I had begun the process voting from Cambodia by emailing the office in Tuolumne County for a ballot. I was told that I could apply to vote by mail.
I filled out the application and signed it. Downloaded the application and filled out my ballot. called my TukTuk driver and found the Post Office. At the Post Office 8 was told Express Mail was $50. Well, ok. we went to the ATM and got a fifty dollar bill. Came back land paid to mail the ballot, only to be told delivery would take 8-10 days.
I called the electoral office in California, talked with someone who said I could vote by email or fax because I was international.
I asked for a print shop with fax, there was only one. Off we went. At the print shop, I took a turn behind the children’s English books. I had to plug in my lapto because the battery is that old, then I had to log into the print shop wifi. Then find their telegram channel and send my application form. They received it and gsve It to me to sign. Then I made a scan and emailed it back. When they returned the signed copy, I could include this with my ballot.
I called the voting office in California again for the email address to send ballots because the fax didn’t work. I was approved. They said hurry because polls closed at 8pm.
By this time it was 10:59 am on November 4th. That’s 7:59 pm November 3rd, in California. I pushed send. I hope it arrived in time.
Whew!