I Voted Today…

but it wasn’t easy!

I voted at my polling place, Lakeview Towers, a CMHA property.

The people were great there. One lady couldn’t find my name so she sent me to another lady, who was as nice as she could be. She told me I wasn’t registered so she sent me to another man who looked like he’d worked an election or two. He told me I’d have to vote with a dreaded provisional ballot. I knew I’d changed my address from Lorain to Cuyahoga counties. I wasn’t that surprised to find out that my name wasn’t on the log. I saw my neighbor’s name but I didn’t see mine. A call to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections didn’t clear up the matter. The polling administrator handed me a provisional ballot and told me it would count. Again, they were all very nice and helpful but there was some confusion.

I unfortunately didn’t get to vote in the primary for some reason. I think it had something to do with my schedule or something. My fault, no one else’s! That’s why this problem happened.

I came home today and took a nap (a short one) and decided to get to the bottom of this matter. Did Cuyahoga County somehow mess up my change of address information? Did Lorain County still think I was voting there? I knew I got a voter registration card from Cuyahoga County but dang if I could find it anywhere.

I called the Ohio Secretary of State’s office. They had “Our normal business hours are…” message on their phone already. I decided to try my luck at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections again. Enter Bert, da man, into the picture. Bert found my information but had me living in Mayfield or Maple Heights (neither of them were correct).

Bert: When you changed your address, you put down (insert my address information here).
Todd: Bert, that doesn’t sound like Mayfield or Maple Heights to me.
Bert: Todd, you’re right. I will correct it and your provisional ballot that you cast will count tonight.
Todd: Bert, thanks for your help, tell Ernie I said hello!

So, I’m good!