Comments for RandyDandy, an American Expat in London

Comment on Ring Out! by katya

katya — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:28:17 +0000

Beauiful moment in time. Beautiful blog post.

*Exhale*

katyas last blog post..Song for Obama "Our Legs are Burning"

Comment on Tubesday, 4th November: One Day More by randy

randy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:33:17 +0000

So proud! And tired. And a bit hungover, hehe. A bright day here in gloomy, grey London.

Comment on Tubesday, 4th November: One Day More by Tara

Tara — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:55:26 +0000

hahahahah. that is priceless. How awesome is that soundtrack? If you ever feel the need to do a nostalgic sing-along, feel free to give me a call.
PS. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW??!

Comment on Feeling at home by randy

randy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:15:51 +0000

Definitely yes on the dressing up and partying. Not so much on the trick-or-treat side of it. Sadly, I skipped out on the celebrations this year. My Sarah Palin costume would have pwned all the others.

Comment on Feeling at home by Daniel Buchanan

Daniel Buchanan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:09:28 +0000

do people celebrate Halloween in England the way we do here in the US?

Comment on Expat Voter Disenfranchisement? Texas “Statement of Residence” by randy

randy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:18:33 +0000

UPDATE: Thanks for the replies. I received some prompt and helpful responses from the Democrats Abroad folks and their attorneys, who assured me that this was proper procedure, despite the confusing language on the statement itself. Mailed my ballot early last week. Steffie, thanks for the link. I didn’t come across it for some reason in my initial search.

Comment on Expat Voter Disenfranchisement? Texas “Statement of Residence” by Kris White

Kris White — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:34:26 +0000

If you got a yellow piece of paper, you got something I didn’t get so I’m even more confused. I got my absentee ballot from my old Austin precinct (I’m in Vancouver now), and the envelope and letter were both stamped “Residence Statement Reqd” but that’s it — no further information.

My best guess (which I suppose I will find out by calling) is that they want to verify you’re living outside the US and not simply moved to another location in the US that would disqualify you from voting in your old district. Googling on “residence statement” doesn’t turn up anything in Texas but I did find similar statements on other state’s websites that reference a utility bill or mortgage, just something to verify your new address is where you say it is.

Comment on Expat Voter Disenfranchisement? Texas “Statement of Residence” by Steffieknows

Steffieknows — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:45:43 +0000

Couple of suggestions:

Check out https://texas.overseasvotefoundation.org/overseas/home.htm
which tells you explicitly that overseas voters are considered for voting purposes to be resident at their last US address.

Also, flip over the yellow voting card to read, “Your statement of residence will be reviewed to determine that your permanent address is still in the political jurisdiction before your ballot is counted”, and, “The residence address on the application for ballot by mail must be the same as the residence address on the statement of residence”.

I’ve interpreted this to mean that they want to check I’ve not moved to a different US county / state and am voting twice, and they also want me to confirm that my foreign residence is the same as the one where they sent me my ballot.

In my case, I’m going to write my foreign address in the Residence Address box, and sign the affirmation on the basis that I am confirming my last US address was in the voting district that sent me my ballot (Montgomery County, TX).

I was also put off by the yellow card and have sent the Secretary of State a suggestion that they improve it for next time. Maybe if you do the same (I used the website linked above) and they get enough similar suggestions, they might change it.

Comment on Tubesday, 30th Sep: “Got My Liver” by Daniel Buchanan

Daniel Buchanan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:09:04 +0000

“Lick the lid of life.” love it.

Comment on Half a World Away by Wardi

Wardi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:22:54 +0000

Ah, but I bet your grandmother didn’t tell you grisly stories like the evil forest spirit with the enormous titties, or the one about how if you swallow a piece of hair, that hair will carry on growing and entangle itself around your heart and strangle it till you die!!! or the one about ……..

Bet she didn’t
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