The Sh*t L*st

The voting irregularities have begun. I received my absentee ballot in the mail this week from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. It included a badly printed pink instructions form. I read through the instructions twice then took up my ballot card and prepared to vote. Only I can't figure out how the fuck to do it. And believe me, I'm not some age-addled Florida senior having an episode in a cardboard box. The instructions say I should have received:

- Sample Ballot and Voter Information Pamphlet
- Ballot Card
- Punch Pin
- Pre-Addressed Return/Identification Envelope

I received all of these. But the ballot only shows the grid of numbers for all the gubernatorial candidates. I can't find the recall issue itself or the other two measures on the ballot. I think I was supposed to receive a second ballot card! The fucking bastards don't indicate anywhere that I was supposed to receive a second card, but in one of the grainy illustrations on the pink sheet, it does appear as though there's another ballot card. It's either a conspiracy to keep me as a registered Democrat from voting No on the recall. Or, worse, it sheer incompetence. In any case, the Registrar is on the shit-list.

I called the phone number listed on the pink form, but it was 5:15 and the office closed for the weekend at 5pm. I've sent off an email to the address on the web site. We'll see if I ever get a response for that.

If you thought Bush/Gore was bullshit, this election is going to be a fucking Texas cow pasture. The Court of Appeals had it right the first time. This election should be put off until the Registrar gets it fucking shit together.