foxfirev5
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I usually vote absentee as I'm on the road and it's tough to be home on a Tuesday to vote.
The wait in line was 2 hours and when I finally got to the voting area, the judge decided my signature did not look like the 20 year old signature in the record book. Grrrr. Bring on online voting.
Regular voting otoh is a breeze.
I regard voting as a tremendous privilege, and as dumb as it may sound to some, I *want* to go in person. I get a kick out of walking in there on Election Day along with a large number of neighbors, some of who I recognize; getting my name crossed off the roll; walking into that voting booth; and voting in person. I have never had to wait very long at all....What a great celebration of freedom and of being an American citizen. I'm sure citizens of other free countries feel the same.
You're lucky. They'd probably think I was John Wilkes Booth from my signature.
Someone in Chicago is already voting under that name. Several times each election. Is that you?
Here in PA we have to vote in person unless not physically able to come to the polls. I hate it--it's very hard to research the local candidates...In PA we don't get a sample ballot so we have to rely on the newspaper, which I don 't buy. Walking into the polling place without being able to know exactly who/what is on the ballot is undemocratic.
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In person. The polling place is 2 doors away, across the street. What could be easier ?
I generally vote in the manner of our people, by filling in small ovals on a sheet of paper.
It is our way.