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Voting by fax from a convenient store in Japan and immediately buying a beer to drink on the way home is a fond voting memory of mine. > A few weeks later, I e
by shusaku 4y ago
Voting by fax from a convenient store in Japan and immediately buying a beer to drink on the way home is a fond voting memory of mine.
> A few weeks later, I even started receiving political flyers in the mail. I guess you can just buy a voter registration database for this purpose, and it includes temporary addresses.
Also spam emails to the address you asked the ballot to be sent to. Either that or an unrelated data leak…
- awirth 4y agoNow, I've done it by email! (although still using the convenience store for print/scan) Unfortunately, https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ is geo-blocked for all of Japan (and several other countries AFAICT) "due to cybersecurity reasons", so I can no longer check/update my registration to vote without a VPN. I tried contacting different parts of the MA state government to get it unblocked several times over the past few years, but had no success. I have no idea what the other MA-voting residents of Japan do. Last time I contacted the secretary of state's office via my state representative, they were kind enough to temporarily unblock my home IP address for one week though!
- harywilke 4y agoIndiana is also geo-blocked outside the US. I've tried contacting the secretary of state's office and they sent me a form reply with a link to the geo-blocked site. I wonder how many other states have their voting portals geo-blocked.
- bobthepanda 4y agoMight the embassy be able to assist? Just a thought.