It cost someone 0,000.00 to vote and the vote didn't count.
Celtlund
12-11-2006, 19:05
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/od_nm/life_stamp1_dc_1
By Tom Brown Sat Nov 11, 7:55 PM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida voter may have unwittingly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars by using an extremely rare stamp to mail an absentee ballot in Tuesday's congressional election, a government official said on Friday.
and the ballot wasn't even counted because;
"Rodstrom said he did not examine the envelope's postmark, but it had no return address and the ballot was disqualified because it gave no clue as to the identity of the voter."
How sad.
Cannot think of a name
12-11-2006, 20:03
Maybe he's in a Brewster's Millions kind of scenario...
Red_Letter
12-11-2006, 20:07
That just outright sucks. My father is a numismatic and my mother accidently once used one of his 1 pound silver reserve notes (Almost looks exactly like a $1 bill.), it was worth $25 then, its worth several hundred now.
United Guppies
12-11-2006, 21:25
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/od_nm/life_stamp1_dc_1
By Tom Brown Sat Nov 11, 7:55 PM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida voter may have unwittingly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars by using an extremely rare stamp to mail an absentee ballot in Tuesday's congressional election, a government official said on Friday.
and the ballot wasn't even counted because;
"Rodstrom said he did not examine the envelope's postmark, but it had no return address and the ballot was disqualified because it gave no clue as to the identity of the voter."
How sad.
Talk about unfair!
Call to power
12-11-2006, 21:30
:eek: a postal vote? that man is a fool!
The Psyker
12-11-2006, 21:32
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Well that sucks.
The Holy Ekaj Monarchy
12-11-2006, 21:33
He should have just cast the ballot in person or bought some ordinary stamps......
Celtlund
12-11-2006, 21:34
:eek: a postal vote? that man is a fool!
Maybe he voted absentee by mail, absentee in person, at his current poling place, and his former poling place. :eek: Pretty smart, except for the stamps. :)
Ardee Street
12-11-2006, 21:37
Talk about stupidity.
I can't see why someone would intentionally use such a stamp for postage purposes (other than the a Brewster's millions situation as mentioned by Cannot Think of a Name), but I really do hope it was somehow for whatever reason intentional.
The thought that it might have been an unintended loss upsets me somewhat.:(
The man sounds like such an idiot that he shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Arrkendommer
12-11-2006, 22:11
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/od_nm/life_stamp1_dc_1
By Tom Brown Sat Nov 11, 7:55 PM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida voter may have unwittingly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars by using an extremely rare stamp to mail an absentee ballot in Tuesday's congressional election, a government official said on Friday.
and the ballot wasn't even counted because;
"Rodstrom said he did not examine the envelope's postmark, but it had no return address and the ballot was disqualified because it gave no clue as to the identity of the voter."
How sad.
Gotta love good old democracy!
:rolleyes:
Arrkendommer
12-11-2006, 22:13
The man sounds like such an idiot that he shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Ahem.
*points to constitution*
Anti-Social Darwinism
12-11-2006, 23:58
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/od_nm/life_stamp1_dc_1
By Tom Brown Sat Nov 11, 7:55 PM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida voter may have unwittingly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars by using an extremely rare stamp to mail an absentee ballot in Tuesday's congressional election, a government official said on Friday.
and the ballot wasn't even counted because;
"Rodstrom said he did not examine the envelope's postmark, but it had no return address and the ballot was disqualified because it gave no clue as to the identity of the voter."
How sad.
How interesting that a purported secret ballot was disqualified because it was, indeed, secret.
Amadenijad
13-11-2006, 00:00
its not like the government forced the idiot to stick a $500.000 stamp on the thing. you make it sound like the all oppressive US government charges the populace to vote. its reasoning like that that makes for half the anti-US sentiment in the world today.
How interesting that a purported secret ballot was disqualified because it was, indeed, secret.
mail-in ballots cannot possibly be secret.
If they were, I would just mail in fifty anonymous votes, and they would have no idea that they were all from me.
since I cannot possibly show, via photo id., that I am who I say I am, a valid postmark and return address serve just as well.
If I were to stuff the ballot box using my neighbor's addresses, a problem would be noticed when the registry says that they already voted.
Helspotistan
13-11-2006, 00:18
It was probably just some old codger and biddy and their partner just posted in their vote for them as they were infirm, not knowing the value of the stamp. Senility is a real pain... but man.. $500,000 that is harsh. Probably just sitting in a draw from 70 years and thought they better use them. Probably never even knew they were worth anything.... I wonder if they have a whole sheet of them ;)