Is this the most travelled ballot in Oregon?

Liz Marcello worked for OLCV in 2006 helping us elect Lynn Peterson to the Clackamas County Commission. Today, she’s working for the United Nations in Senegal.

She wanted to vote, but realized that she forgot to change her registration to overseas, meaning that the ballot got mailed at the normal time to her permanent address in Portland. (If you’re officially overseas, they mail you ballots earlier).

It was May 9th and the ballot was due in 11 days. So what did she do?

She went way beyond the call of duty and had her ballot shipped by DHL to Senegal. She voted. And then shipped it back to OLCV’s office in Portland.

In the process, her ballot went through Ohio, New York, Belgium, and then Senegal. On the return trip, it went through France, Germany, England, New York, Ohio, and home to Portland. (I don’t quite get the DSL routing within Europe).

It arrived today in the nick of time.

Here's the travel report from DHL. (No snarky comments about carbon emissions -- the planes were flying regardless of her vote).

To Senegal:
5/9/2008 5:41 p.m. Shipment picked up, Portland, OR
5/9/2008 6:31 p.m. Processed at DHL Location. Portland, OR
5/9/2008 7:39 p.m. Depart Facility. Portland, OR
5/10/2008 2:37 a.m. Transit through DHL Facility, Wilmington, OH
5/10/2008 3:10 a.m. Processed at DHL Facility, Wilmington, OH
5/10/2008 8:16 a.m. Depart Facility, Wilmington, OH
5/10/2008 8:57 a.m. Transit through DHL Facility, New York City Gateway, NY
5/10/2008 10:58 a.m. Depart Facility, New York City Gateway, NY
5/13/2008 5:40 a.m. Depart Facility, Brussels, Belgium
5/13/2008 5:12 p.m. Transit through DHL Facility, Dakar, Senegal
5/13/2008 8:42 p.m. Arrived at DHL Facility, Dakar, Senegal

And back to Oregon:

5/15/2008 10:00 a.m. Picked up by DHL, Dakar, Senegal
5/15/2008 7:31 p.m. Processed at DHL Facility, Dakar, Senegal
5/15/2008 9:24 p.m. Depart Facility, Dakar, Senegal
5/17/2008 12:57 a.m. Depart Facility, Paris, France
5/17/2008 2:27 a.m. Transit through DHL Facility, Leipzig, Germany
5/17/2008 8:29 a.m. Depart Facility, Leipzig, Germany
5/17/2008 9:48 p.m. Transit through DHL facility, East Midlands, United Kingdom
5/18/2008 12:57 p.m. Depart Facility, London Heathrow, United Kingdom
5/18/2008 10:34 p.m. Depart Facility, New York Gateway, NY
5/20/2008 12:25 a.m. Processed at DHL Location, Wilmington OH
5/20/2008 4:53 a.m. Depart Facility, Wilmington, OH
5/20/2008 6:57 a.m. Arrived at DHL Facility, Portland, OR
5/20/2008 8:11 a.m., With delivery courier, Portland, OR
5/20/2008 11:10 a.m. Delivered, Portland, OR

I suppose we’ll wander over and put it in an official drop box before 8 p.m.

Comments

[Liz Marcello]

Hah! You "suppose" you'll "wander over" and put it in an official drop box... I want photographic proof!!

Thanks y'all! And Happy Election Day to the most fantastic, hardest-working group of people I know - that's all y'all at OLCV!