The "The Big Screw-Up!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Was recently filling out my mail-in ballot for local representatives when I realized that the directions didn't make any sense.  After filling out my ballot I was supposed to place my ballot in the white secrecy envelope that says "Official Election Ballot" and seal it.  I was then to take that white security envelope and place it in the white mailing envelope that had already been addressed to my local ballot drop-off location.  Well, I spent maybe 5 minutes voting for my favorites and then I began looking for the white secrecy envelope as were the direction sent with the ballot.  Wasn't to be found.  What I did find was a plain yellow envelope that I had no idea what to do with it.  Well, my wife and I figured that somehow the directions didn't match up with what was placed in the mailer...so we decided that we would put our file-in ballot in the yellow envelope, which we assumed was the secrecy envelope and placed that envelope in the white mail-in envelope.  With a bit of common sense, it was the only way it could have been accomplished.  Somehow we were told to place our ballot in the white secrecy envelope when in fact it was yellow in color.  We both said, "Wait and see how many people get this all screwed up and we'll have to do it all over again.  Well...we were partially correct.  The election board made a major mistake and said the secrecy envelope was white and not yellow like they had sent to us.  Most fairly intelligent people can figure it out, but they must have had so many calls and people mailing in their ballot in the white mailing envelope without placing it in the yellow envelope.  Wouldn't you think that the plain yellow envelope was placed in the mailer for a reason.  Yeah! they got the color wrong, but what other envelope could we have placed it in.  After reading this story are you totally confused?  I can see how you could be.  I guess we were one of the lucky ones, or perhaps we were one of the reasoning ones who just knew they had made a mistake and they had wanted us to place our ballot in the envelope that had no printing on it before placing that envelope on the mail-in one that had the address to where it was to be mailed.  Are you confused yet?  No big deal...I guess.  I hope they don't make everyone do it all over again and send out new ballots.  What a waste of our money.  Perhaps the people who made the mistake could pay for the new mailing!  Only fair!!  My wife and I talked about our choices and we agreed on just about everyone.  And....there is no way I want to do it all over again!  If I have to do that I will list my name for every slot on the ballot.  Maybe I might win some post in our local government.  Hey, I have plenty of time to do nothing as some of them do.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.