Public Comment

Unlike Chris Adams, I have not yet received my vote-by-mail, ballot by Tuesday, October 21, two weeks before the election. I've already telephoned the Alameda County Registrar of Voters twice. The last phone call was Monday, October 20, and the woman who answered informed me my ballot was mailed "at the end of last week." End of the business week is usually Friday. By coincidence, a letter from San Francisco was mailed to me from San Francisco on Friday, October 17 and I received it Monday October 20.  

Tuesday's mail was chock full of campaign ads, but no letter yet telling me the date on the ballot is Nov 4, not Nov 5, nor the supplemental information about Proposition 1. 

I've voted by mail as soon as it became possible. In past elections, I've received the ballot much earlier. After all, the ballot must be mailed back, with more than ample time to arrive before the end of election day. Please do not ask me to hand deliver it. My polling place is a very long distance from my residence, and of course, parking anywhere near the polls is virtually impossible.  

I have no idea who is to blame. But something is truly rotten.