# I Voted - Nov 2024 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 30, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280 "2024-09-30T12:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 25, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/241 "2024-10-25T19:32:34Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’m actually seeing fewer of the pickup trucks flying huge Trump signs than I used to; though I think there’s about the same number of yard signs. Well, I -do- live in Colorado Springs, home of great natural beauty, mired by excessive quasi-Christian Faith, mass shooters, and traditionally conservative military voters. So I’d guess I see at least one of the TrumpTruckFlags at least every other day. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/242 "2024-10-25T19:48:19Z")
Looks like I should be thankful that in my state we have appointed judges and no judicial elections. I’ve met a number of judges over the years and for the most part I’ve been fine with them. It’s a very simple ballot this time around which is rare for a presidential year. Not one ballot initiative. I discussed it with my wife and we decided to be traditional and vote in person on Election Day. We both have flexible schedules and live in a semi-rural area. I don’t expect long lines when we go. Early voting here doesn’t start until tomorrow. > [@carrps](#): > > Just saw a WaPo article where you can identify donations in your zip code to Biden/Harris vs. Trump. > > In my zip code, it’s 857 donations & $100K total for Biden/Harris; 130 donations & $40K for Trump. Makes sense to me. > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/trump-harris-donors-zip-code-map/?itid=hp-top-table-main\_p001\_f006&utm\_campaign=wp\_post\_most&utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl\_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3f669f0%2F671a9812466871359d1abc54%2F5a70b7fb9bbc0f1ce40265d2%2F13%2F57%2F671a9812466871359d1abc54](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/trump-harris-donors-zip-code-map/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006&utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3f669f0%2F671a9812466871359d1abc54%2F5a70b7fb9bbc0f1ce40265d2%2F13%2F57%2F671a9812466871359d1abc54) That’s behind their paywall. I would suspect it to be on the Trump side in my zip code. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/243 "2024-10-25T21:27:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I would suspect it to be on the Trump side in my zip code. I suspected it would be also in mine; but it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/244 "2024-10-25T22:28:23Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’m actually seeing fewer of the pickup trucks flying huge Trump signs than I used to; though I think there’s about the same number of yard signs. Thank dog I’ve never seen one of this IRL. I signed up with ballot trax after I got home yesterday, and my ballot confirmation was texted to me about 6:00 pm last night. Around 9:00 this morning I got my accepted and counted text. Yippee! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/245 "2024-10-25T23:08:14Z")
No surprise, given I live north of Boston: Harris 800 donors, $100,000; Trump 156 donors, $30,000. I haven’t checked yet to see if my ballot got picked up from the drop box and processed, but I’m not worried. My town handles elections well. The one thing I miss about voting in person would be the cheerful older ladies running the check-in and out tables. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/246 "2024-10-25T23:26:41Z")
My North Carolina zip code showed exactly 1000 Harris donors for a total of 100K and 231 Trump donors for a total of 40K. I was glad to see numbers like that, even though I live in a blue city I was pleasantly surprised that Harris donors outnumbered Trump donors more than 4 to 1. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/247 "2024-10-26T02:04:30Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > The one thing I miss about voting in person would be the cheerful older ladies running the check-in and out tables. Thank you~I’m one of those older women (manning? Really? How about **staffing** the check in and check out tables?). I try to be cheerful. I even bring a bag of Snickers to give out to first time voters It’s a long day-7am to 9pm. You have to be sure to eat an early supper by about 4pm because we’ll get slammed from after work time through closing. This year I bought a memory foam wheelchair cushion at a garage sale-at my advanced age those metal folding chairs in a windowless church social hall get butt-numbing after a few hours. Send me a PM if you miss getting an “I Voted “ sticker. I’ll send a couple snail mail. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/248 "2024-10-26T02:21:43Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > > The one thing I miss about voting in person would be the cheerful older ladies running the check-in and out tables. > > Thank you~I’m one of those older women (manning? Really? Hey! I did say “running” ya know? Better clean your glasses! ~ETF, glasses-wearing 75 YO crone ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/249 "2024-10-26T02:27:43Z")
I voted this afternoon, at the Cook County early-voting facility which is located at the Village Hall in the municipality where I live. It serves as the closest early-voting site for our suburb, and several others, and when I got there, around 2pm, there was a line out the door. I started the stopwatch app on my phone when I got into line, and it was almost exactly an hour between getting into the line, and being shown to a voting machine. Thankfully, it was a gorgeous day today, and I passed the time chatting with the people in line beside me. ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/250 "2024-10-26T02:36:23Z")
Colorado voter here and I signed up for BallotTrax. Put my ballot in the drop box by my local library at about 7:20 AM. Received a text at at 11:29 AM stating, “Your 2024 General Election mail ballot has been counted by {such and such} County Colorado.” You can check if your state and/or county uses BallotTrax here: [https://wheresmyballot.com/](https://wheresmyballot.com/) ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/251 "2024-10-26T02:38:16Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I started the stopwatch app on my phone when I got into line, and it was almost exactly an hour between getting into the line, and being shown to a voting machine. Shit, that’s crazy. I don’t wait that long if i show up on election day at peak times. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/252 "2024-10-26T02:40:57Z")
Sorry~you are right! I do need to clean my glasses…or at least put the\m on! I’m laying on a mat next to my grandson’s toddler bed trying to coax him to sleep and I had taken my glasses off and I was squinting at a dim ipad screen in the dark. Mea culpa. Nice to meet another old crone. You’ve got a yeay or at least 3 months on me-I won’t be 75 until January. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/253 "2024-10-26T02:41:41Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Shit, that’s crazy. I don’t wait that long if i show up on election day at peak times. I didn’t realize it was going to be quite that long. If the weather hadn’t been lovely, I would have come back a different time. Still only the second-longest that I’ve waited in line to vote. The first time I ever voted in a presidential election was 1984, and my college roommate and I stood in line (in 40-degree weather) for two hours to vote. By the time we got to the front of the line, it was already past closing time for the polls (8pm), but we were still allowed to vote, because we had been in line at 8pm. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/254 "2024-10-26T02:44:16Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > By the time we got to the front of the line, it was already past closing time for the polls (8pm), but we were still allowed to vote, because we had been in line at 8pm. That’s how we do it in Nebraska also. In line by 8pm, you get to vote no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/255 "2024-10-26T02:45:45Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Nice to meet another old crone. You’ve got a yeay or at least 3 months on me-I won’t be 75 until January. LOL, you’re forgiven. Since my left-eye cataract surgery I’ve taken to removing my glasses for reading books and the computer; need them for TV and driving. Still more than three months ahead of you – my 76th BD is in February. I’m OLD OLD OLD HAHAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/256 "2024-10-26T02:49:10Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > By the time we got to the front of the line, it was already past closing time for the polls (8pm), but we were still allowed to vote, because we had been in line at 8pm. > > That’s how we do it in Nebraska also. In line by 8pm, you get to vote no matter what. So does a poll worker come out at closing time and tack a “Sorry, no more” sign on the back on the last person in line? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/257 "2024-10-26T02:51:41Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So does a poll worker come out at closing time and tack a “Sorry, no more” sign on the back on the last person in line? That’s pretty much what happened in my case, in '84. Poll workers came out several times when it was getting closer to 8pm, and announced, “if you’re already in line, you _will_ be allowed to vote, even if it’s after 8pm.” Then, when 8pm hit, they stationed a poll worker at the back of the line, to turn any late-comers away. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/258 "2024-10-26T02:54:42Z")
No, but we (actually two of us, of different political parties) goes to the end of the line at precisely 8pm and notes who is there by the cutoff time. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/259 "2024-10-26T04:05:08Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > This year I bought a memory foam wheelchair cushion at a garage sale-at my advanced age those metal folding chairs in a windowless church social hall get butt-numbing after a few hours. I’ve worked polls for 5 years and the folding chairs kill my back. After a couple years I started bringing my own chairs. I liked a [certain fancy wooden design](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017NER9OU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1), but none of the other workers did (people switch places a lot). So, I found [Wirecutter’s review of folding chairs](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-folding-chairs/), and bought 3 of [their top model, which were available at Home Depot for under $30 apiece](https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-Plastic-Seat-Folding-Chair-in-Black-2FF0010P/204269967). People do like sitting in those, and sometimes I’m asked to bring them to family holiday gatherings. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/260 "2024-10-26T04:12:06Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > After a couple years I started bringing my own chairs Gawd, I love the Dope. What a great idea! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280.md?page=14)