yo american overseas voters

deepwaterwritingprompts:

god sorry for all the posts but I just…the vote by mail fax number that was on the official send in instructions didn’t work for me. as in I tried it four times. with no results. luckily I kept calling to check if it had gone through until finally the poor woman in charge of overseas ballots gave me a different fax number to try. so great, votes in, hoorah but also like…

how many other people sent their ballot to that first number by fax, saw that it was received, and didn’t call to check? surely its working for some people but like? maybe others have had my issues? and didn’t vote and don’t know it? hello? h e l l o ? 

anyway this is no time to leave things to chance if you’re an overseas voter faxing a ballot in, call and check it actually arrived. Because I have confirmation letters about faxes that never actually reached their destination