Have you voted yet?

[Radical Activist]

Poll question: Have you voted yet?

I'm always busy helping candidates on election day so I like voting early. I won't have to worry about something unexpected coming up that keeps me from getting to my polling place.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Nope.

I very much enjoy the experience of going to the polls on election day. I like chatting with the olds. I like parking my car with Democratic stickers in front of my VERY red community's municipal center. I like putting my paper ballot through the machine.

Oh, and this year I will be bringing my son to vote for his first time as well.

:)

[Radical Activist]

4. Congrats

on voting with your son!

[PeaceNikki]

9. He's looking forward to casting a vote for Russ Feingold... his future step-father

;)

:D

[blondeatlast]

16. Can't be; my son is only 13 1/2 and can't vote yet!

:evilgrin:

[Donnachaidh]

6. Me too! And as my polling place has been changed this year

to a church in my very RED area, I'm curious as to who will be showing up on election day. In 2008 we had lots of Dems, I'm hoping to see them again this year.

And I'm weighing what to say if someone calls me a "Mama Grizzly". Plan on taking my son with me as well. He's one month shy of being able to vote, damn it!

[K8-EEE]

31. I have a question for DU voting experts

Is it better (more likely to be counted) to vote on paper on election day or just as good to vote early on electronic machines (L.A. County.)

I will be down by the courthouse where I think they have the early voting -- but am scared of the (Diebold?) machines! My usual polling place has the inky-dot thingee.

[Radical Activist]

38. Hopefully it doesn't matter.

But a question like that would depend on the voting machine and whether your county election official is doing their job correctly.

[Hepburn]

51. I live in L.A. County and vote absentee ballot.

Seems better than trusting a voting machine of any kind.

[Auggie]

2. Absentee is the way to go

Hopefully my ballot will get counted too

[jaxx]

3. Voted early.

I like being able to vote early and have done so since they started it here in IL.

[Radical Activist]

12. Me too.

The sad part is that the only candidate who mailed me something telling me to vote early was Scott Lee Cohen.

[jaxx]

45. Just out of curiosity....

Voting early do you use touch machines or paper? We use paper, black in the oval, and it goes into a machine per precinct where it shows the number submitted so far.

[Radical Activist]

47. Same here.

[littlewolf]

60. same here ...

[Inuca]

68. Downstate rural IL here

Touch screens with paper trail, at the end you are asked to review your choices and touch the "print" button. You can kinda see what's being printed through a small window. Looks pretty decent.

[Robb]

5. Yes. Mail-in ballot.

I checked my county's website and confirmed they received it as well. :thumbsup:

[Radical Activist]

39. I wish my county

made it that easy to check. That's pretty cool.

[murphymom]

7. Voted but not exactly early

We have vote by mail here in Oregon.

[blondeatlast]

8. the person in yellow has some explaining to do. nt

[polichick]

10. Perhaps that poster is a citizen of another country. (I hope.) nt

[blondeatlast]

13. Ah, could be--and I hope that is the case, too. nt

[AndyTiedye]

19. They might be too young to vote

[Ikonoklast]

11. Me.

My three kids, and their three SO's.


All vote Dem, straight down the line.


One thing I did right in this life is raise some smart kids.

[Skink]

14. voted dem voted green and even threw in a some libertarians.

[Radical Activist]

21. I only voted for one third party candidate this year.

Most of the Dems on my ballot are pretty good. Unfortunately, there were too many uncontested Republicans in local races.

[DFW]

15. I'm in Europe until December--absentee was the only option n/t

[AndyTiedye]

17. It's a Nice Walk to the Polling Place on Election Day

For early voting, I'd have to drive to the county seat 15 miles away and try to find a place to park.

There really isn't much chance that I will accidentally turn on FauxNews and be instantly turned into a Repiglickin' zombie.
I don't watch TV at all.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

18. I'd like to vote, but I cannot.

Born in Israel, current resident of Heaven. Not a US citizen :(

[blondeatlast]

20. Ah, but have you endorsed anyone yet? nt

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

23. The fact that I am posting on this board should make it clear enough whom I would vote for

if I could. And I do not endorse Christine O'Donnell, no matter what she says!

[blondeatlast]

33. I, for one, am honored that you participate in our little neighborhood bar

of partisan politics!

[HopeHoops]

22. You need an option for "Can't vote until November 2nd".

In PA, it is a felony to vote by absentee if you are capable of physically showing up at the poll on election day, AND, if you have already voted by absentee but are "unexpectedly" capable of showing up in person you are required to do so and have your absentee ballot invalidated in the process of voting in person.

[K8-EEE]

29. Wow that's interesting!

My parents have been voting absentee for a the last few years, they find it easier as they get older, don't have to stand in line and all that. My daughter votes absentee because she is away at college -- but I think pretty much everyone in CA has that choice!

My mom had second thoughts about the absentee thing when she voted for Edwards in the CA primary only to have him drop out of the race before election day -- but in an election like this one, she's Boxer/Brown all the way so no prob sending it in early.

[HopeHoops]

36. My eldest daughter (of 3) voted for the first time - by absentee.

She's at college out of state (sophomore). I don't know how she voted and it isn't any of my business, but I raised her to respect life, family values, tradition, and other American ideals so I suspect she went entirely with Democrats. The Republicans certainly don't respect any of that stuff.

[K8-EEE]

48. LOL I know mine voted straight Dem!

Because she volunteers for the Dems up at her college and has registered a lot of students to vote.....I think they are making a mistake thinking the youth won't come out!

[HopeHoops]

50. I agree - they'll be out there.

Mine has her first real boyfriend (at 19). He's in the US Army and pretty conservative but he's a wonderful guy and my wife and I both think he's a good match for her, at least at this point in their lives.

[Radical Activist]

35. Then you haven't voted yet.

I can't possibly create a poll with the hundreds of good reasons why a person hasn't voted yet. I hope PA passes an early voting law soon.

[HopeHoops]

40. No. I'm working the polls from 7-9 in the morning on Tuesday and then I'll go get my wife and vote.

We like to vote together. Now that I think about it, we like to do EVERYTHING together.

[Radical Activist]

46. Then you haven't voted yet.

That's the appropriate poll response.

[HopeHoops]

52. Yeah, well that's the one I picked. It just seemed a bit "vague".

Maybe a "Haven't voted yet and fuck it" option along with a "Haven't voted yet but will when I can on Tuesday" split would work?

[Retrograde]

78. Way to encourage voters!

CA's secretary of state pushed for voting by mail because it saved the state money: fewer machines, fewer poll workers, more convenient for most people.

[slackmaster]

24. I enjoy the ritual of going early to a polling place in my neighborhood, with coffee in hand

It's how I've always voted.

[K8-EEE]

28. Me too! I'll be walking down there when they open next Tues

Coffee and sample ballot in hand so I can keep all those CA propositions straight!

[Brickbat]

25. I love voting in person in my tiny township hall in the woods. Lots of fun.

[MineralMan]

26. I always vote on election day, at my regular polling place.

I want to see what's going on there, so I go there, look the situation over, vote, and maybe chat with a few people about turnout and that sort of thing for a while. So far, I've never seen anything untoward at my particular precinct.

[political_Dem]

27. Yes. Absentee ballot.

[handmade34]

30. as Stephen Colbert says:

get out and vote and vote awesome! voted 2 days ago and I voted awesome

[Radical Activist]

37. Vote awesome.

I like it!

[Individualist]

32. Voted Thursday.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Voted Absentee

I'm traveling a lot for work, so i wasn't sure i'd be here on election day. Now, it turns out i won't be, so it's a good thing i thought of that.
GAC

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. Haven't voted yet, but believe me, nothing will stop me on Nov. 2nd!

I love the ritual of going into my polling place and voting there...

[supernova]

42. Voted last Thursday

:woohoo:

[county worker]

43. I will fill out my mail in ballot tonight

[lunatica]

44. I voted absentee

[GoCubsGo]

49. My state doesn't have early voting

Since I'm at home all day, I can't justify an absentee ballot. So, I'll just go to the polling place, like I usually do.

[dkofos]

53. maybe tomorrow

[Lebam in LA]

54. Not yet

I like voting on election day. I have been walking the 1/2 block to my polling place for the past 18 years and haven't missed a vote yet. I get a vote by mail ballot everytime (can't get off their damn vote by mail list). Those little tiny boxes a way too small for this ole lady to mark without the little machine that makes reading a lot easier. I also like seeing the same faces at the home I vote at. Very uplifting since I am in a very blue area)

[bvar22]

55. I WILL vote on Election Day,

and I WILL record my vote with any available Exit Polls.

Early Voting and Mail In voting makes it easier to steal elections.

In the rest of the Free World, exit polls are used to verify vote totals.
Exit Polls ARE the Gold Standard for fair elections.

ONLY in America do we trust the Corporations to count our votes in secret, and then tell us over the Television who WON the election.

Exit Polls are the ONLY tool the citizens have to keep the vote count honest.

[Radical Activist]

58. I've never seen anyone conducting an exit poll.

Not at any location in any election. Have you? It seems odd since I work every election and usually visit multiple precincts.

[TheKentuckian]

56. Nah, I believe it goofs the count here and we still have paper ballots.

If/when we go electronic then I'll try to go absentee.

[Raine]

57. I'm doing it next Tuesday

I like to do it in person on election day to make it more of a special event. :party:

[meeshrox]

59. Drat! If only I waited to click on this poll until tomorrow

I'll be voting D all the way down around lunchtime tomorrow!

[Radical Activist]

61. Cool.

[hayu_lol]

62. Son dropped our two ballots off at the County Building...

today. Only a mile from the house and here we vote by mail or direct drop off(OR).

[glinda]

63. To those of you who are not voting and can...VOTE!

[Greyskye]

64. We've both voted already.

Absentee here. Go Jerry Brown!

[McCamy Taylor]

65. I did! Straight party. Make that damn straight party!

:dem:

[NYC_SKP]

66. Those who "don't plan to vote"...

...are, I hope, unable to vote due to citizenship or other legitimate and defensible reasons.

To sit out the vote is inexcusable.

:donut:

[ecstatic]

67. Yes. I voted this past Monday :)

Didn't want to take a chance of running into a crowd on Nov 2. There were a lot of people voting at the early voting location, but I was out in 15 minutes because of how well organized the volunteers were.

[LWolf]

69. I alreadyd voted. Not "early;" I got my ballot the same day

as the rest of the state, and we all have a few weeks to fill it out and mail it back, or drop it off in a drop-off box if we wait to long to get it through the mail on time.

I didn't need more time to decide how to vote, so mine went in the mail 10 days ago.

[deacon]

70. Hell yeah. And, enthusiastically :) Straight Dem, n/t

[CanonRay]

71. How can somebody who posts on this side not vote

I just don't fucking get it.

[Upton]

72. Why would some folks not plan to vote?

I just don't get it. What are they even doing on a political board?

[slackmaster]

73. They're math-challenged

Or maybe socially irresponsible.

[pruple]

74. No early voting here.

Our dem sec of state candidate promises to bring us early voting.

[gkhouston]

75. Voted early and there was a stready stream of folks. Took someone else to the

polls yesterday and we actually had to wait about 30 minutes to vote. Usually, at the midterms, there are tumbleweeds rolling around in the polling place :-), so I'm very encouraged by the turnout.

[Radical Activist]

76. Good to hear!

The party is finally pushing early voting like it should and people are responding.

[AnArmyVeteran]

77. I saw your poll but waited till I voted to respond.

I read your poll and later yesterday I voted. I was planning on voting early and I'm glad I did. The turnout was huge yesterday (about 2pm). The parking lot at the courthouse was almost full. I just hope they were mostly democrats. I've seen general elections on voting day that didn't have the number of people voting early. I'm in a bright red state full of right wingers but maybe democrats were voting because they are disturbed at the prospect of seeing so many right wing extremists trying to take over our government.

Now that I have voted I'm going to make sure others (democrats only!) in my life vote too.