CHECK YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT STATUS!!

Being conscientious citizens of Key West, my husband and I want to vote in the up-coming elections, even though personal business is keeping us out-of-state at that time. We dutifully used the web site provided for requesting absentee ballots and August 22nd e-mail responses confirmed that our requests were received as we intended.

Since the October 1st election is approaching, and we have not received our ballots, I went back to the web site to check on my status. I was shocked and appalled to see that, while we were entered as receiving absentee ballots for the November run-offs, we were NOT scheduled to receive ballots for the October 1st election!

I have called the Supervisor of Elections office to demand ballots and written my complaints to Ms. Griffin. I am not only concerned about my own ballot, but I am concerned that there may be many more voters who might be similarly disenfranchised.

This is an issue that should be investigated and, if voter turn-out via absentee ballot is low, the results of that election should be called into question. That there is a very controversial issue on the ballot could make one very suspicious of how something like this can happen.

I urge everyone who has requested an absentee ballot to immediately check their own election status.

P.D. Cummings

Key West

To check your status go to:     Supervisor of Elections website