Unplanning your civic duty...

Like many military families Sam and I are residents of a state we don't actually reside in. Mostly for tax reasons, Sam and I are currently residents of Florida. We vote in Palm Beach county elections, we each have a valid Florida drivers license, and therefore Sam doesn't have to pay income tax on his military earnings. This is a great deal that has been working for us for the last 7 years. Although this week we hit one of the few snags in our system, Sam got called up for jury duty in Palm Beach county. This is a very long commute for Sam, therefore the Palm Beach county clerk of courts has included the public transportation schedule since Sam doesn't have a car registered in the state of Florida. Instead of taking the gamble on riding public transportation across the country Sam has decided to get excused from jury duty, although apparently this is easier said then done. I would have thought that since the county just sent him a absentee ballet our situation would be in there records.