# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/361 "2024-11-05T13:47:45Z")
> [@robby](#): > > In what jurisdiction and under what circumstances in 2024 do they allow voting by fax? I’ve heard of military service members doing this while stationed overseas…_thirty years ago_ before email was commonly used. Florida. Yes, I know… > [@robby](#): > > How would you know? Are you able to call someone to confirm they received it? Well, my app confirmed that the fax went through. It’s not currently recorded as received and counted but it’s still early there. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/362 "2024-11-05T14:18:36Z")
The one time I saw a long line at the polling place on election day was when Obama was running. The stakes were not as high then, so maybe it was all due to enthusiasm. I do not know what it says about the lines this time around though. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/363 "2024-11-05T14:33:03Z")
My wife, who is disabled, was able to vote by something called the “Traveling Board.” I don’t know if other states have such a thing. But here in Indiana, disabled voters can fill out a form online. If approved, a bipartisan team will bring a ballot to your house where you can fill it out. They came by last week. She said it was very easy. She even got one of those little “I Voted” stickers. I had to go stand in line. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/364 "2024-11-05T14:34:58Z")
I was voter #101 on my precinct’s machine in critical Bucks County. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/365 "2024-11-05T14:46:41Z")
I was #49 in my little western PA town lol. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/366 "2024-11-05T15:29:13Z")
I became suddenly very glad that I’d voted early late yesterday afternoon, when I realized I was coming down sick. I’m not so sick I couldn’t have made it to town, but while I think it’s just a cold I might be wrong and even with a mask on I would have worried about giving whatever it is to somebody. Nobody wants a bad cold, either, even if it is just a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/367 "2024-11-05T15:32:08Z")
Dropped Mrs Cad’s ballot off at town hall yesterday. I mailed mine in 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/368 "2024-11-05T15:37:54Z")
Heading out in about 30 minutes to do our doody. Our polling place is only about 3-4 blocks from here at the art museum. They have free parking on election days. The van from The Home will be making half-hour trips all day for those who don’t drive. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/369 "2024-11-05T15:42:54Z")
I voted on the first day of early voting. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/370 "2024-11-05T15:52:35Z")
I voted by mail weeks ago, but i walked to the closest polling place today to give them some leftover Halloween candy, as @BippityBoppityBoo suggested. That was a good move, the two poll workers i spoke with both expressed gratitude, and the warden put my name on the box and brought it to the break room. There were short lines while i was there, which is unusual for 10:15. (We get lines before work and after work, and short lines at lunch time, but other times are generally very quiet.) The warden told me that half the registered voters in town had voted early as of last night’s close-of-numbers. Everything was moving smoothly, and they clearly aren’t expecting any trouble (they let me in with a random box, for instance, and didn’t ask me to open it or anything.) Of course, i live in a quiet, well-to-do town in a deep blue state. Not the kind of place where terrible is likely to break out. I’m glad I went. I like early voting, but kinda miss the election day action, and feel like i got a little piece of it. And i got rid of unwanted candy, and they seemed happy to get it. So triple win. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/371 "2024-11-05T16:08:21Z")
We arrived at the polling place at 10:30. I was back in my car by 10:38. I’m in a mixed rural/suburban area. It was helped by the fact there were no town council races so the machines weren’t separated by district. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/372 "2024-11-05T16:11:31Z")
Just got back from voting for Harris about an hour ago. I was in and out in 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/373 "2024-11-05T16:32:22Z")
Here in western Wisconsin, I was at the polls when they opened, 7 AM. The line was out the door almost two blocks long but it move steadily. I have never seen the line half that long. Drove passed it again two hours later and it was smaller, but still a block long outside of a tiny county courthouse and no one was deterred by the rain. I predict 80% turnout nationally, 85% for Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/374 "2024-11-05T17:05:30Z")
I voted by mail over a month ago but just drove by my polling place at 11:30am today for curiosity. It’s at the local public library. Today is warm, windy, gray, and intermittentlydrizzly. Which has a pretty depressive effect on restuarant attendance, but doubt it’ll do much to polling. Surrounding the library at the required distance was a forest of maybe 150 campaign yard signs. Almost all for local races plus a couple for our federal rep. I did see two Harris / Walz signs and was surprised to see zero trump signs. I made two passes just to ensure I got a good look. Nope, no trump. The local electorate is wealthy, so good bet there are plenty of “Whoever (R)” voters out there. And some MAGAts, but most of our local R vote will probably be less excited about trump than about (R). No sign of a line outside, and many empty parking spaces in the library’s lot. Looks like in-person voting would be pretty convenient today at least during normal working hours at this precinct. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/375 "2024-11-05T18:31:12Z")
Here in western Pennsylvania it is a beautiful, unusually warm, sunny day. High is in the upper 70s/nearing 80. Couldn’t ask for better voting weather. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/376 "2024-11-05T18:45:51Z")
Walked to my polling place just now. 1:30 p.m. in a suburb of Boston. No line; was in and out in five minutes. 68 degrees, no jacket required. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/377 "2024-11-05T18:49:27Z")
Voted this morning. I got up early to be first in line at my polling place. I was about the fourth person to turn in my ballot, but still…Grandma, when I see you again someday we can finally compare notes. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/378 "2024-11-05T20:29:08Z")
Just got back 20 minutes ago, Forsyth County Georgia. Light at this time, poll workers outnumbering voters 3:1. But, I expected it (2:45) to be light, and our polling place, the community clubhouse, probably serves mainly our large subdivision. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/379 "2024-11-05T20:32:50Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I voted by mail weeks ago, but i walked to the closest polling place today to give them some leftover Halloween candy, as @BippityBoppityBoo suggested. That was a good move, the two poll workers i spoke with both expressed gratitude, and the warden put my name on the box and brought it to the break room. (Trump voice) Puzzlegal. Buying votes. It’s criminal. I’m the best friend of poll workers. They love me. They are trying to prevent the loser Democrats from stealing the election. And they are trying to steal the election. Paying candy for votes. (end Trump voice) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280/380 "2024-11-05T20:34:30Z")
Lunch time here in Washoe County, NV. We’ve had about 300 voters so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-nov-2024-edition/1008280.md?page=20)