Crazy But Able

So, here I am, a Minnesotan trapped in California. I needed to vote for the lesser of the two evils, so I got myself an absentee ballot. One problem, the ballot has to be signed by one of 3 types of witnesses: a registered Minnesota voter; a notary; or someone with the authority to administer an oath. I don’t know any Minnesota voters out here nor do I know who the heck could administer an oath. So, I went with the notary option. I drove 45 minutes into town and almost everywhere I went was either closed or didn’t have a notary. My California bank, Wells Fargo, didn’t have a notary. After a while I found several places that would do it for ten dollars. Pay ten dollars to vote? That’s bullshit!!! Anyway so I noticed the local headquarters of the Republican Party. I thought maybe they would know where I could find a free notary. They pulled out the Yellow Pages and called around. Apparently there is a mandatory ten dollar notary fee in California. They thought that was bullshit too. So they gave me ten dollars out of the Republican Party donations, so I could vote for free. We now know that at least ten dollars of the Republican’s funding is going to a good cause: voting against Bush.

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