2018 Election Day Thread

[Lancia]

I posted this in the other thread:

@Lancia

I’m in Oregon, where everyone gets to vote by mail (or drop off their ballot at specified drop sites, which is what I did yesterday). Voted straight Democrat for the first time in my life.

I’m a teacher at a CC, so all my students are adults. Not 10 minutes ago I polled my classroom on who voted as a not-so-subtle reminder that Today Is The Day. The response? Not. A. Single. One. Of. Them. Voted!!!
:smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::mad::mad:

One of my students, after I asked if everyone had voted, started going on a rant about taxes, I have no idea what her political bent is, but she made it clear that she’s intensely against every manner of taxation. Well, there’s a tax measure on the ballot this year. Instead of voting against it, she worked herself into a tizzy and decided not to vote.

What. The. Fuck???

And before someone mentions the Damn Kids These Days, she was the oldest in the room. Gaa!

That was ~3 hours ago. Since then I’ve had a chance to talk to a few other students. Some are voting… many aren’t. It just boggles the mind. There’s even a ballot drop box on campus! But nope, they mostly didn’t vote for… reasons.

I don’t know if my ballot has been counted yet. The Oregon Sec of State webpage lets me access my current registration status, but not whether this election’s ballot was received and processed.