That happened to me once during the 1990's in a local election to modify the mayor's term from 2 years to 4. At my polling place my name wasn't listed. I showed them letter I received notifying where to vote but all they could do was to have me cast a provisional ballot. A few months later I received letter of apology stating that my vote "should" have been counted.
When vote-by-mail was instituted wide-scale I jumped on it to avoid any last-minute surprise. I have my completed ballot in the mail well ahead of time and then go on-line a few days later to see if it has been verified. No way do I share the mindset of the election-day voters that trust the competency of government workers and their powerless volunteers manning the election day poll sites.
