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mysteryowl

(7,752 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:31 PM Oct 2022

Did you vote absentee or waiting for election day?






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Voted by mail-in ballot
22 (44%)
Will be voting by mail-in ballot
4 (8%)
I like to vote in person on election day
9 (18%)
I don't vote (I hope this stays at zero!)
0 (0%)
I vote in person at city hall or some other location, before election day
15 (30%)
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Did you vote absentee or waiting for election day? (Original Post) mysteryowl Oct 2022 OP
I voted last Tuesday. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #1
yeah! mysteryowl Oct 2022 #2
Monday in person. ananda Oct 2022 #3
Understandable mysteryowl Oct 2022 #7
My husband and I vote early Leith Oct 2022 #4
Nice! mysteryowl Oct 2022 #5
Vote By Mail Bread and Circuses Oct 2022 #6
I really like getting my ballot and taking my time with it. mysteryowl Oct 2022 #9
Here too! Washington. Love it! nt Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #15
We're Lucky DET Oct 2022 #8
Ohio began early voting last week Xavier Breath Oct 2022 #10
I love voting early at the county courthouse. Emile Oct 2022 #11
October 7th underpants Oct 2022 #12
Mailed my ballot Monday morning. gademocrat7 Oct 2022 #13
mail in X3 in our house debm55 Oct 2022 #14
Walked my ballot into the voter services building MontanaMama Oct 2022 #16
Approved! mysteryowl Oct 2022 #17
👍 louslobbs Oct 2022 #33
We voted in person at drive thru at city registrars office. virgdem Oct 2022 #18
Wow, that is unique mysteryowl Oct 2022 #21
It did. Virginia Beach started it for the 2020 election.. virgdem Oct 2022 #25
very nice! mysteryowl Oct 2022 #26
My state, Oregon, votes by mail. Love it. Shrike47 Oct 2022 #19
I will vote early moose65 Oct 2022 #20
I'm voting early at board of elections EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #22
I mailed my ballot in... mysteryowl Oct 2022 #23
I hope to vote by mail, but our Republican legislature rsdsharp Oct 2022 #24
mail-in ballot... myohmy2 Oct 2022 #27
Dropped my ballot off at the Post Office this morning. chowder66 Oct 2022 #28
I always try to vote in-person on Election Day... WarGamer Oct 2022 #29
Dropped mine off at the... 2naSalit Oct 2022 #30
Early voting in person for me mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #31
From the time I turned 18 (1976) until the pandemic hit Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #32
"I like to vote on Election Day" is the closest option Wednesdays Oct 2022 #34
Wow, must a RED state mysteryowl Oct 2022 #36
I just checked online BlueIdaho Oct 2022 #35
Mrs. Lib & I went to the county courthouse this morning rurallib Oct 2022 #37
I'm an in person kind of guy. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2022 #38
Voted today in Cuyahoga County Cleveland Ohio! Ninga Oct 2022 #39
Never any lines, so I always vote in person on election day. Talitha Oct 2022 #40
Election Day kwolf68 Oct 2022 #41
Sent my ballot in yesterday. I kacekwl Oct 2022 #42
Dropped my ballot off at my township hall in their drop box on Monday. llmart Oct 2022 #43
Early voting in person which doesn't begin in NYC until October 29th. Golden Raisin Oct 2022 #44
I'll be early voting in person. area51 Oct 2022 #45
Mail in, the way to go, early is good, done, tracking available to see vote is counted Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2022 #46
I don't think we can vote absentee without a reason now in my county Meowmee Oct 2022 #47
I only vote in person on Election Day Polybius Oct 2022 #48
Voted early by mail on Monday, my election online tracking info had noted it counted by Thurs, FL Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2022 #49
Have to vote absentee - Our votes were received in Philadelphia on 9 October. GoneOffShore Oct 2022 #50
Since I work the election, I always vote early Maeve Oct 2022 #51
Wife and I going to county courthouse today to vote! Emile Oct 2022 #52
i like to vote on the day because i want to see it the bastards are gonna pull something dembotoz Oct 2022 #53

Leith

(7,859 posts)
4. My husband and I vote early
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:38 PM
Oct 2022

There are several locations that host early voting in Nevada: malls, grocery stores, senior centers, libraries, etc., that are available. Locations move around so that everyone's neighborhood will have a convenient place to cast your ballot. We're going next week.

It's a good system.

Bread and Circuses

(706 posts)
6. Vote By Mail
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:40 PM
Oct 2022

Being in California , we have Vote By Mail for everyone. It's the right way for all states.
I can take my time reading the voter guide and choosing my positions.

DET

(1,947 posts)
8. We're Lucky
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:41 PM
Oct 2022

I always vote in person on Election Day since there is never a line at our voting location. Plus I just like the feeling of actively participating in the process.

Xavier Breath

(5,510 posts)
10. Ohio began early voting last week
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:43 PM
Oct 2022

and I was there Friday morning to cast my vote. I was surprised to see that probably half the machines were in use when I was there. Pretty impressive for a weekday morning six weeks out.

underpants

(189,972 posts)
12. October 7th
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:44 PM
Oct 2022

I voted for a Dem who has about zero chance of winning and 4 Constitutional Amendments in Virginia.

MontanaMama

(24,376 posts)
16. Walked my ballot into the voter services building
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 06:58 PM
Oct 2022

and checked it’s progress today…accepted and processed! Done! Voted a straight Democratic ticket, against fascism and for abortion rights.

louslobbs

(3,416 posts)
33. 👍
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:38 PM
Oct 2022

Great! We mailed ours Saturday, straight Dem as well, against fascism and for women’s bodily autonomy….. her body, her choice! Seems like they keep forcing us to fight the same fights. The Democrats need to pound the republicans and saturate the media with the Republican cults threats to basically get rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. If this is done properly over the next two weeks, I can’t see how we don’t have big wins for democratic governing over extremist fascist rule by the Republican trump cult.

virgdem

(2,252 posts)
25. It did. Virginia Beach started it for the 2020 election..
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:11 PM
Oct 2022

and they're continuing to offer the service for disabled and over 65 voters. I hope they continue to offer the service in the future.

EYESORE 9001

(28,047 posts)
22. I'm voting early at board of elections
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:06 PM
Oct 2022

I’d rather vote on Election Day at my local polling place, which is within walking distance, but I’ll be out of town on Election Day.

mysteryowl

(7,752 posts)
23. I mailed my ballot in...
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:08 PM
Oct 2022

then after a few days I look online and make sure it made it.
I like that I can verify.

rsdsharp

(10,667 posts)
24. I hope to vote by mail, but our Republican legislature
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:11 PM
Oct 2022

delayed the earliest day ballots can be mailed out to today — October 19. That means I have less than three weeks for the ballot to reach me, fill it out, mail it back, and have it received at the Auditor’s office by 8 PM election day.

I’m sure Mr. DeJoy will do his best to make it happen. I’m sure I don’t need to worry about the Auditor’s office. When I checked my ballot status yesterday, my application had been received 9/16, and my ballot “was mailed” 10/19. We’ll see.

WarGamer

(16,948 posts)
29. I always try to vote in-person on Election Day...
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:32 PM
Oct 2022

It gives me that feeling of civic involvement... doing my deed.

It's an artifact from my younger years... nothing gives me more satisfaction than exiting the booth and dropping the ballot in the box

 

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)
32. From the time I turned 18 (1976) until the pandemic hit
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:36 PM
Oct 2022

I always voted in person, and I always vote. 100% lifetime voting record.

Showing at the polls on election day was a very big deal for me. I took my son along with me and my wife from the time he was a baby. In 2008--as a 4 year old--he helped ink my ballot for Obama. This year he finally gets his own ballot.

Once the pandemic began we've been getting mail-in ballots. Rather than trusting the mail, we have returned them to a ballot dropbox that is a short walk from our home. We use that and then I track the ballots (anxiously).

I do miss voting on election day in person.

This time I will again use the dropbox, while I long for a return to the norms of the "before-times."

Wednesdays

(20,480 posts)
34. "I like to vote on Election Day" is the closest option
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:38 PM
Oct 2022

It's not that I like to vote on Election Day, it's just that around here, that's your only choice other than standing in line for four hours during early voting.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
35. I just checked online
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:39 PM
Oct 2022

My mail-in ballot has been accepted and is deemed valid. Same goes for my wife.

rurallib

(63,614 posts)
37. Mrs. Lib & I went to the county courthouse this morning
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:35 PM
Oct 2022

and voted - first day to vote in Iowa!

BlueTsunami2018

(4,302 posts)
38. I'm an in person kind of guy.
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:47 PM
Oct 2022

I voted by mail for the 2020 primary because of the pandemic but went right back to the polls that November. I had to get in the booth to oust Тяцмр, voting by mail just doesn’t feel the same.

Talitha

(7,529 posts)
40. Never any lines, so I always vote in person on election day.
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:50 PM
Oct 2022

(There's less than 400 people in my rural WI township.)

kwolf68

(7,987 posts)
41. Election Day
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:51 PM
Oct 2022

BTW-Because of the over the top bullshit Senate Leadership Fund (whoever they are) basically lying about John Fetterman I decided fuck these people and sent Fetterman a few bucks. Gonna do the same for Chris Deluzio. Those commercials are so Fascist in their face....DeLuzio, radical, PROFESSOR. Fuck off

kacekwl

(8,207 posts)
42. Sent my ballot in yesterday. I
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:52 PM
Oct 2022

signed up for vote tracking also. I already got a notice my ballot has been mailed and is on the way.

llmart

(16,399 posts)
43. Dropped my ballot off at my township hall in their drop box on Monday.
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 08:59 PM
Oct 2022

Anyone can vote absentee in Michigan. I love it. Just drive up to the drop box, roll down the window and drop it in. Voting should be made easier across other states that don't have this. Of course the GOP doesn't want to make it easier. They want to discourage voting. Such patriots!

area51

(12,282 posts)
45. I'll be early voting in person.
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 09:39 PM
Oct 2022

Wish I could vote by mail but it's restricted where I live.

Meowmee

(8,613 posts)
47. I don't think we can vote absentee without a reason now in my county
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 09:55 PM
Oct 2022

We will vote in person. Which is what I have done most of the time.

 

Shanti Shanti Shanti

(12,047 posts)
49. Voted early by mail on Monday, my election online tracking info had noted it counted by Thurs, FL
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:30 AM
Oct 2022

Maeve

(43,203 posts)
51. Since I work the election, I always vote early
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:42 AM
Oct 2022

Hubby and I like going to vote together, so we'll head to early voting sometime next week. Have voted mail-in many times, but prefer to go in-person.

 

dembotoz

(16,922 posts)
53. i like to vote on the day because i want to see it the bastards are gonna pull something
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:43 AM
Oct 2022

but early voting seems safer

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