People Are Idiots

I voted absentee a little while ago because it is easier and quicker for me. When i was done I looked at the envelope and felt the weight and knew that it was going to take more than one stamp to return it so I put two on it and sent it in. I guess I am smarter than the average voter though.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/29/news/state/68-postage.txt" >Postage sought for ballots</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A 39-cent stamp isn't enough to cover postage for some absentee ballots in Missoula County.<br />n<br />nAbout 950 of the roughly 5,000 ballots received at the elections office as of Tuesday had arrived with postage due.<br />n<br />n"The main thing is we truly want to get these ballots back, so we have absorbed the cost," said Debbie Merseal, elections office supervisor.<br />n<br />nThat cost is roughly $245 so far, she said.<br />nThe U.S. Postal Service charges 63 cents to deliver most completed ballots, a fact the elections office is stamping on its mailings now that it knows. The first 4,000 of nearly 13,000 and counting went out without the message.<br />n<br />nThe discrepancy caught the county by surprise.</blockquote><br />n<br />nDuh. It was obvious here that the ballot was needed extra postage. People should think, but that is too much to ask I guess.<br />n<br />n<strong>A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower</strong>