throw that opportunity away. However, given the cirumstances of this fucked up event, I may have to opt out of voting in the election this year unless something major happens that allows me the free time to head down to the BoE and spend a few hours waiting to make my case.

Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.

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Posted by ed at October 29, 2004 03:09 PM

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