[Grovenet] Reminder to turn in ballots early & other strategies

[Alana Graham]

This is good advice, Katie.  Vote early and
often....well, just vote early.

Another strategy to not be annoyed by political calls
besides voting early is to not answer the phone until
after May 20.  We have a message on our answering
machine that says we screen all calls so leave a
message - or have caller ID on your phone so you can
see if the caller is friend or foe.

I am one of those people calling at election time and
I'd rather not have anyone at all answer the phone
then to talk to someone who is hostile.  People can be
pretty mean...but then some people are very kind!  No
accounting for personalities or attitudes especially
at election time!

Happy May to all and TGIF!!!!!!

Alana

A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.
-   Emily Dickinson, #1333





--- Katie Allnutt <allnutt at verizon.net> wrote:

> Just a friendly reminder since ballots are going out
> in two days.
> When you turn in your ballot the elections office
> makes a note of the  
> fact that it is already in.
> The candidates will often update their phone lists
> every few days  
> with this information from the elections office and
> cross off the  
> people who have already turned in their ballots.
> 
> So, if you turn in your ballot early you have a much
> better chance of  
> getting off the phone lists in just the number of
> days it takes to  
> update the lists.
> 
> This is not a recommendation to vote in haste but if
> you know how the  
> system works you can use that information to decide
> whether you want  
> to mail your ballot sooner rather than later after
> you make up your  
> mind.  (We used to wait to turn ours in until the
> last minute because  
> it felt more like voting at the polling place, but
> now we turn them  
> in a lot earlier.)
> 
> Some of you might miss a phone call from me because
> I'm going to go  
> volunteer to make some of these calls since this is
> an incredibly  
> important election (they are all equally important
> but still some are  
> more 'equal' than others).  But it won't hurt my
> feelings any if your  
> name is not on the list because you turned in your
> ballots already.  
> Everybody has a different limit for how many phones
> calls it takes to  
> make just a few too many.  I am often surprised by
> the number of  
> people who actually say thanks for the reminder call
> because their  
> ballot is sitting on the desk and they just hadn't
> gotten around to  
> mailing it yet and they didn't want to forget. 
> There are more of  
> those than there are people who tell you to go to h
> e double  
> toothpicks, just in case you wanted to know why
> volunteers put up  
> with all the rude people.
> 
> Katie
> Or drop it off at the drop boxes and save the
> stamp....
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