# Did you vote in your state's 2014 primary election? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119 "2014-09-10T22:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/1 "2014-09-10T22:11:37Z")
Now that all the states primaries have concluded, did you vote in the 2014 primary election in your state? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/2 "2014-09-10T22:21:25Z")
I did. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/3 "2014-09-10T22:24:17Z")
Yes, absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/4 "2014-09-11T00:57:15Z")
Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/5 "2014-09-11T12:59:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Now that all the states primaries have concluded, did you vote in the 2014 primary election in your state? Not all. Louisiana has an atypical system. Not just an open or even Jungle (AKA as Top Two Primary,) Louisiana’s will be held in Nov. during the Gen election. If no one has \> 50.00% then the top two are in a Dec 6 runoff. If anyone has at least 50% plus 1 vote they are elected. But I will be voting ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/6 "2014-09-11T14:34:18Z")
I did, although I voted in the primary of the party I don’t usually vote for. But that’s the party the winners will come from. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/7 "2014-09-11T14:36:59Z")
I’m not a citizen, so I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/8 "2014-09-11T14:40:16Z")
Didn’t vote this time. I’m an independent so I’d have to affiliate with a party, then vote, then disaffiliate, and the races I cared about were foregone conclusions. There’s still the general election, but it’s also a foregone conclusion that Bill Murray will be our next mayor. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/9 "2014-09-11T16:00:42Z")
Yes, I wanted the “I Voted” sticker, I’m trying to collect them all. I would have voted early & often but I’m not in Chicago and I’m alive 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/10 "2014-09-11T16:31:50Z")
Nope. I am unaffiliated. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/11 "2014-09-11T16:50:54Z")
Never missed an election in my life, no matter how smallbore. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/12 "2014-09-11T17:52:31Z")
Closed primary state (OR) resident. Two years ago I changed my affiliation to a major party in order to vote in the primary, then changed it back. I didn’t have any need/interest/desire to vote in this primary. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/13 "2014-09-11T21:52:14Z")
First time I’ve voted absentee since 1969 when I was a student. I had to do so because I became a vote inspector this year and was assigned to a polling place not my own. I suppose I’ll be voting that way again in November. I don’t recall missing any primary elections (I certainly have never missed a general), but if I did, it was because the only contest in my party was for a minor office that I did not know enough about to vote in. Just last year I voted in a primary election for town highway superintendent. Pretty minor, but I had my say. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/14 "2014-09-12T02:17:53Z")
Not only did I vote in the primary, I voted in the runoff too. My guy didn’t win either time though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/15 "2014-09-12T03:03:33Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m not a citizen, so I can’t. Likewise, but I answered “Yes” because my wife voted for the people I said I would vote for. They all lost. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/16 "2014-09-12T05:19:21Z")
Yup. Actually voted in the Dem primary this year. Guy I know is running for office, and I’m supporting him. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/17 "2014-09-12T05:20:59Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/18 "2014-09-12T05:32:17Z")
I did, although there were no consequential primary elections on the ballot. Of the twenty offices on the ballot, only three were contested, and three actually had no candidates at all. There were also a couple of minor issues (a developmental disabilities levy, a soil and water levy, and a bond issue). ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/19 "2014-09-12T08:37:17Z")
I didn’t. Never got my ballot, though I requested one. Unfortunately some [political party](http://www.democrats.org/) pushed through [a change in the law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_and_Overseas_Voter_Empowerment_Act) so that my prior request for a ballot was no longer honored. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119/20 "2014-09-12T12:36:30Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Never missed an election in my life, no matter how smallbore. This. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-in-your-states-2014-primary-election/698119.md?page=2)