Several days ago, I recieved an interesting piece of mail from John McCain 2008. It was a vote-by-mail application, which I thought was curious because I have never registered as a Republican or donated money to his campaign. I put it aside intending to shred it later.
And I'm glad I didn't.
After hearing on Air America and reading several diary posts here about worrisome absentee ballot applications that were sent in Ohio, I went home to look at what I had gotten. After opening the application placard, I noticed that the application was asking for the usual info (name, address, date of birth, etc.), but was unusual was what else it was asking for.
At the bottom of the application, there were 3 check boxes that could be filled out, any one of which could serve to prove one's identity. One of the check boxes was for an OHIO driver's license number. This was curious for me, because as you have probably guessed by now, I live in IOWA. Then I looked at the back of the application card, and the mailing address was for the Director of the board of elections in Columbus, OHIO.
I'm not sure what to do with this piece of mail. I'm worried, that there are other fellow Iowans who may have gotten this as well, and may have sent it off without carefully looking at it. Could this all have been an innocent error, sending out the wrong batch of applications to Iowa that were meant for Ohio? However, after seeing the actions and lies that have come from the McCain campaign, it would not appear so.
Any thoughts?