Lane von Herzen: Documentation of Voter Registration Withdrawal

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Monday, October 26, 2026

Documentation of Voter Registration Withdrawal

Email from San Mateo County Voter Registrar's Office on October 26, 2026 at 9:55 AM, (Registrar@smcacre.gov)

Your voter registration was cancelled on October 14, 2028 as you requested.

Sincerely,

Axxxxx Sxxxx

(Please note that I am not identifying an elections official on my blog, because I am uncertain of privacy requirements for these employees and I wish to maintain their security under all circumstances.)

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Email from Lane MacWilliams to Axxxxx Sxxxx of the San Mateo County Voter Registrar's Office on October 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM:

Thank you very much for the confirmation, Mr. Sxxxx.

Lane MacWilliams

Please note that the emails listed above were forwarded to the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. DOJ on October 26, 2026 at 10:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time.