Elizabeth Rodriguez Instagram – I need to share this journey with you all. I’m currently not in CA (where I am a resident) so a friend FedEx my voting package to me. I was very concerned that it wouldn’t get back to CA promptly so I Fed Ex it to another friend “overnight” so that she would put it in a ‘Drop Off Box’. I checked in with her and asked if she had received the package. She had received a notification that it was delivered but she hadn’t gotten her mail. I was trying not to push her to get it ,as she was doing me a favor ( to her defense, she has done me many favors and she has been insanely busy and overworked) but I was freaking out inside. I texted her again with a “friendly reminder” the next day. Then this past Monday my biggest fear happened. MAIL HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER BUILDING. When we spoke she was stressed out , spending all morning trying to find it and figure out next steps. My ballot was found in the street and had been tampered with. I hung up in a Total Panic , started researching and spoke to someone in Sacramento that said it was too late to have another sent and gave me another number that got me no where. I started to look for a flight back to LA so I could vote in person. I became really emotional and could not stop crying. It triggered a lot for me as a Latina woman from a broken, lower working class home,around people that were convinced they had no power. I NEEDED to be part of this election more than anyone before. I spoke to her again about an hour later and She had spoken to someone at a voter’s registration office that told her as long as my signature matched (luckily that part of envelope was intact!), she could put it into another envelope and drop into “Drop Box”. I have been distressed all week about this but I woke up to an email that said “IT WAS RECEIVED AND WILL BE COUNTED” #VOTE #vota #BLM #shesepuede #latina #latinx #voteforchange #integrity #votehimout #thefuture