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book_worm

(15,951 posts)
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 06:40 PM Sep 2016

Time: The Election Is in 40 Days. But Hillary Clinton Is Already Working to Bank Votes Now.

In some states, half of the votes will be cast before Election Day

If things go the way Hillary Clinton’s get-out-the-vote team is hoping, it might be possible to say she’s likely to become the next President of the United States before polls even open on Nov. 8.

The Democratic nominee’s strategists are carefully gaming opportunities to find and bank millions of votes before Election Day arrives. In 37 states and the District of Columbia, voters can cast ballots early with varying degrees of ease. Wisconsin, South Dakota, Minnesota, New Jersey and Vermont voters are already eligible to cast ballots. On Thursday, as Clinton touched down in Des Moines, voters in across Iowa joined their ranks and could go to elections offices to cast votes in person.

Welcome inside the Clinton campaign’s coordinated effort to get as many of its likely supporters registered to vote, and then get their ballot banked. With so much uncertainty—and Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump capable of almost anything—it’s a wise decision for her team to lock down as many supporters as possible, just in case. Volunteers at Clinton’s rally were ready to direct the crowd from the rally right into a voting booth.

“Luckily, you can start today. A lot of folks don’t have that opportunity across the country,” she said.

http://time.com/4513513/hillary-clinton-early-voting-iowa/

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Time: The Election Is in 40 Days. But Hillary Clinton Is Already Working to Bank Votes Now. (Original Post) book_worm Sep 2016 OP
Meanwhile Trump is running against Pres 42 & 44 and is smearing Miss Universe from 20 years ago. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #1
Great news! anamandujano Sep 2016 #2
Woohooo! Little things make such a difference! Madam45for2923 Sep 2016 #3
We're all mail-in, so I'll probably vote more than a week before "election day"... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #4
Read the story linked at the bottom of the page about Dem efforts to expand voting rights... winstars Sep 2016 #5
NJ voter here. I can vote by mail, just waiting for my ballot now. BobbyDrake Sep 2016 #6

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
2. Great news!
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:04 PM
Sep 2016

The Dem party of Texas sent me an absentee ballot request form without my asking. It's much easier than printing out the one I filled out online but have to print out and mail. I don't have a printer so it would have been an extra step to get it.

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
4. We're all mail-in, so I'll probably vote more than a week before "election day"...
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:10 PM
Sep 2016

Washington here. Oregon is the same.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
6. NJ voter here. I can vote by mail, just waiting for my ballot now.
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:36 PM
Sep 2016

A vote I've been waiting 8 years to cast.

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