Today, I voted. I went to two polling places. Three months ago I moved 1.4 miles to a new apartment. I changed my address with the U.S. Postal Service and thought I was squared away with the government. Apparently not.
The post office is quite talented at forwarding my junk mail to my new address. In 2008 when I moved the Outdoor Life subscription I never requested or paid for followed me from apartment to apartment without me ever telling Outdoor Life I had moved. On the other hand, when I moved in 2009 the post office wouldn't even forward my "IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION ENCLOSED" envelope to my new apartment. If the USPS can communicate my new address to Outdoor Life, why can't they tell another government agency my new address as well? Or just forward my mail like my taxes pay them to do so I will know that the tax office needs my new address.
After a few calls to the Arlington County Tax Assessment Office informing them of my new address (apparently there are different divisions in the tax office that also don't communicate), I think I have that one figured out. But USPS also lost my voter registration card. I looked for it in my new mailbox; I looked for it in my old mailbox. No voter registration card.
So I went to my new polling place. They wouldn't let me vote. I went to my old polling place. I told the nice old man volunteer about my plight. His response, "And can you believe they want to run health care?"
Exactly polling place man. I'm with you. If the they take over health care, I hope the USPS has the decency to lose my portion of the bill.
Yeah, I also had to vote across town because I didn't change my voter registration address. But I was able to find all the information I needed on the state website. That's where I verified what precinct they had me registered in.
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