Today is the start of early voting in Leon County, Florida. My wife asked me to mail her absentee ballot on the same day. I planned to vote early, so as I readied for my trip to the post office, I brought my absentee ballot with me to turn it in. I tossed both envelopes into the car seat and noticed something unusual. My wife is a registered Democrat, and her envelope was postage-paid with "par avion," which is French for air mail. I'm a registered Republican, and my envelope had clear bold-type letters stating that postage needed to be applied. (See the photo below.) Hmmmm. Why the difference? Is it a mistake? Is a random error where some received a free postage-paid envelope, while others didn't? Was it intentional? Did only Democrats receive the postage-paid envelopes, and Republican didn't? Did the Florida DNC or the... (Read Full Post)