# Have you voted yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 12, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810 "2020-10-12T15:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/182 "2020-10-23T15:28:56Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You would like it harder to get amendments on the ballot and passed, but voted against a law that would do that?- Because it got on the ballot too easily. We need a recursive smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/183 "2020-10-23T17:48:44Z")
Not strictly by mail, dropped my ballot off at a permanent collection box at the local library, but the ballot is in, and is showing as received as of 10/20 on the state website. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/184 "2020-10-23T18:01:24Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I tend to write in my own candidates. This year, I advanced the names of Gilbert Gottfried and Al Yankovic I don’t get this. I guess I can see it being frustrating to have fewer candidates than offices to vote for. I certainly have no problem with someone writing in a vote for someone they think is qualified, and would be a good choice. But why make election workers have to take time to record joke votes? Especially under the current circumstances? > [@Ludovic](#): > > I recognized one of the names from signage and voted _against_ them because yard signs are stupid. Seriously? I hope that’s a joke, but if so, I don’t really get this either. Are you just trying to get a rise out of someone? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/185 "2020-10-26T11:51:51Z")
I can’t figure out how to quote, but in the case of voting against candidates in non-partisan elections, what’s the problem? If their yard signs mark them out as odious why wouldn’t you vote against them? We had a candidate here whose message exclusively was that he was descended from one of the founding fathers. So he came from a “tradition of service”. I would have voted against him just for that. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/186 "2020-10-26T14:38:43Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > I can’t figure out how to quote **1. On desktop** , highlight the text you want to quote. A little quote bubble appears. Click on that and it opens a reply box, with the highlighted text formatted as a quote. Just add your comment and hit “reply”. **2. On phone** , click the “reply” button for the post you want to quote from. That opens a reply box with a menu bar. On the menu bar that appears, there’s a quotation bubble at the extreme left. Click on that, and it will quote the entire text of the post. You may want to cut it down to the specific part, if it’s a long post. Add your comments and click “Reply”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/187 "2020-10-26T14:56:48Z")
Sophia cast her first vote ever (Texas, absentee in NYC): [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dBxofSTt5SoCyfYbxw8R9gePaU_9wId-v1aSk2A2vUBnBwyEldz0S0Ukrl8ZrS-XnxUkWR90O5jfZxQLDvGdpZzSuqFt8gqWb3ZoyD-tPlTSDU8_e__zLX0Fn2nnHvcRlgFApDRDuw=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/mcunYM8pFmDoQjts5) ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/188 "2020-10-26T15:03:45Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > **2. On phone** , click the “reply” button for the post you want to quote from. That opens a reply box with a menu bar. > > On the menu bar that appears, there’s a quotation bubble at the extreme left. > > Click on that, and it will quote the entire text of the post. You may want to cut it down to the specific part, if it’s a long post. > > Add your comments and click “Reply”. Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/189 "2020-10-26T15:25:50Z")
On mobile, you can also just highlight the text you want to quote and hit the popup that says “Quote.” I find that to be easier if there’s a lot of text and I only want to quote a small bit. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/190 "2020-10-26T15:36:41Z")
How do you highlight text on an iPhone? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/191 "2020-10-26T15:38:13Z")
I’m not sure. I use Android. All I have to do is hold my finger down on the text I want to highlight, and a little adjustable box comes up that I can expand to select any text I want. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/192 "2020-10-26T15:39:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > How do you highlight text on an iPhone? You hold your finger down somewhere within the text and the drag the beginning and ending thingummajigs to the beginning and end of the text you want to quote. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/193 "2020-10-26T15:41:02Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > down somewhere within Aha! I wasn’t being patient enough and keeping the finger down long enough! Thanks, both. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/194 "2020-10-26T15:46:59Z")
Today. Took 15 min, no long lines no MAGATs attempting any mischief. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/195 "2020-10-26T16:55:11Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > in the case of voting against candidates in non-partisan elections, what’s the problem? If their yard signs mark them out as odious why wouldn’t you vote against them? Maybe @Ludovic can clarify, but they didn’t say that the candidate’s yard signs’ message was odious. They said, “because yard signs are stupid.” So, unless that was mistyped, they voted against someone because people had yard signs for that person, and that causef Ludovic to remember the candidate’s name. ---
**Author:** ![wolf11469](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf11469/32/12464_2.png) [@wolf11469](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf11469)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/196 "2020-10-26T16:56:46Z")
Just now. First time I have ever had to wait in line at my polling place. Also the first time I have ever voted Democratic. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/197 "2020-10-26T16:57:50Z")
We got our ballots in the mail last week, filled them out on Saturday, and dropped them in the drop box at the county courthouse. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/198 "2020-10-26T17:05:16Z")
Assuming my vote is counted this year, I may vote absentee from now on. It was so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/199 "2020-10-26T17:12:19Z")
Our plans to visit Manassas on Saturday fell through so we went to vote. The closest polls are difficult to get to from here via public transportation so we went up to the County’s main governmental office building. Practically door-to-door bus service with no transfers. The polling place up there used to be a bank so it’s very well suited for social distancing; most of the poll workers are either outside or behind the tellers’ counter. The poll worker who checked us in happened to be an upstairs neighbor. No line to speak of and no obvious Trumpeteers. Got there around 3, got directed to the entrance, went right to our neighbor for our ballots, and filled them out in one of the bank’s meeting rooms. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/200 "2020-10-26T17:13:01Z")
voting in person, on nov. 3. i’m in pa, the lawsuits are flying like monkeys. i don’t want to take the chance that my vote will be voided on a technicality. the polls are in my condo building and only for building residents, so very safe. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/201 "2020-10-26T17:26:44Z")
pa will void mail in votes of people who die before nov 3rd. there are not many states that allow them to be counted. may suits about this one. most of the states that allow them to be counted have early in person voting on machines. some allow mail in if it is postmarked before the person died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810.md?page=11)