I Voted

[gerntz]

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Originally Posted by Gumby I really miss the old lever action mechanical voting machine with the curtain that slides open and shut as you move the lever. I feel that they were less vulnerable to hacking. It also brought home to you the seriousness of the task at hand. Sadly, they got rid of them after the 2000 election.

I liked those too, but....

Only one person could vote at a time per machine. They can hand out multiple paper ballots to be filled in & the only time machine is used is when the ballot is fed in. Net, much higher capacity.

The mechanical machines did not/do not have a paper trail, so no way to know if the "tape" removed at end of today accurately recorded votes or not.

[MRG]

Took our normal mail delivered ballots to the box outside the courthouse. Done.

[Koolau]

Interesting discussion today. I've been voting ON election day for 50 years - several poling places - different states - and never waited more than half an hour. Why is this year so different? Just sayin' so YMMV. Full disclosure: Just voted a few days ago by mail. It felt very strange and somehow unfulfilling. YMMV

[braumeister]

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Originally Posted by MRG Took our normal mail delivered ballots to the box outside the courthouse. Done.

Same here. Very easy.

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Originally Posted by Koolau Just voted a few days ago by mail. It felt very strange and somehow unfulfilling.

It's just what you're used to.
For over 20 years in the military, voting by mail was my only option so it felt natural.
Since back in civilian life, our polling place has been nearby and very uncrowded so that got to feel natural.
This year it seemed to wiser to get the mail ballot, and I liked doing it.

[JDARNELL]

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Originally Posted by harley If there actually was a "None of the Above" option I suspect we'd be pushing 100% turnout.

I agree. The two party system has a stranglehold on more candidates. Sometimes though the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Game theory at its best.

[Calico]

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Originally Posted by Poopycat This state is one of the few left that doesn’t do early in-person voting. Not for seniors, not for anybody. You can do mail-in or absentee; they are different in this state. If I remember correctly, to do absentee you need to meet one of five or six conditions, one of which is being 65+. Another is that you won’t be in the county on Election Day. This year, people with pre-existing conditions can also request absentee ballots. I didn’t meet any of the absentee conditions. You can do mail-in voting but your ballot must be notarized. Finding a notary public isn’t always easy; I found that out when I moved here. It’s probably faster than standing in line, but it still concerns me. I just moved here and it took forever just to get registered so I didn’t think I’d have time to get the ballot mailed back in even if I wanted to. I just don’t trust the post office right now. It’s ok. I’ll knock it out early on voting day. I live in an urban area so I fear that I will have long lines, but it’s also a well to do area so maybe it won’t be so bad. My company has issued a rule that nobody can schedule meetings that day so nobody will feel pressured to decide between waiting in line to vote or skipping the vote in order to get to the meeting.

Your profile says you live in Ohio. Ohio offers early, in-person voting. Here is a link to the Secretary of State's website with dates and times of early voting: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/vo...n&_t_hit.pos=2

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by Koolau Interesting discussion today. I've been voting ON election day for 50 years - several poling places - different states - and never waited more than half an hour. Why is this year so different? Just sayin' so YMMV. Full disclosure: Just voted a few days ago by mail. It felt very strange and somehow unfulfilling. YMMV

On election day where I live (NC) long lines are pretty much the norm on election days in years past (after waiting in a long line for hours in the rain several years ago I said never again and have voted absentee since then). I think turn outs are higher this year because of interest in the election and I think absentee and early voting is up because of Covid.

[Eaglekeeper]

Very easy in Boise too. 15 minutes in and out. Everyone was courteous, masks on with social distancing.

[harllee]

I just read that a couple of astronauts on the space station voted electronically. Talk about "absentee!"

[Koolau]

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Originally Posted by harllee On election day where I live (NC) long lines are pretty much the norm on election days in years past (after waiting in a long line for hours in the rain several years ago I said never again and have voted absentee since then). I think turn outs are higher this year because of interest in the election and I think absentee and early voting is up because of Covid.

Since we have unsolicited voting by mail here, there won't be lines at poling places (we also have early voting at specified locations if you don't want to mail in you ballot or if, for some reason, you don't receive your unsolicited ballot.) IF you have to stand in line to vote, most folks will be outside, properly distanced and masked. I don't see Covid as a significant risk for voting here - heck, we just opened up limited tourism. Of course, YMMV.

[retire-early]

We voted by mail and received postcard in the mail confirming that our mail-in ballots were received.

We drove to a ballot collection box instead of mailing it in.

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[tulak]

Voted with DS and his girlfriend. We had a good time reading through and deciding on some of the choices. Then took a nice walk to the ballot box to drop off our ballots. Our civic duty is done for this election.

[audreyh1]

Finally made it back to TX. Our county has drive through voting at the polling locations! Never seen that before. We opted to go inside figuring it would be empty. It was. It was 94 degrees outside!

No longer any straight ticket options.

[geeky_grrl]

Dropped off my ballot at the box in front of the courthouse this weekend. I need to check the secretary of state website tomorrow to make sure it was accepted. Oregon's vote by mail has always worked well for me.

[harllee]

45% of the registered voters in my state of North Carolina have already voted. Can any other states top that?

[RunningBum]

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Originally Posted by harllee 45% of the registered voters in my state of North Carolina have already voted. Can any other states top that?

The answer is somewhere in here, though I'm not sure how up to date it is.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ly-voting.html

Florida is pretty close. About 43%. They show NC at 44%. I only scanned states so might have missed one. I find it pretty interesting.

Florida

6,018,000 people have voted so far: 3,805,000 have voted absentee and 2,212,000 have voted early in person. 14,065,000 were registered to vote as of Aug. 31.

North Carolina

3,171,000 people have voted so far: 778,000 have voted absentee and 2,393,000 have voted early in person. 7,200,000 were registered to vote as of Oct. 3.

[tulak]

46.4% for Washington State [emoji2]

https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/res...tatistics.aspx

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by tulak 46.4% for Washington State [emoji2] https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/res...tatistics.aspx

Good for Washington State--the winning state so far!!!

[Tadpole]

Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision affect WA state which has had it's laws in place since forever? WA only requires postmark by end of Nov.3, not received by Nov.3 from what I understand.

[MuirWannabe]

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Originally Posted by Tadpole Does the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision affect WA state which has had it's laws in place since forever? WA only requires postmark by end of Nov.3, not received by Nov.3 from what I understand.

Why would a state court decision in Wisconsin effect rules in Washington state?