27 days left, unless I'm counting wrong.

[hopefulnebula]

I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. Biggest ballot ever in the state of Colorado, as I've heard. Two full pages, both twice the size of normal paper, printed front and back.

I've got it all filled out, folded back up, placed in the privacy sleeve and sealed up in the envelope. Once everyone else in the house is done, we can drop them off and save on postage (It costs $1.17 to mail these things!).

Does this mean the pollsters will stop calling me now?

I envy many aspects of Great Britain's electoral system. They have, what, two months? Six weeks? to campaign. None of this yearlong bullshit.

(Also, there are four different bathrooms in this house. WHY IS EVERYBODY USING THE ONE I NEED TO SHOWER IN AAAARGH.)

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[grimprime.livejournal.com]

I envy many aspects of Great Britain's electoral system. They have, what, two months? Six weeks? to campaign. None of this yearlong bullshit.

Maybe, but your elections get as much coverage in the press over here as ours do, if not more.

[hopefulnebula]

Sure, there's press coverage. But you don't get "vote for/against referendum X"/"candidate Y eats puppies for breakfast"/"oh yeah? well, candidate Z picks his nose when he thinks nobody is looking" ads. Or the never-ending pollsters and doorbell-ringers.

[kiss-kass.livejournal.com]

Year long? You meant YEARS long, right?