Is anyone here voting early, if your area offers it?

[Bayaker]

Early voting starts Monday in Texas and I will probably take advantage of it. The reason is that we will be returning from a short vacation on election day, and I won’t take a chance on some delay causing me to be too late or too rushed.

I prefer to vote on election day - there is something special about everyone showing up en masse to perform their civic duty. Even now that I am not working, I usually go at a time when there will likely be a bit of a line, just so I can take it all in a bit more than if I went at 9am and could walk straight into a voting booth.

And I will do my part to make sure those of the opposite viewpoint don’t take over. They’re not filth, they’re just wrong.*

*The above opinion was brought to you by a meager effort towards bipartisan civility

[Buck_Godot]

Usually I vote on the election day itself, but I’m going to be out of town then, so I will go to an early voting location in a week or so.

[eenerms]

Yep, tomorrow. I’ll be traveling on Election Day.

[Dangerosa]

I’m an election judge in a precinct that isn’t my own, which means I spend all of election day unable to vote. I vote absentee.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

All right. Voted with about a dozen teachers today, then over drinks tried my soft sell to get a new teacher to join NCAE. We’ll see if it works. Meanwhile, I’m cajoling folks to come out to the polls during early voting to pass out Apple cards, with recommendations about which candidates support public education. Here in NC, it’s easy in partisan races: the GOP here has been shitting on public education every chance they get. But it’s helpful to know about nonpartisan races.

[Musicat]

I could vote early, but why, since I plan to be around on election day? I hate to take the chance that circumstances might change between now and then and I can’t change a previous vote. Besides, the longer I wait, the more knowledge I can accumulate about the candidates.

[Telemark]

I will if I can get over to city hall during one of the weeks it’s available. It makes election day smoother

[OttoDaFe]

@NDP

@Procrustus

Everyone in Washington votes by mail. The ballots go out about two weeks before election day. I almost always vote within the first few days after they arrive. It’s all quite civilized.

Washington voter. Just got my ballot today.

Letter carrier delivered mine a little after 1, it was in the dropbox at the auditor’s office around 4:30.

[dtilque]

@dtilque

Optional? I thought Colorado was one of the states that had 100% vote-by-mail.

@RickG

Everybody registered by October 29 gets a mail-in ballot, but in-person voting is still available for those who want it and those who didn’t register in time (they can do same day registration). Voter ID requirements for in-person voting are minimal (photo ID not required).

So it’s just 99.9% vote-by-mail. That’s totally different.
BTW, my ballot came in today’s mail. You have to be registered before they mail out the ballots here in Oregon. No same day registering-voting.

[Jackmannii]

@ZipperJJ

I got my Ohio absentee ballot last week. I think I’m still trying to figure out Issue 1 so I haven’t voted yet.

Ohio also makes early voting easy, at least in my area. Of course you still get descended upon in the parking lot by campaign workers.*

*I’m thinking of getting a custom t-shirt that reads “I only vote for candidates and issues whose supporters don’t harass me at the polls.”

[RTFirefly]

In Maryland, the early voting period is from October 25 to November 1. You have to vote in your own county (reasonable) but there’s only one early voting location in my county, and it’s ~25 minutes away by car.

The Election Day polling place for my precinct is <5 minutes away by car, and maybe 10-12 minutes by bike. I’ll vote on Election Day.

[eschereal]

@Icarus

I do absentee mail-in.

So far I’ve finished four states. Only 7 more to go!

Slacker. At least get as far as covering the Coast and the Big Muddy.

[ThelmaLou]

@Icarus

I do absentee mail-in.

So far I’ve finished four states. Only 7 more to go!

@eschereal

Slacker. At least get as far as covering the Coast and the Big Muddy.

What about all your deceased relatives? Have you cast ballots for them yet? It’s a Texas tradition.

[eschereal]

@ThelmaLou

What about all your deceased relatives? Have you cast ballots for them yet? It’s a Texas tradition.

Surely this has something to do with why Mormons baptize the dead. Every dead relative they can find. That is a lot of votes.

[peccavi]

I’m just finishing my ballot up and will send it in on Monday.

This year was a bit easier than most. I take my vote seriously and look into who the candidates are and what they stand for, which can take time, especially state and local offices where the candidates haven’t necessarily been in the news enough to form a quick opinion.

This year, given that one political party is the official Party of Evil (it’s been two years and the polling of all republicans and the actions of their representatives can no longer be regarded as “working within the party”. They have embraced evil and should be judged for this). Eliminating everyone with ® as their affiliation makes research a lot easier. Thanks Trump!

[Bijou_Drains]

I waited longer this year than I did in 2016 here in NC. And this year I voted on Monday vs. Sat last time. Based on that I say voting is just as high as 2016 , at least in my area. (and I voted at the same early voting place with the same setup)

[asterion]

Second day of early voting here. The county has consolidated polling locations to 19 throughout the county for early voting, plus a Votemobile. It expands to about 80 on Election Day, and in both early and day-of voting you can vote wherever is most convenient, with no specific location. They just print a ballot based on your registration, so unless they run out of paper they can never run short of ballots.

Not sure if the machines reset the count every day or if it’s a running tally. I’d estimate it was about 1500 ballots counted between the three machines after either 4 or 16 hours of voting where I voted.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

Done.
Straight Democrat.

[Marvin_the_Martian]

I have the partisan ballot and initiatives filled out on my AZ ballot, but we have non-partisan elections for some things. In particular there is an election for Central AZ Water Conservation District which is pretty important, has 14 candidates for 5 slots, and so is taking some research.

@OttoDaFe

If I’m already decided how to vote — which I usually am — I drop my ballot off within a day of getting it. Reason: very shortly after my name shows up on the “vote submitted” list, the robocalls and mailers stop.

I just stop by the recycle bin on my way in from the mailbox and file the mailers. I can also just ignore calls from unknown numbers. What I really want is the “vote submitted” list tied into the cable company to block the political ads once I have voted. Here in AZ it is brutal - I haven’t counted, but it seems like well over 50% of TV ads are political ads. Maybe they can substitute some Bud Light ads so I can identify with the guy who wants a malty autumnal mead.

[John_Bredin]

I early-voted on Friday afternoon, just before the polling place closed for the day at 5p. Yes, I’m that guy. Feels good to get it done. Polling place is about two blocks from my office, so it couldn’t have been easier.

I was already ignoring the towel-sized melodramatic political flyers clogging my mailbox, but now I feel even more justified.

Voted straight Dem, except for voting to NOT retain a couple of judges the bar associations found “not recommended” or “not qualified.” Also voted “yes” on a high-school bond issue despite having no children.