My vote didn't count

Last week my absentee ballot was returned to me "insufficient address". Upon inspection, I (duh) saw that there was not only insufficient address, there was NO address.

My husband's and my ballots came in the nick of time. The day we got them at the post office, we filled in our vote, signed and dated them, and put them in the pre-addressed envelopes provided. Then we rushed to get them sent back out before the window closed for the weekend. In my haste, I neglected to inspect the pre-addressed envelope that the county provided. I saw my return address and something in the middle about it not requiring postage if sent from the US.

The lady at the post office would not have caught it because she doesn't read/speak English.

I didn't catch it because I was in a hurry and because I'm too trusting----as in if a pre-addressed envelope was provided, surely it would be properly addressed. And, well, duh, that could have been easily fixed had I caught it.

So I emailed the folks in my county. I received a nice email from them, pretty much letting me know that of the thousands of absentee ballots that they handled, mine was the only complaint if its kind---and that if I had caught the mistake right then, my vote would have been counted.

I assume responsibility for my "duh" moment, but I'm a tiny bit upset that there was not an apology given me for their error.

Then I emailed Mom to vent and she responded with a "It wouldn't have mattered anyway. Better luck next time."

Sigh

 

I won't tell Mom what you said, windcatcher. LOL!