Voting

[Moemg]

I'm voting tomorrow . Our voting place is close to our house and never crowded .

 

[pb4uski]

... Question: Janet Reno of Florida, did she vote early? Do the votes of dead people count?

It varies by state. According to this article, if reno voted early it does count since she was from Florida.

Does an absentee voter count if she dies before Election Day?

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.

 

[Gumby]

There is no early voting in Connecticut. I'll be at the polls when they open at 6:00 am tomorrow. Regardless of how things turn out, I always feel good about our country when I stand in line with my fellow citizens to peacefully decide who shall represent us.

 

[Major Tom]

My SO and I dropped our mail-in ballots off at the county courthouse a couple of weeks ago. I used to like voting in person on the day, but since trying it the mail-in way must say that I much prefer it.

 

[MichaelB]

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.

I get that. Not so many things nowadays that give such a strong sense of community.

We're away from home and had to vote by mail.

 

[NW-Bound]

We have had the fortune of voting by mail for so long, I cannot remember the last time I stood in line. I put it in the mail last week. Painless.

 

[meierlde]

In Tx at least once you reach 65 you can file an application to get all ballots by mail, so no need to stand in line. I understand that in Ca you can no matter your age go to mail only ballots, and of course in Or they have eliminated in person voting in favor of vote by mail. I do think this would be a good idea nationally.

 

[NW-Bound]

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.

It does not matter now, as there are many days we do not leave the home anyway.

 

[grasshopper]

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.

 

[MichaelB]

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.

Here you go

 

[NW-Bound]

I get that. Not so many things nowadays that give such a strong sense of community...

Only until people bring out placards demonstrating their partisanship.

Then, all hell breaks loose.

 

[NW-Bound]

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 know you live in a remote corner, but man, it is lonely with so few walk-in voters.

 

[aaronc879]

I voted early for the first time in my life and I wish I had done it that way every time. Instead of waiting for an hour or longer I went to city hall 2 weeks before election day in mid morning and there was no wait at all. Couldn't have been easier.

 

[braumeister]

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.

Later, I spent a couple of decades using an absentee ballot while moving around courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Next few decades, I've voted when convenient at the local polling place, but have never encountered a line.

Have I merely been fortunate, or is it because I've deliberately sought out places to live that were not congested?

I'm always somewhat bemused when I read about all the folks who stand on line for sometimes hours to vote.

 

[scrabbler1]

I'm voting tomorrow . Our voting place is close to our house and never crowded .

Same here. Another nice little thing about being ERed is that I can vote at a time of day (between 9 and 11 AM) when there is little activity at the polling pace which is a short walk away from where I live. Since New York switched from those ancient lever machines to optical scan machines a few years ago, it takes less time to vote because the only bottleneck is waiting to sign in at he sign-in table, not also waiting for a slowpoke to vote. There are many "privacy booths" for voters to complete their ballots.

Even so, I never had to wait more than 10 or 15 minutes to vote in presidential elections prior to 2008 when I went to the polls at peak hours (6:30 PM- 9 PM) after returning home from work.

New York is not a swing state but we have a very tight election for the state senate in my are which will likely determine which party controls it.

 

[gauss]

I always walk to the polls on election morning.

I often see our neighbors once we arrive. This year the neighbors called a few days ago and want to walk with us! Now that's community IMHO,

-gauss

 

[samclem]

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.

But I think almost everyplace, with or without early voting, has absentee voting, which is quite accessible.

I know a lot of people who can't be bothered to vote. I don't do anything to encourage them.

 

[foxfirev5]

We will vote tomorrow at our fire hall. This election has done a number on our family with about an even split between presidential candidates. DW and I are cutting out for a comped night at a nearby casino. Kind of a lose-lose situation .

 

[Major Tom]

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

[rodi]

I'll vote tomorrow... On the way back from walking the dog on the beach, and prior to taking older son to the maxillofacial doctor.

I just finished researching the ballot today... literally. 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.

 

[38Chevy454]

Early voted last week, waited 2 minutes.

 

[RE2Boys]

Paid voting official here so I'll be at the polls from 630am to 830pm. My district has a little over 1000 registered voters, I'd expect about 600+ tomorrow. We seldom have a line, a 15 minute wait would be extreme. Get the opening crowd, then a lunch time crowd, then the after work crowd. Retired folks are smart....come in between the above times. Three electronic "tablets" (big) that the over 65 crowd sometimes find difficult.

 

[NW-Bound]

... 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).

 

[meierlde]

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).

When I lived in Houston there were page after page of judges on the ballot, which I generally skipped because I did not know much about them.

 

[timo2]

Dropped my mail ballot into the drop box at the County offices on Friday. In states like mine that mail everyone registered a ballot two weeks in advance, I really don't understand why the voting rate isn't at 90%