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There is also a contact form at https://smcacre.gov/elections/contact-registration-elections but it is infested with Google spyware so I don't want to use it:

script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?hl=en&render=explicit&onload=drupalRecaptchaOnload"

I also emailed registrar@smcacre.gov just now, same email as above.

Well now we know the extent of the steal in the PRCA. It's the same here in the PRNY.

A happy MAGA rebirth to everyone.

Maybe they will get back to me with some legit reason, but I can't imagine what that reason would be.

If you fail the signature match do they tell you or does it just get discarded?

Dunno. Didn't hear anything.

I definitely used my normal signature.

They just should have sent you a message saying: "Welcome to California" with a bird finger emoji. That's about how much our votes matter. I'll check ours tomorrow just out of curiosity.

I got text messages each step of the way:

We'd, Oct 30:

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked, A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The US Postal Service has collected your ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election and will deliver it to your county soon. Questions? Call (510) 272-6973 or email ballot.trax@acgov.org .

Saturday, Nov 2:

DemocratsAreToyallyFucked, A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!

I just checked and they said my ballot was accepted and counted. Of course, counted means what they want it to mean.

Stalin smiles.

That's another reason why I vote in person.

I did vote in person.

I walked in an put my paper ballot in the box.

Patrick says

I did vote in person.

I walked in an put my paper ballot in the box.

It looked like you said early in October. Never vote early.

Also, they don't scan your ballot? We have electronic and a paper backup at my polling place. I'm also just not dropping it in a box without it being scanned.

Did not check this year. But four years ago, did vote in person. My ballot and my wife never were counted. That's CA thing, I guess.

When my wife and I went and got paper ballots and filled them out, we were told to take them over to a box in front of some old fat dude who looked like they dug him out off a local bar stool. I just knew that our site printed ballots would not be counted because they know those are always Republicans but I never really checked. It was for the Newsom recall, and even the hippies in Santa Cruz wanted Newsom recalled. Of course, he wasn't. It was called really early too, so I imagine our ballots wound up in a fire some place.

This time, I said let's take the mail ballots to the drop box at city hall. At least we stood a chance of them being counted. Probably miscounted and misattributed, but at least counted.