# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/21 "2020-10-12T19:39:52Z")
Yes, I filled out my ballot just yesterday and stuck it in the mail (it arrived late last week). I live in CA, so as always we have a bunch of propositions to consider. It took a couple of hours to really go through them properly. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/22 "2020-10-12T19:46:33Z")
I got mine on Saturday and it was placed in the drop box today. I trust the Post Office, but I wasn’t going to mail it in. I wanted the most direct route. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/23 "2020-10-12T19:53:01Z")
Yes, voted by “mail” (fax, actually). It’s in and counted. ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/24 "2020-10-12T19:58:11Z")
There was no option for what I did: I voted and put the ballot in an official drop box. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/25 "2020-10-12T19:58:36Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You left out, “not yet, but soon.” That’s my answer too. Hawai’i switched to all mail-in voting shortly before the pandemic. I got my ballot in the mail on Friday and will mail it in sometime this week. The info that came with the ballot instructs in-state voters to put the ballot in the mail no later than October 27. ETA: Since we’re 100% mail in for all voting now, there was no need to request a ballot. The only thing I had to do at the time of the switch-over, since I was already registered to vote, was to send in a signature card. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/26 "2020-10-12T20:00:26Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Yes. I filled out my mail-in ballot and used the drop box a few blocks away from my apartment. same. Does that count as “voting by mail”? I suppose so. Anyway, that’s what I voted. And I see on the state on-line tracker that my ballot has been accepted. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/27 "2020-10-12T20:05:25Z")
I said “voted by mail” but actually I put it in a drop box. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/28 "2020-10-12T20:15:22Z")
Somebody voted that they’re not going to vote. Based on my watching of _Star Trek_, that kind of paradox can destroy a computer. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/29 "2020-10-12T20:15:38Z")
I just finished filling out my ballot and will deposit in a dropbox this afternoon. Another Washingtonian here. I got my ballot Saturday. I restrained myself from drawing a portrait of the incumbent president, complete with horns and a goatee, but I sure had fun marking up the bizarre statement Trump (or someone who can spell) wrote for the info packet. Holy frick, that was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/30 "2020-10-12T22:00:34Z")
Dropped mine in the drop box about an hour ago. I’ll check with the CO SOS website in a day or two to see that it was received and will be counted. That’s a nice thing that some, but not all states have. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/31 "2020-10-12T22:08:37Z")
I voted by mail a week or three ago; I forget when. Dropped it in my apartment mailbox. I’m not worried about the mail here being interfered with because I’m in Idaho; the state is blood red. I haven’t bothered to check whether my ballot was accepted because I’m in Idaho; the state is blood red. My vote doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/32 "2020-10-12T22:09:46Z")
I sent my absentee ballot in two or three weeks ago. I checked on-line and it was received. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/33 "2020-10-12T22:12:13Z")
Voted early in person about 10 days ago. It was a very sanitary experience. Was given a short straw to touch the screen with and disposed of it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/34 "2020-10-12T22:17:19Z")
I voted by mail ballot but used a County Drop box. I checked online and it was officially received by NJ Division of Elections. (NJ DOS) ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/35 "2020-10-12T22:25:54Z")
I early voted last Wednesday in person. I’ll be working all day on election day and I didn’t want to trust in an absentee ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/36 "2020-10-12T22:33:05Z")
Early voting starts tomorrow in Texas. I will mask up and take a book along with a lawn chair in case the lines are crazy. ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/37 "2020-10-12T22:34:01Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > It was a very sanitary experience. Was given a short straw to touch the screen with and disposed of it immediately. Very wasteful, those screens are expensive. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/38 "2020-10-12T23:06:32Z")
I would love to see a map of average waiting time by county… ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/39 "2020-10-13T01:39:45Z")
In Colorado here, received my mail in ballot today. Completed it, and dropped it in the official drop box this evening. I’m in a pretty conservative part of this state, and while I don’t _think_ anyone would take it out of my mailbox, it is too important to take any chance. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810/40 "2020-10-13T01:43:28Z")
I received my ballot last week and filled it out. My county isn’t putting out the drop boxes until the end of this week, so my ballot is just sitting in the envelope, stuck to my fridge door until then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810.md?page=3)