My Friend Brian was one of the 50,000 or so people who NEVER RECEIVED his absentee ballot. (The backstory about his ballot crisis was blogged on my
site.) He's registered to vote in Florida, but is currently living in DC temporarily. After calling the Broward elections office 3 times with no response, he just did the unthinkable.
He booked a plane ticket to Florida so he could vote today.
When he told me this last night, I thought that he was kidding. However, he was dead serious. He left for Fort Lauderdale this morning and is currently on his way to his polling place as I type.
Brian isn't an Internet junkie, so he doesn't know too much about Daily Kos, but he told me that I should share his story to everyone as an example of all of the shenanigans down in Florida.
Let's wish him luck.