# Anyone vote anyplace unusual? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118 "2008-10-29T17:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/1 "2008-10-29T17:49:30Z")
Most voting places are either schools or churches. But sometimes there are other, more unusual places that are designated for voting. Personally, I vote in a 'Steamfitters Union." I’m not even sure what a steamfitter is, but I’ve voted in their union building for the last 7 years, ever since we moved to Tucson. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/2 "2008-10-29T17:54:58Z")
For one local election our polling place was a neighbor’s garage. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/3 "2008-10-29T18:13:04Z")
I have to vote at the police station. This would be all right but I used to work there. I’m not looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/4 "2008-10-29T18:17:47Z")
Does the County Board of Elections count? I voted there today because I’m going to out of state canvassing on election day. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/5 "2008-10-29T18:24:21Z")
My polling place in 2004 was at a funeral home. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/6 "2008-10-29T18:49:14Z")
The last time I voted (in 1999) was at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC – I voted in the Republic Referendum, and since then I’ve been off the rolls for being outside the country too long. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/7 "2008-10-29T19:25:18Z")
I vote in a fire station. I don’t know why they moved it from the elementary school across the street – maybe they were worried about security. ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/8 "2008-10-29T19:29:06Z")
Mine will be in my own condo building. ---
**Author:** ![EastCoastPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@EastCoastPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastCoastPearl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/9 "2008-10-29T19:33:07Z")
My polling place in 2000 was in a Surf Museum - that was when I lived in “Surf City, USA” (aka Huntington Beach, CA). ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/10 "2008-10-29T19:35:10Z")
I voted while sitting on the floor of my livingroom in Prague. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/11 "2008-10-29T20:02:02Z")
Mrs. Homie and I vote at a bowling alley. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/12 "2008-10-29T20:11:40Z")
I’ve voted at a church before. Currently, I vote at a senior citizen’s center. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/13 "2008-10-29T20:12:15Z")
3rd Grade Classroom for me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/14 "2008-10-29T20:25:14Z")
I voted on Monday, in a supermarket. That’s where our early voting stations are located. Makes it darn convenient to vote, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/15 "2008-10-29T20:38:51Z")
My polling places have been an elementary school, another elementary school, a senior citizens’ center, a Catholic church, a synagogue, and now a middle school. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/16 "2008-10-29T21:00:16Z")
I early-voted at the county board of elections this year, but usually I vote at a 160-year-old observatory. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/17 "2008-10-29T21:03:33Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > I have to vote at the police station. This would be all right but I used to work there. I’m not looking forward to it. Why on earth would you not just vote provisionally, then? And to answer the question, I know that during one election, I did vote in someone’s garage. This year, I’ll actually be a pollworker, but not in my own precinct, so I’ll just hand in my mail-in ballot where I’m working that day. It’s at a community center. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/18 "2008-10-29T21:03:56Z")
Pole barn. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/19 "2008-10-29T21:45:26Z")
I vote mostly in church or school halls. The most interesting place has probably been the Australian High Commission in Wellington in New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![Squooshed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Squooshed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squooshed)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118/20 "2008-10-29T21:49:22Z")
I voted last night while sitting in my bed, recuperating from knee surgery. I love, love, love the permanent absentee ballot voting we have here in Washington. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vote-anyplace-unusual/470118.md?page=2)