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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:21 AM Oct 2018

Have any of you voted?

Last edited Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:39 AM - Edit history (1)

In my state, I have to wait until Election Day. The polls open at 6:00am. Fortunately, I can vote two blocks from where I live. I always vote in the morning as soon as they open. Then I go home, have breakfast and go to work.

My parents and brothers live in states where you can vote early so they are already done.

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Have any of you voted? (Original Post) IrishEyes Oct 2018 OP
We voted 10/09/18 RandySF Oct 2018 #1
I voted today by mail. Polly Hennessey Oct 2018 #2
Same here, but in Oregon flibbitygiblets Oct 2018 #49
Same. Washington. violetpastille Oct 2018 #79
I filled mine out, going to drop in the mail tomorrow...Washington State, no voting booths here! Canoe52 Oct 2018 #3
My husband and I have both voted by mail here in California. My parents, aged 90 and 91, have also skylucy Oct 2018 #4
Nope, I'm in New York Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #5
Yeah, I'm in NY as well. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #20
I used to vote at the school, now it's the fire house. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #65
NY doesn't have early voting? Polybius Oct 2018 #63
No, I have to show up at the fire house on election day. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #64
You vote at a fire house? Polybius Oct 2018 #66
I used to vote at the high school, but now I vote at the fire house. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #67
I vote at the parish center whistler162 Oct 2018 #104
No I am from Missouri and you have to have a good reason to vote early. demgrrrll Oct 2018 #6
And who J_William_Ryan Oct 2018 #9
The state rules are that you can vote early if you are disabled or a caregiver for a disabled person demgrrrll Oct 2018 #11
So how will they know that you do or don't qualify? vlyons Oct 2018 #30
I think you fill out a form that states that you are telling the truth about demgrrrll Oct 2018 #36
It's funny, because a better question would be 'how many times have you voted already'? mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #7
Please don't tease the deplorables. dubyadiprecession Oct 2018 #83
Yes by mail Cicada Oct 2018 #8
Yup, mailed it in this past weekend. 2naSalit Oct 2018 #10
will NEVER early vote again jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #12
I'm in Waukesha county and decided to wait until election day because I was Luciferous Oct 2018 #19
The whole handmade34 Oct 2018 #13
Mailed in my vote last week MLAA Oct 2018 #14
One of my sons mailed his absentee ballot. The other son, FSogol Oct 2018 #15
Went and voted a straight blue ticket yesterday... Callmecrazy Oct 2018 #16
Wow. My ballot is only two pages. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #100
In Florida , going today at 9:00AM katmondoo Oct 2018 #17
Voted by mail in AZ last week. kairos12 Oct 2018 #18
I really hope Kyrsten Sinema wins in Arizona. She seems great. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #118
It appears to be a nail biter. kairos12 Nov 2018 #137
I checked my early ballot for signature check..and ballot counted in AZ jst this am... asiliveandbreathe Nov 2018 #128
Filled out my ballot last night. Aristus Oct 2018 #21
I just got back. Flaleftist Oct 2018 #22
That is good to hear. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #119
Yes crazycatlady Oct 2018 #23
early voting started yesterday here in FL OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #24
Ballot notarized and in the mail today. Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #25
By mail in AZ Bradshaw3 Oct 2018 #26
Mailed my ballot today (California) Nictuku Oct 2018 #27
My wife and I voted today! Quemado Oct 2018 #28
Yes! vlyons Oct 2018 #29
Great. Go Beto! IrishEyes Oct 2018 #32
Military voter here roscoeroscoe Oct 2018 #31
Yes! MontanaMama Oct 2018 #33
Voted in person. Working the polls on Election Day. Guilded Lilly Oct 2018 #34
first day possible at the auditor's office at 9 AM rurallib Oct 2018 #35
Yes. Raven123 Oct 2018 #37
Filled it out this weekend... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #38
Yep 10/10/2018 nt doc03 Oct 2018 #39
Yep customerserviceguy Oct 2018 #40
Another DUer from Arizona ChazII Oct 2018 #41
Yes; in Oregon. nancy1942 Oct 2018 #42
Voted by mail ailsagirl Oct 2018 #43
Yes, in Arkansas. TomSlick Oct 2018 #44
Yes. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #45
My wife and I did in TN Generic Brad Oct 2018 #46
My best friend lives in Tennessee. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #69
Florida early voter bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #47
Voted two weeks ago billh58 Oct 2018 #48
Four here from this family voted absentee ballot in California. Tikki Oct 2018 #50
Yesterday in So Cal ucralum Oct 2018 #88
Our California County posts when the absentee ballots are received and processed.. Tikki Oct 2018 #89
Yes Botany Oct 2018 #51
Voted 10/22 in Florida MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #52
2 votes for Beto...2 votes for Joseph Kopser...I have a question for the mail-in voters. irresistable Oct 2018 #53
Votered! shenmue Oct 2018 #54
It is a good thing you don't have a space. It would say vote red. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #60
Today. Polls open today. Live in solid red county, but want my vote counted. Fla Dem Oct 2018 #55
You must live kes Oct 2018 #71
Florida here kes Oct 2018 #72
No St Johns County. Up in the NE Corner. DeSantis County. UGH. Fla Dem Oct 2018 #74
Oh! kes Oct 2018 #75
Last week. For a deep red state, we have early voting and vote by mail. Every state should. Hoyt Oct 2018 #56
Saturday in Vegas. brush Oct 2018 #57
Already voted because at 5:00 AM on Election Day, I will be in the polling place setting up. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #58
That sounds good. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #62
Will be dropping off mine later today. Oregon. Enoki33 Oct 2018 #59
Yes, this past Saturday. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #61
Yup - October 9 jpak Oct 2018 #68
Yesterday! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2018 #70
I voted a few weeks ago and verified online that my vote was received and counted. Equinox Moon Oct 2018 #73
voted in NM MFGsunny Oct 2018 #76
Are you asking if just once?.. osmium Oct 2018 #77
Vote Early. Vote Often. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #84
Mailed in my ballot today wryter2000 Oct 2018 #78
Early mail in ballot on the 15th of October JonLP24 Oct 2018 #80
Absentee Voter SallyHemmings Oct 2018 #81
Yes! emulatorloo Oct 2018 #82
No, not yet MissMillie Oct 2018 #85
That sounds like a good way to spend time with your family. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #87
Yes, CO has a great mail in ballot system Rizen Oct 2018 #86
I wish we had that system in NY. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #90
Yes. I voted on 10/23 in Arkansas. Arkansas Granny Oct 2018 #91
Posted my absentee ballot 3 weeks ago. nt Granny M Oct 2018 #92
voted on wednesday (illinois) n/t orleans Oct 2018 #93
Yup. silverweb Oct 2018 #94
Voted absentee from France. Mailed our ballots in two weeks ago. GoneOffShore Oct 2018 #95
Mail-in Ballot Accepted jxla Oct 2018 #96
Absolutely jmowreader Oct 2018 #97
I voted by mail two weeks ago. KWR65 Oct 2018 #98
Tomorrow BlueDog22 Oct 2018 #99
yep..we got our ballots in August..did some research on the initiatives and samnsara Oct 2018 #101
Yep, yesterday, vote by mail in WA. nt Smickey Oct 2018 #102
NY but would always vote whistler162 Oct 2018 #103
My birthday is a few days after Election Day IrishEyes Nov 2018 #121
Voted here in NV early too Brainfodder Oct 2018 #105
Yep. Early voted in North Carolina yesterday and ooky Oct 2018 #106
I used to make breakfast for my roommate on Election Day after they voted. IrishEyes Oct 2018 #109
I voted early in Texas Vogon_Glory Oct 2018 #107
Voted this morning at City Hall in Austin TX NoPasaran Oct 2018 #108
yep onethatcares Oct 2018 #110
We voted Sunday in Longwood FL OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #111
Yesterday Morning BlueDog22 Oct 2018 #112
Voted on the 30th, area51 Oct 2018 #113
Yes. Voted first day of early voting in NC mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #114
my Vote By Mail ballot arrived before Early Voting started yellowdogintexas Oct 2018 #115
Thank you for all your work. I hope Beto wins and more of Texas becomes blue. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #117
Yes Beringia Oct 2018 #116
I voted by mail. Sent my ballot the day after it arrived nt yellowdogintexas Nov 2018 #120
I voted already. imavoter Nov 2018 #122
Welcome Back! Go Beto! IrishEyes Nov 2018 #125
Thanks so much. n/t imavoter Nov 2018 #142
What was your previous GP6971 Nov 2018 #126
Can't really share that. imavoter Nov 2018 #146
Thank you for your response GP6971 Nov 2018 #147
No worries imavoter Nov 2018 #148
Me. Got a text saying my ballot has been received and will be counted. MissB Nov 2018 #123
Yes! I voted. love_katz Nov 2018 #124
Yep, Nov. 1 in MD! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2018 #127
Yep. Main in ballot but I dropped ours off at the drop box at the county building meadowlark5 Nov 2018 #129
Yes. northoftheborder Nov 2018 #130
weeks ago. Mail in ballot. n/t Brainstormy Nov 2018 #131
Yes BigMin28 Nov 2018 #132
Yes today. My wife kacekwl Nov 2018 #133
Yes, I needed to have an absentee ballot since I am traveling and won't be home to vote. NNadir Nov 2018 #134
I voted 18 October and there was actually a line to get in struggle4progress Nov 2018 #135
October 24 philf99 Nov 2018 #136
Nope. New Yorker here. Golden Raisin Nov 2018 #138
As an older Texan, Jane Austin Nov 2018 #139
Steady traffic at the ballot drop off box blaze Nov 2018 #140
Yes Both wife and i voted, awhile back! bluestarone Nov 2018 #141
I voted in person absentee at city hall about two weeks ago. I also brought a friend. lkinwi Nov 2018 #143
Voted by absentee ballot! UrbScotty Nov 2018 #144
Yes, first of last week and I checked all three of our ballots... Laffy Kat Nov 2018 #145
Yes; on 10-25 in FL. It's a very red area and the parking lot was filled with trucks bearing r/o BlueInRedHell Nov 2018 #149
I have always lived in very blue areas. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #150
Yes, I voted on Friday in Oklahoma. redstatebluegirl Nov 2018 #151
I voted last week sweetroxie Nov 2018 #152
Yep AZ grantcart Nov 2018 #153
Yes Sunsky Nov 2018 #154
Voted Friday. Saw Bohemian Rhapsody to celebrate n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #155
I hope you enjoy the film. It looks good. Go Beto! IrishEyes Nov 2018 #158
I'm already planning to see it again in IMAX! TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #159
We don't have early voting per se lillypaddle Nov 2018 #156
My aunt is out of the country this month so she voted by absentee ballot in NY before she left. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #157

skylucy

(3,734 posts)
4. My husband and I have both voted by mail here in California. My parents, aged 90 and 91, have also
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:48 AM
Oct 2018

voted by mail! Kickin' it four times for all the Dems!!

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
20. Yeah, I'm in NY as well.
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:37 AM
Oct 2018

I think it would be fun to vote in a fire station. In my voting history, I have voted in a church, a school and a community center.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
65. I used to vote at the school, now it's the fire house.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:58 PM
Oct 2018

And the first time I went there, I went in the entrance nearest me - which was where the firemen were! Oops! I had to go around to the other side of the building.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
64. No, I have to show up at the fire house on election day.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:55 PM
Oct 2018

At least it's not far and I've never had to worry about being turned away. Though my dentist did have a problem in 2016. She's lived at the same address for years, but she wasn't on the rolls, so she had to go to city hall and was only able to cast a provisional vote.

Polybius

(15,238 posts)
66. You vote at a fire house?
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:59 PM
Oct 2018

Wow, I've never heard of that, but it's pretty cool actually. I thought the only places to vote on Election Day were at public schools.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
67. I used to vote at the high school, but now I vote at the fire house.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 11:04 PM
Oct 2018

As I said up thread, the first time I went there I went in the wrong entrance, the side that was nearest me - and I walked in to where the firemen were! Oops! I had to go around to the other side of the building. Now I know.

J_William_Ryan

(1,736 posts)
9. And who
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:28 AM
Oct 2018

determines if a ‘good reason’ exists?

That voting is a fundamental right is more than a ‘good reason.’

Mailed my ballot Monday here in Florida.

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)
11. The state rules are that you can vote early if you are disabled or a caregiver for a disabled person
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:49 AM
Oct 2018

If you work for the elections and you will not be near your polling place, or if you are working and can't get off work? Not sure about that one doing this from memory. Or if for some reason you will be out of town on election day and I think there may be one more but they are all stringent rules. I guess the legislature/ AG decides what the rules are. You can vote absentee but I think the same rules apply. I am not sure about all of this I am doing this from memory.

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)
36. I think you fill out a form that states that you are telling the truth about
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 06:32 PM
Oct 2018

whatever reason you are giving to vote early. Not 100 per on that but I think that is what you do .

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
7. It's funny, because a better question would be 'how many times have you voted already'?
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:20 AM
Oct 2018

Cause you see it turns out, I just bought this bus



specifically so I could drive down to the border, pick up a whole slew of people fresh off The Caravan, collect my FAT stack of hundo's from Soros himself, and since then, we've just been Truckin' all over the West ...

That's right ... me, and my crew of Guatemalans and Honduran Illegals, most of 'em riding on the roof of the bus, just like ya see in the pic here.

And in between all our dropping hits of acid, collecting large government welfare checks, and of course stealing the identities of Honest Christian Folk, we're just totally VOTING OUR ASSES OFF, in like EVERY STATE ... with all kinds of fake ID's and birth certificates, just goin' all 'Bonnie and Cecilia' ...

It's only been a week, but ... what a long, strange trip it's been ...

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
83. Please don't tease the deplorables.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 08:05 PM
Oct 2018

We'll have mobs of them on the southern border looking seriously, for that specific bus!

Luciferous

(6,067 posts)
19. I'm in Waukesha county and decided to wait until election day because I was
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:21 AM
Oct 2018

worried about something like that happening.

FSogol

(45,356 posts)
15. One of my sons mailed his absentee ballot. The other son,
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 06:41 AM
Oct 2018

Myself, and Mrs FSogol will vote on election day.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
16. Went and voted a straight blue ticket yesterday...
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 07:20 AM
Oct 2018

I went at about 8:30 am and there was no one in line. No muss, no fuss. Good thing, too. My ballot was 9 pages long. I'm in Fort Lauderdale.

katmondoo

(6,454 posts)
17. In Florida , going today at 9:00AM
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 08:49 AM
Oct 2018

Somehow I do not feel secure voting by mail, could be lost or maybe never counted. Or counted after election day. One just does not know anymore what happens to our vote.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
22. I just got back.
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:44 PM
Oct 2018

It was busier than I've seen it in the past. A few of the poll workers also made comments on how busy they have been, one joked about how he thinks everyone in the county is voting.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
23. Yes
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:03 PM
Oct 2018

I'm working an hour and a half away. Even if my state didn't have no reason vote by mail, I would have voted absentee already.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
24. early voting started yesterday here in FL
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 03:44 PM
Oct 2018

we will head over to the little library around the corner this weekend and vote. Probably Saturday but maybe Sunday - depends how early I get up. I have a concert to attend in St Pete Saturday night so I wanna get on the road early for that. Tampa traffic is the pits.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
25. Ballot notarized and in the mail today.
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 06:01 PM
Oct 2018

Last edited Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Straight Dem, of course. Must keep Little Rhody solid blue.

10/26 UPDATE: ri.gov confirms ballot received today!

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
33. Yes!
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 06:25 PM
Oct 2018

Voted 10/16 and walked my ballot into the elections office. The ballot box was chock full by the way...and the elections office was bustling. At the 10/18 protest when tRump came to our town, they bussed voters from the protest rally to the elections office and back through the entire 3 hour rally.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
40. Yep
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 07:07 PM
Oct 2018

Going to be out of SC on Election Day, back to NY to finish cleaning stuff out of the condo to put it on the market.

I called it "early voting", and was corrected by the clerk that it was "absentee voting". A rose by any other name...

nancy1942

(635 posts)
42. Yes; in Oregon.
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 08:57 PM
Oct 2018

Dropped my ballot in the box at the local library yesterday:after having had plenty of time to thoroughly study some of our state measures that the right-wingers are trying to push through out here. Working like termites eating away at everything decent . They never rest.

Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
46. My wife and I did in TN
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:23 PM
Oct 2018

Last Saturday. There was a crazy long line, but it went briskly and we were done in 20 minutes.

Tikki

(14,537 posts)
50. Four here from this family voted absentee ballot in California.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 09:55 AM
Oct 2018

YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY....GO BLUE

Tikki family

ucralum

(89 posts)
88. Yesterday in So Cal
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 06:45 PM
Oct 2018

My husband and I and our millennial son voted using paper ballots at the Registrar of Voters yesterday. I can no longer stand to set foot in my local polling place (just down the street) in this very red city in my beautiful blue native state.

Tikki

(14,537 posts)
89. Our California County posts when the absentee ballots are received and processed..
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 09:22 PM
Oct 2018

right there on the County Election’s on-line site.

California is beautiful...

Tikki

 

irresistable

(989 posts)
53. 2 votes for Beto...2 votes for Joseph Kopser...I have a question for the mail-in voters.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:05 AM
Oct 2018

What does the envelope look like? I would be worried about my ballot making it there.

Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
55. Today. Polls open today. Live in solid red county, but want my vote counted.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:15 AM
Oct 2018

My County results from 2016 Election



What's interesting is 7,069 more votes were cast for Rubio than Trump,
And 7,519 more votes for HRC than for the Democratic Senate candidate.



But in any event, although we are outnumbered, I'm voting.


 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
58. Already voted because at 5:00 AM on Election Day, I will be in the polling place setting up.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:28 AM
Oct 2018

This will be my second election as assistant head judge. We have new iPad Pollbooks instead of the looseleaf binder pollbooks and they have scared off some of the older, long term election judges.

They are much faster and have many features. If the first three letters of your first and last names don't bring you up, we search on your birthday. If you are still not found, we enter you address which will confirm if you are in the right place. If not, we will print directions to your precinct polling place. If you are, we will register you right there if you have the needed ID.

Being assistant head judge means bringing the jump drive, printed election results, and various gear back to city hall after the polls close and equipment is packed up. Makes for a near 15 hour day.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
62. That sounds good.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:18 PM
Oct 2018

I have to work on Election Day but I would like to take a day off from work and work at the polling place for a future Election Day. Unfortunately, I won't get home until 8:00pm that day.

osmium

(94 posts)
77. Are you asking if just once?..
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:45 PM
Oct 2018

..Because this den of progressivism has voted thrice! Okay, just one round for all, but they REALLY counted.

MissMillie

(38,452 posts)
85. No, not yet
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 09:01 AM
Oct 2018

I will vote on election day. I'm hoping to make an outing of it w/ my parents. My mom has alzheimer's and she often refuses to leave the house. (I think she's embarrassed that she doesn't remember people.) Anyway, I have arranged for my dad to drive us to the polls (as I don't have a registered vehicle) and I'm hoping we can all go to lunch afterwards.

My mom was very active up until about 2 years ago. She volunteered at the local nursing home, did a lot of things for the church and even cared for her own flower gardens. These days getting her out of the house is a bit of a chore.

I have found that if I ask her to go church with me, she'll jump at that chance.

When we do go to mass together, some of the other parishioners are happy to see her.

Win-win-win. Mom gets out of the house. The community is happy to see her. I get to spend time w/ mom.

Anyway, I'll vote on 11/6.

Rizen

(703 posts)
86. Yes, CO has a great mail in ballot system
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:22 PM
Oct 2018

Yes, CO has a great mail in ballot system that every state should adopt. Republican voter suppression is an epidemic in this country.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
95. Voted absentee from France. Mailed our ballots in two weeks ago.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:50 PM
Oct 2018

Checking tomorrow that they were received in Philadelphia.

jxla

(194 posts)
96. Mail-in Ballot Accepted
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 06:43 PM
Oct 2018

[link:https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/VoterView/AbsenteeBallotSearch.do|]
View the status of your ballot to determine when your registration eligibility has been validated and your vote was counted.

Ballot Sent: 10/01/2018
Returned: 10/11/2018
Status: Accepted

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
97. Absolutely
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:01 PM
Oct 2018

I voted for:

all the Democrats on the ballot
none of the Republicans (which means, in Idaho, that half the races didn't get my vote)
to retain all the judges; the ones we have are okay and judgeships here are nonpartisan
No on Proposition 1 (allow slot machines called "historical horse racing terminals" in racetracks and simulcast facilities - which is prima facie unconstitutional in the state of Idaho)
Yes on Proposition 2 (expand Medicaid)

samnsara

(17,570 posts)
101. yep..we got our ballots in August..did some research on the initiatives and
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 04:52 PM
Oct 2018

….mailed them in last week. The state even stamps them for us.

ooky

(8,885 posts)
106. Yep. Early voted in North Carolina yesterday and
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 07:21 PM
Oct 2018

rounded up 3 more young voters for democrats and took them with me, treated them to a meal afterward.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
109. I used to make breakfast for my roommate on Election Day after they voted.
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 11:59 AM
Oct 2018

It was my way of getting them to come with me and vote before work. I didn't want them to go to work, get caught up in things and forget to vote on the way home from work. We don't live together anymore but I looked up their polling place for them and sent an email with directions from their apartment. They were happy to have the information.

Vogon_Glory

(9,084 posts)
107. I voted early in Texas
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:11 PM
Oct 2018

I voted early here in Travis County, Texas!

I also have done two rounds of phone banking for Beto O’Rourke.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
111. We voted Sunday in Longwood FL
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 02:07 PM
Oct 2018

at the neighborhood library. Business was steady and I had to circle the parking lot a couple times until someone left but once inside it went smoothly. Line was always moving and we got our ballots and got right through.

Looked to be a pretty busy day as there were cars circling when we came out too.

Got my sticker!

mnhtnbb

(31,318 posts)
114. Yes. Voted first day of early voting in NC
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 05:41 AM
Oct 2018

Walked 3 blocks from my downtown Raleigh apartment to the State BoE offices. No line! I was ballot #250 through the optical scanning machine. Very pleased that Wake County--like Orange County where I used to live--has paper ballots.

yellowdogintexas

(22,114 posts)
115. my Vote By Mail ballot arrived before Early Voting started
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 12:52 PM
Oct 2018

It stayed in my house about 36 hours.

68% of our VBM ballots have been counted.

We are running at 28% of eligible voters in our county so far for in person voting. 2 1/2 more days of Early Vote.

I have been out knocking on doors to GOTV in my precinct. I am switching to phone calls from this point forward. I just wish more people would answer their phones!!!

I've written about 300 postcards already

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
117. Thank you for all your work. I hope Beto wins and more of Texas becomes blue.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:37 AM
Nov 2018

Last edited Sat Nov 3, 2018, 04:13 PM - Edit history (1)

imavoter

(646 posts)
122. I voted already.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 04:48 PM
Nov 2018

Last edited Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:15 PM - Edit history (1)

I voted on the second day of voting in Texas.

And I am not new to DU. Just took a long break, an had to get a new user name. It's good to be back.

imavoter

(646 posts)
146. Can't really share that.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 08:12 PM
Nov 2018

My ex is still on here somewhere...so I just thought
It better that I get a new name, than to have him checking up on me. It's been several years since my last post...kinda sucks to give up all my time. I think It was 2006? or something when I signed up the first time.
But I'm glad to be back. I won't have time to be on much, but will be good to noodle around when I can.
Cheers.

GP6971

(31,014 posts)
147. Thank you for your response
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 08:28 PM
Nov 2018

and understand completely. Reason I asked... if you were in good standing and couldn't get back in for some reason, you could always ask the admins in recovering your previous username.

imavoter

(646 posts)
148. No worries
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 08:36 PM
Nov 2018

I need to go through my old account and message a few folks, to let them know I'm around.
I can access my old account, just don't want to post from it.

love_katz

(2,562 posts)
124. Yes! I voted.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 05:04 PM
Nov 2018

My state has vote by mail. I mailed my completed ballot last week. Keeping my fingers crossed for next week.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
129. Yep. Main in ballot but I dropped ours off at the drop box at the county building
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 05:17 PM
Nov 2018

There was an issue in Colorado this year though. They didn't get all of the ballots printed in time so a lot of people didn't get their ballot till a week or more after we were all supposed to receive them. Us included.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
134. Yes, I needed to have an absentee ballot since I am traveling and won't be home to vote.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 06:00 PM
Nov 2018

Many years ago, my congressman, Rush Holt, in his first bid for re-election was reported to have lost by some tiny number of votes. I was traveling then too, at a conference in Italy, where I was accompanied by a rabid Bushie. (This was the infamous 2000 election.)

He was the best congressperson I have ever had, by far, and one of the few physicists to serve in Congress.

Later it was announced that he narrowly won, after absentee ballots were counted. It was his last close election.

He worked, before retiring from Congress, to assure free and fair elections free of electronic voting. Regrettably, he was largely ignored in this quest.

I was always proud of the thought that my vote was one of the few hundred that put him over the top in 2000. It was January before he was officially declared the winner.

Golden Raisin

(4,599 posts)
138. Nope. New Yorker here.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 06:50 PM
Nov 2018

So I have to vote on Election Day. The good news is my polling place is literally across the street. Plus I'm retired so I can trot over there at my leisure without worrying about having to get to work.

lkinwi

(1,477 posts)
143. I voted in person absentee at city hall about two weeks ago. I also brought a friend.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 07:55 PM
Nov 2018

We both voted straight dem!

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
145. Yes, first of last week and I checked all three of our ballots...
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 08:08 PM
Nov 2018

And they've all been received. This is Boulder County though, so I'm not really expecting any shenanigans.

BlueInRedHell

(100 posts)
149. Yes; on 10-25 in FL. It's a very red area and the parking lot was filled with trucks bearing r/o
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 10:44 PM
Nov 2018

right-wing bumper stickers. The one parked closest to the door had a "Hillary for prison 2016" sticker. This stupid area will remain red.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
150. I have always lived in very blue areas.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:56 AM
Nov 2018

It must be difficult sometimes to live amongst a lot of republicans. Go Gillum! I hope he becomes governor. I like him a lot.

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
156. We don't have early voting per se
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 05:55 PM
Nov 2018

but I voted early based on "disability," i.e. COPD & heart issues. Mail in ballot.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
157. My aunt is out of the country this month so she voted by absentee ballot in NY before she left.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 06:22 PM
Nov 2018

In New York, you have to wait until Election Day unless you have a good excuse like travel or disability.

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