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Gone but not forgotten
I'm voting tomorrow . Our voting place is close to our house and never crowded .
... Question: Janet Reno of Florida, did she vote early? Do the votes of dead people count?
Because election law is governed by states, the rules vary widely when it comes to how this issue is handled. Had Steen lived in Florida, for example, her vote would have counted. Florida state law dictates that "the ballot of an elector who casts an absentee ballot shall be counted even if the elector dies on or before election day" so long as the ballot was postmarked or received by the election supervisor prior to the voter's death.
I get that. Not so many things nowadays that give such a strong sense of community.I am still looking forward to it! What an event. I plan to wear my red, white, and blue, and to take something to sit on and rain gear. We'll see our neighbors and generally it will be such fun to have this opportunity to exercise our right to vote.
Here you goThe only thing different is I do not get a sticker "I voted today" to put on my shirt front, the same as I used to do when voting before going to work.
I get that. Not so many things nowadays that give such a strong sense of community...
Ms G is a paid election official, she is expecting 25-35 voters in our town for an 7am-7pm day. Most the old folks mail in.
I'm voting tomorrow . Our voting place is close to our house and never crowded .
But I think almost everyplace, with or without early voting, has absentee voting, which is quite accessible.I found out that some places do not have early voting. That's a big shame. I predict those places will have huge lines even as the polls are supposed to be closing and will have to stay open. A big problem with not having early voting is that people have other obligations such as caring for sick and elderly, being out of town at last minute, jobs, commutes, etc. So I have to disagree with folks who say there should be no early voting.
In CA, we get an "I voted by mail" sticker. I don't usually wear them, though I do occasionally stick them on my cats for photo ops.The only thing different is I do not get a sticker "I voted today" to put on my shirt front, the same as I used to do when voting before going to work.
Me neither. For the years when I was voting in person, there were plenty of polling stations all over the place, and never a line at any of the ones I visited.I have never waited on line in my life to vote. In the beginning, I simply went in as soon as the polls opened in the morning, so I could get it out of the way before going to work.
On items that I do not know enough about (nor care enough to spend the time to study), I usually leave blank.... We had *so* many ballot inititiatives. Heck even the local city ones ran through half the alphabet. (It was 2 city ones that I hadn't decided on/ read up on until today.) Current city council has decided to make a lot of changes to city charter... and when you're messing with a charter - I want to make sure the changes are good ones.
On items that I do not know enough about (nor care enough to spend the time to study), I usually leave blank.
Of course, I want as few of these as possible, but I do not feel bad about leaving some to people who feel more strongly about the issues. When I don't know (nor care), I will admit that I do not know (nor care).