electoral politics

[Doug Henwood]

[David McReynolds, Socialist Party candidate for president, asked me 
to run as an elector in New York State - i.e., if he should win, I 
would have been a member of the electoral college, ha ha. My 
acceptance of the nomination was rejected because I sent it by fax, 
so it didn't have an original signature. An email I just sent to the 
executive director of the New York State Board of Elections, Thomas 
R. Wilkey. From their postal practices, you'd almost think they were 
happy to reject me.]

To: twilkey at elections.state.ny.us
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
Subject: rejection
Cc: David McReynolds <DavidMcR at aol.com>

Dear Thomas Wilkey -

I've just gotten your letter informing me of your rejection of my 
certificate of acceptance of the Socialist Party's nomination of me 
for the office of Presidential Elector.

I find it quite amazing that you sent the rejection notice by Federal 
Express, at the additional expense of Saturday delivery, while you 
sent the notice of my nomination by first class mail. I got that 
letter the night before the acceptance or rejection was due, leaving 
me no option but to reply by fax. If you'd FedEx'd the initial 
letter, I could have responded with a letter including an original 
signature.