As it happens, absentee ballots are a pretty common thing around here. It doesn't alarm me when I see half a dozen requests for them all from the same neighborhood or street. (I'm stuffing envelopes at Dem HQ at times.)
Here's a post from du that's rather interesting.
27 posted on 09/26/2004 2:37:52 PM PDT by bad company
(What's the font kenneth?)