Check-in if you were able to use paper ballots

[Revanchist]

This was my first time voting in this area so I was surprised to see them. You had to fill the dots in with a sharpie no less! When I was in VA Beach it was electronic and I had the "privilege" to be in line behind Pat Robertson one time, lucky me!

[Sanity Claws]

1. Paper ballot that was scanned in

[bobbieinok]

63. Same in OK

[Nay]

97. Same in VA.

[Skinner]

2. I did

Montgomery county md

[wasupaloopa]

3. Voted by mail in CA

[itsrobert]

19. +1 CA50 District

4 Votes in my home against Duncan Hunter.

[wasupaloopa]

32. I hope he loses and goes to jail

[Merlot]

57. Dropped mine in the mail 3 days ago.

Did you like how they re-designed the ballots? No more fill the bubble.

California, sigh...you're so awsome : )

[TruckFump]

87. Ditto. EOM

[Raine]

98. Me too except I didn't put it in the mail

I hand delivered it because I was out near there anyway.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Yes. We've always have had paper available to use vs. the electronic machines...I've ...

always use paper.

[old guy]

29. Same deal here in NW Wi.

Wife and I went in registered, picked up our ballot, voted and were out in less than 5 minutes. When we left there were people still waiting for a machine and they were there before us. I smiled a very contented smile.

[SWBTATTReg]

36. Really. Sometimes paper is best. I just feel better when I have a hardcopy of my vote. nt

[beachbum bob]

5. We have paper ballot trail...in Illinois

[hedda_foil]

20. Actually we have paper BALLOTS in Illinois.

There are also a smaller number of DREs with paper cash register type verification you can see through a plastic window on the machine but every precinct should have actual paper ballots.

[beachbum bob]

23. Yep, any interference would easily be discovered.

[skylucy]

6. Voted by mail here in California, so it was a paper "fill in the bubble" kind of ballot.

In the recent past when I voted in person here in Calif, it was also a paper ballot.

[a kennedy]

7. Yup, paper with coloring in ovals, then scanned.

[meadowlark5]

8. Paper here in Colorado

[hlthe2b]

9. Vote by mail in Colorado.... I love doing it that way...

[Luciferous]

10. Paper ballot in WI

[Evergreen Emerald]

11. WA state is all paper ballots

We have lots of places to drop off the ballots.

[violetpastille]

61. +1

[Wounded Bear]

89. My state, too...

Hope we get 3, 5, 8...

[MrGrieves]

12. Always Paper Ballots in MN

We have always used them.

[Stuart G]

13. I was given a choice, vote with a computer...or...

Mark a paper ballot and when completed, stick the ballot into a counting machine..............

I took the paper ballot...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Here (Minnesota). We fill in little ovals with a black pen on a paper ballot.

The ballot is then fed into a scanner to be counted, and the paper ballots are preserved if a recount is needed. It's also my understanding that the scanners are not connected to the internet. I have never voted any other way, except for a very long time ago when they had those voting booths with the little levers.

[jalan48]

15. Vote by mail here in Oregon.

[central scrutinizer]

73. Lane county emailed a ballot to me in Pucon, Chile

In late September. I printed it, voted, photographed each page, attached them to an email, sent, done. I had to set it up ahead of time, but it was too important to ignore.

[jalan48]

77. I forgot to sign my ballot once and the elections department called me. I was able to go in, sign

it and have my vote counted. Oregon seems light years ahead of some of the states I'm reading about today.

[central scrutinizer]

83. Definitely

When I was arranging for my email ballot back in August, a homeless man wanted to register to vote and the clerk did everything possible to make sure he would get a ballot. Made me feel proud of my state.

[salin]

16. Paper/scanner done early. But,

as the polls closed (indiana) I received a distressed text from the party - as they were running out of paper ballots in some of the districts and were looking for emergency volunteers to go to the polls and try to keep people waiting in line rather than giving up and going home (and not voting.)

ETA just learned they are keeping the polls open until 7:00pm in Monroe County, and Sen. Donnelly sent a tweet reminding voters that if they are in line at 6:00 - they can still vote - along with the Emergency Vote # if one is turned away/told otherwise.

[Lefta Dissenter]

41. Back in the olden days...

We would make copies of a blank ballot, have people vote on those, and then when a new batch of ballots arrived from the county, teams of poll workers would remake ballots to match the copied ballots and send those through the scanner.

I don’t know if that’s done anymore.

[salin]

49. In this era of concern for voter fraud (by theGOP) I doubt it would be done.

On the plus size - there has been a huge surge in early voting. So if despite that - the polls are running out of ballots - it suggests an overall large turnout. This is a solid blue dot in Indiana - so I don't think the running out of ballots is trickery.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. Yes, I did. I still felt weird putting it through the scanner.

No matter what method you use, I think there's always going to be a nagging voice of uncertainty as to whether my vote was actually counted.

That's just human nature, I suppose. At a certain point, you just have to go off on blind faith.

[bobbieinok]

68. Since sElection 2000, blind faith is pretty hard to find

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. Yes in Raleigh NC . Early voted.

[Siwsan]

21. I wish there were sharpies where I voted. Had to use a ball point pen!

And instead of the little circles, there were rectangles so it took even longer to sufficiently fill them in. AND my ballot was longer than the little voting station table. Somehow I successfully completed the process.

[rsdsharp]

105. It was the same with me in Iowa.

Several years ago we used Sharpies. Not sure why the change.

[byronius]

22. That's how we do in Yolo County CA.

Well, wife and kids voted mail. But I need my sticker.

[Kurt V.]

24. paper then scanned.

Phelps county. Mo

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

25. Same system in New Mexico.

Plus excellent early voting.

[mia]

26. Yes.

Miami-Dade County, FL

[woody44]

27. Missouri here.........

paper and scanned

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. paper, then scanned in KY

[Revanchist]

30. I'm not sure if the ballots here in MO are actually counted when fed in

There was no directions saying this side up or anything of that nature so they might be hand counted at the end of the night

[ananda]

31. I voted by mail on a paper ballot!

..

[Codeine]

33. Paper in California.

I haven’t voted electronically in quite a while. We have big paper ballots where we complete a little arrow pointing to our choice.

[Green Line]

34. Paper then scanned in MA

[hillary]

35. Small town Nebraska

Number 2 pencils and paper ballots, always!

[UpInArms]

37. Paper that was scanned in Missouri

eom

[major debacle]

38. Got a Vote-By-Mail ballot

... filled it out and walked it to the polling place this morning in Fresno, CA, Trump country. Nunes is the rep, Andrew Janz is challenging him.

[texasfiddler]

39. I filled in every democratic oval in ink

I like the scanned sheets. A lot of people can vote at the same time in multiple booths. Paper trail and scanned for fast tabulation.

[LisaL]

40. I used a machine but it was printing my selections so presumably if there is an issue

there could be a recount.

[OliverQ]

42. Maryland uses paper ballots that are then scanned by a machine.

[dawg day]

43. filled out a paper ballot, legal size,

And put it in a scanner. Paper was put into a box with other ballots.

[The Genealogist]

44. Paper ballot, scanned in, in Missouri

No sharpie here, just a ballpoint. You feed it into the machine yourself when you are done, and if it accepts, it adds your vote to the total for the machine. No fuss, no muss, no bother.

[LSFL]

45. yeppers

Paper ballot availyable in Somerset Kentucky.
Did you rabbit punch Robertson in the giblets?

My voting location changed from the old Courthouse to the New library. I was not told ahead of time. I had to hunt down an old school mate to know where to vote. Be aware of this stuff guys and gals.

[gopiscrap]

46. we vote by mail, it's all paper in WA

[still_one]

47. I use paper ballots everytime. I vote by mail

[BewilderedCitizen]

48. Paper ballot was scanned

I filled in the ovals with an ink pen. It was then scanned, but I didn't get to see whether or not it was scanned accurately.

[AJT]

50. Paper ballots here in Middleton WI

Very busy at my polling place at 10am.....

[BlueSpot]

51. Paper ballot in Missouri

Ball point for me too. L-O-N-G ballot, took quite a while to fill in all the ovals.

Worth it!

[smirkymonkey]

52. Paper then scanned here in Boston, MA

[muntrv]

53. Ann Arbor, Mi uses paper ballots.

[MotorCityMan]

69. Garden City, MI does also.....

[Yonnie3]

54. Paper ballot here in Virginia

Darken the dots and feed it into the scanner.

[tosh]

55. Paper ballot...

Voted Saturday in Hurricane Michael’s neighborhood.

My Supervisor of Elections is the best! He held 7am to 7pm voting every single day up through today. He offered vote by mail ballots with extended deadline and even tried to offer emailed vote by mail ballots but pRick Scott said no.

There were plenty of booth tables, scanners and election workers, so no long lines.

Love my Dem SOE!

[KewlKat]

56. Paper ballot that was scanned.

They offered an “electronic” version and I said no way. I want my vote to be counted. She said they are all counted and I said you’ve not been paying attention. I went at 1pm. Light attendance.

[yardwork]

58. My deep blue city in NC uses paper ballots that are scanned and retained.

Every precinct should have paper ballots that are retained for any needed recounts.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

59. Filled in the bubbles on paper today and had it scanned.

Voted in Richmond, Virginia.

[NOVADAVE]

60. Mass.

Paper ballot, sharpie, scanned

[sheshe2]

84. MA. Paper.

Scanned. Machine did a little spin and displayed that my vote had been counted.

They used ballpoint pen.

Welcome to DU, NOVADAVE.

[NOVADAVE]

99. Thanks!

Actually have been reading here every day since 2004, I just never post

[sheshe2]

101. I read a long time before I joined as well.

This is a great site. Have fun.

[MontanaMama]

62. Paper ballot in Montana.

Walked it into the elections office and put it in the lock box myself. Checked online that it had been counted.

[Delmette2.0]

94. I just had to vote in person.

I love getting my sticker.

My polling location has always been an easy quick place to vote. Not today! There was a steady line of voters.

[MontanaMama]

95. I still got a sticker!

I know what you mean about the sticker. I love them.

[Doreen]

64. Paper ballots here in Wa state. Either black or blue pen and

you can mail it or put into a drop box. I dropped mine off at the ballot box approximately half an hour ago. There was some deep digging I had to do on some of the people in my county and city so it took me longer than I wanted. What matters is that it is in the proper place now.

[riversedge]

65. middle of WI. yes to paper but can use electronic also.

[redwitch]

66. Scanned paper ballot in upstate ny.

Hang in there, I think we are going to have things to celebrate!

[drray23]

67. Yes paper ballot in virginia.nt.

[berni_mccoy]

70. Massachusetts. Of course we have paper ballots.

[liberal N proud]

71. Voting machine with no printable proof.

[nocoincidences]

72. We had paper ballots that we fed into a scanner

in Virginia Beach today. I do remember elections in the past that were electronic, but not true anymore.

[onecaliberal]

74. Paper fed into a tabulator I assume. CA22

[Kaleva]

75. I used a black sharpie on a paper ballot which was then scanned by a machine.

[samnsara]

76. I have never ever voted on anything but paper ballots

[beaglelover]

78. Yep, we had the punch card with the sharpie where I voted today. The guy next to me was very

aggressive filling out voting card.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

79. Paper here in Michigan...

But I’ve never used a sharpie to mark the ballot this was the first time for that used ballpoints before. Many of us at the polling place noticed that it bled through to the other side. They said it was ok cuz the marks don’t line up so it was ok

[matt819]

80. Small town NH

Paper. I love it.

[Sunsky]

81. Yes

in Broward county Florida

[KentuckyWoman]

82. Paper

[honest.abe]

85. Yep, here in Maryland.

The only problem is they were about to run out as we left at 7pm.

[frogmarch]

86. In my Nebraska county, Dawes, we

all voted by mail with paper ballots about a week ago.

Registered voters were mailed their ballots, and the return envelopes were postage paid, so I handed mr. froggy's and mine to our mailman the next day.

[displacedtexan]

88. We complete the arrows on 8 pages (vote by mail) in San Francisco.

The voting guide is bigger than some phone books. Anyway, we can mail it in, put it in designated ballot boxes in/around municipal buildings, or drop them in the box at our polling place.

[dameatball]

90. Si! Bueno!

[lunatica]

91. Paper ballot for me in New Mexico

It was scanned after I filled in all the Democratic bubbles.

[GulfCoast66]

92. Paper here in central Florida

[thinkingagain]

93. We have mail in Ballots in Washington

But I saved my state some $ and dropped off my own in the ballot box as with my two sons and one daughters I haven't heard if my youngest daughter finished hers she has been extra busy but trying to get it filled out sad thing she is one of the ones who usually is my first voter. I will have to bug her again.
Behind Pat Robertson huh "privilege" "lucky" I was thinking more like I would have thought "Pat Robertson man This stinks"

[Joe941]

96. I used paper.

[Invidious]

100. Voted in Norfolk, VA

We went all paper a couple cycles ago. You fill the ballot then you scan it in. I'm in the 2nd district and voted for Elaine!

[Golden Raisin]

102. NYC-Manhattan: Paper ballot,

fill in the little ovals (like the old SAT tests), then feed into scanner. Paper ballots retained.

[AllyCat]

103. Paper ballots in Wisconsin counted by optical scanner

[Talitha]

104. Paper Ballot in my township, Lincoln County, WI

Since moving here 17 years ago (from the Chicago area), we've always had a paper ballot - scanned by machine.

I was there at about 10am (voter #67) and am very anxious to see the total # of voters this time around. Usually, I walk in and am the only one in there besides the voting officials.

Today, both booths (2 voter booths, woo-hoo!! ) were occupied and I was the second in line with 3 people behind me. There weren't this many people voting in 2016!!!

Hope to God they were all voting straight Dem like I did. However, there's LOTS of NRA freaks up here, but hopefully my vote will help keep 'Snot' Walker from doing any more damage to this beautiful state of Wisconsin.

[Cha]

106. Yes, I had a choice..

I wore blue and voted for Mazie Hirono on paper ballot!