More Violence & Sabotage by Republicans - This time in my own backyard

Lesson: if you vote absentee, use the goddam official drop-off points. Or if you live in King County, bring your ballot to your polling place on election day and drop it off there.

Horseass Blog

The differences between the two campaigns are being played out right here, right now, in Seattle.

I received a knock at my door a few hours ago from a Good Samaritan, who had found my completed, sealed, and signed absentee ballot ripped up and trampled upon on the street late this afternoon. Evidently, some zealot thought my Obama/Biden yard sign gave him/her righteous permission to rummage my mailbox, and remove and tear up my vote in an apparent fit of rage. I would have never known, save for the good person who returned it.

Who knows how widespread this is, but that fact that it happened the day after absentee ballots arrived in the mail makes me think it was no random, spontaneous event. If you have Dem signage, bumper stickers, etc. at your home (and even if you don’t), it’s probably a good idea to take your absentee ballot to one of the designated dropoff locations or to a post office. Report any similar malfeasance to your local County Elections Office.

(also posted on Democratic Underground, Democracy Cell Project and Daily Kos)

This is just great. I was going to put mine in the mailbox today. I had it sitting out to do so. Not now. Slugbug

Comments

[hmmm]

It's not just your ballot you should take to the post office. Anyone who would put outgoing mail in an unsecured mail box is just begging to have their identity stolen.

[Paul]

Republicans feel it's perfectly fine to mess with the civil rights of another citizen who doesn't agree with them. That's why there's still those who support torture and Guantanamo.

[Slugbug]

Mail theft and voter intimidation/election tampering are both felonies.

[abbycat]

put an envelope that looks like a ballot in the box and set up
a video camera - catch those felons