Excuse me, but doesn’t this happen every time – like, every two years?
Let’s consult the Orange Juice Blog archives… yes… yes… this does happen every freaking time. Here’s the story I wrote in 2021, and it’s entitled “CADEM ADEM FAIL: Ballots sent late, for wrong districts, or not at all. Call 916-442-5707.” I could practically just reprint that story again this year, but history as we know doesn’t repeat exactly but just “rhymes” really good.
This time around, enthused about the progressive slate in my AD 68, I personally got 53 people to register to vote by mail for their ADEM representatives. (That might sound like an accomplishment but I was aiming for 100.)
And TEN of them never got their ballots in the mail. They did things right and by the Dec. 31 deadline, and they were given their 10-digit PINs, but no ballots have come. FOUR of those people were able to drive to Santa Ana last Saturday and vote in person, but SIX of them remain disfranchised. They have e-mailed ADEM@cadem.org, and so have I on their behalf, all to no avail.
Do we once again have to demand that the Party postpone the ADEM vote-by-mail deadline until they get things right?
Do I once again have to publish this story and embarrass my Party in front of jerky Republicans and independents?
Do I once again have to post this story all over social media, where once again it’s gonna get dozens of other Democrats chiming in “Yeah that happened to me too!”?
Well, here goes…
(The illustration I used last time.)
And in the space of a few minutes on Facebook, I get one friend speaking for himself and his wife: “we did not get ours”
And another friend – Bethany Webb, writes, “I have heard from many people who did not get theirs. Including my husband ” – and THAT is an angry-face emoticon from Bethany!
I did not get a Mail in Ballot,
So I went in person to the Carpenter’s Union Hall in Buena Park.
Did you register for a mail ballot though?
For the record, I *did* get my mail-in ballot, so we can be pretty sure that they didn’t set up a blacklist.
I got mine too. But unscientifically, of the people I know, 1 outta 5 didn’t. And now that this is posted on social media, I just keep hearing from more.
I didn’t get mine. Smh.
I got my pin though.
Registration Successful
Hi Eric Neshanian!
You have successfully registered for voting in upcoming Assembly District Election, by mail.
Your ADEM Vote by Mail ballot will be sent to your registered mailing address.
PIN : 73-1-003xxxx
First Name : Eric
Last Name : Neshanian
Registered Mailing Address xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
So like I said, complain to that ADEM address.
Didn’t know you were a Democrat!
Calling that 916# is useless. The summation of their response is “it’s out of our control.” Just got off the phone with em and I still have no clue where my ballot is. The registrar/clerk can track my political candidate ballot and tell me they received it but the DPOC can’t even get the mail in ballots to their constituents. And, it’s not a new event. Perhaps they should stop the mail in ballot so they don’t inadvertently look like they are STEALING the vote.
Yeah. They’re saying at 916-442-5707 that they mailed everyone’s ballot out, that it’s all the post office’s fault, and they’re not gonna mail out any more ballots OR extend the deadline (which is Tuesday.)
I think people should STILL bug em by email and phone. cadem@adem.org, 916-442-5707.