SFist: SFist Votes

Jackson West

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:26:00 -0800

I'd just like to point out that I'm not a registered socialist, as California does not allow one to register as a member of the International Socialist Workers Party. I am, in fact, 'unregistered' according to the voting rolls.

Pepper

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:43:50 -0800

My sticker matched my shirt. Hot fashion item. But I am voting absentee because of Yakov the Pollworker and his Posse, to be described tomorrow at the Pepper.

cedric

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:20:07 -0800

There was prop F last year to allow immigrant to vote for school boards election. Info here. Lost 49%-51%. DiFi endorsed 'No on F'! She is such a Republican! The Gap Donald Fisher bankrolled the NO. Boycott GAP! Several U.S. cities and 22 foreign countries currently allow some form of non-citizen voting, according to the World Policy Institute, a liberal think tank.

el Greco

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:39:09 -0800

Gangsta's Say Vote Yes on Prop H

SFist Mary-Lynn

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:01:26 -0800

I'm with Ced as a fellow non-citizen and fan of voting. I haven't been able to vote at the polls in an election in more than 10 years and it makes me sad. No stickers. No eye-rolling impatience when the lines start while still being secretly happy to be involved in participatory democracy. It's a bummer. Especially since it seems like there are elections every other minute here.

jordan

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:40:34 -0800

i feel totally robbed of the sticker. next year i will drop off my absentee ballot in person. damn, i love voting.

Greg Dewar

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:39:25 -0800

Don't forget - California law REQUIRES employers to give people time off during the day to vote if they're voting at the polls, without any penalty to the employee. It sounds far fatched, I know, but it is the law. If you work in SF but have to live far away, you can ask for time off to ensure you get to the polls on time and allowed to vote.

Lyle

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:13:44 -0800

I love being an absentee voter, it's very empowering to be able to have my ballot on one side and my research materials on the other. No worries about realizing I never gotten around to researching a part of the ballot. The downside -- I get no sticker, which is the cool fashion accesory for the day.