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Linder
(5 posts)I voted early and straight Democratic ticket.
Elessar Zappa
(16,326 posts)Thank you for your Harris vote!
Trueblue1968
(18,452 posts)Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)And people not eating them.
Trueblue1968
(18,452 posts)Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)marble falls
(64,704 posts)... to vote.
It'll become a MAGA duty to eat registered cats.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)I'm glad you're on the right side of history.
Thanks for being a patriot and doing the right thing.
Kingofalldems
(39,511 posts)No republicans got a vote from me.
Askov_Finlyson
(49 posts)Voted a straight D ticket (obviously) again. Our Governor, Tim Walz, is amazing.
elleng
(139,150 posts)
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)elleng
(139,150 posts)hadn't seen the Center before, it's 1+ mile off the road.
This was adjacent:
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Let's hope for a blue tsunami.
BluRay76
(54 posts)Wife and I voted by mail at the beginning of the month. We are in Southern California and all voters receive mail-in ballots with postage-paid envelopes. We got them on a Friday, sat down with our progressive voter guides to help us with judges and ballot propositions, and filled them out together. We put them in Saturday’s mail, and we received text messages both when USPS had scanned them into their system and again when the county registrar had received and accepted them (which was maybe Monday or Tuesday). It was really quick and easy, and while I miss going to my polling place and feeling the energy there on Election Day, there is something to be said for being able to research the local candidates and ballot propositions as you are filling out the ballot.
Our region is usually about 2:1 D:R, or maybe 70/30 in a good year, so it will be interesting to see how it goes this time around.
Askov_Finlyson
(49 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 1, 2024, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)
TxGuitar
(4,303 posts)Katy TX, Tompkins High School. Longer line than we've ever seen there, and we vote in every election.
chia
(2,530 posts)Straight Democratic ticket, of course. Mail-in ballot. Received a timely text response saying my ballot had been received and counted.
Space Lemon
(30 posts)I voted a straight blue ticket on the first day of early voting here in Maine.
Catbird
(733 posts)My partner and I voted a few days ago. Several Democrats in local races who might win. Republicans likely at the state level. But we're running up the popular vote total for Harris here!
BlueKota
(4,183 posts)Elessar Zappa
(16,326 posts)Iris
(16,335 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,077 posts)including one Puerto Rican.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)
msfiddlestix
(8,034 posts)I'm in California. I submitted my ballot a couple of days after receiving it. Seems like a long time ago now. I feel like this is the way to do it. I'm really pleased her campaign was only 90 days and if feel like this is how it should go. short and sweet time frame.
msongs
(71,067 posts)red dog 1
(30,626 posts)(On X) #HarrisWalz2024
mzmolly
(52,073 posts)
It took an hour and a half (long lines) but It was worthwhile.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)peachpie2
(27 posts)Wife and I voted the first day of early voting (last Saturday) for Kamala.
Helped my friend and her husband drop off their votes yesterday, so two more for Kamala.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Sunsky
(1,876 posts)10/21 in Florida
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)I know Scott has an edge, but Debbie Mucarsel-Powell would be great for Florida.
I'm going to make another donation to her campaign.
Sunsky
(1,876 posts)I think it's very possible. Broward is carrying FL on its back. We've almost doubled the Republican vote here. Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties have more registered Dems than Rep yet so far more Republicans have voted than Democrats. We'll receive some crossover votes as well. GOTV efforts will be crucial here in FL.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)bluestarone
(19,467 posts)Felt so good to put OUR NAILS in TFG's coffin!!
Skittles
(163,271 posts)I refuse to vote for a repuke.
barbtries
(30,319 posts)if it's a non partisan race and i'm unable to learn what party the candidates represent, i don't vote.
David Boyle
(732 posts)an. HARRY S (or S.) Truman.
Psych!
Lulu KC
(7,751 posts)
Mahalo!

Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)I heard about you guys when I used to listen to the late great Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM.
RealityBasedNewYorkr
(147 posts)Voted Tuesday!
umroman
(46 posts)With my sister, 2 straight Democratic tickets, on the 2nd day of early voting. Waited an hour in line, everyone happy and friendly, helping the folks for whom standing an hour was difficult. Great time!
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Attilatheblond
(5,620 posts)DEM down the ballot.
Kari Lake needs to dry up and blow away. The AZ taxpayers did not sign up to be her retirement (from FOX news in Phoenix) plan.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)What a disgrace to Arizona she is.
Beartracks
(13,850 posts)I was just coming on to find a place to post that MY VOTE IS ON ITS WAY!
Spouse and I each did absentee. Two more straight party Dems! Although, we each filled out every Democrat's box rather than use the actual "straight party" box. It feels more real and intentional that way. Sadly, the Post Office did not give me an I Voted sticker.
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Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Faux pas
(15,606 posts)and all down ballot dems at the post office
wnylib
(25,223 posts)In person to be sure that my vote is counted.
This is a purple city in a red, rural county. For a couple positions, there was no Dem candidate. The Rs ran uncontested. I left them blank. Need to speak with local Dem officials about the lack of opposition.
Sometimes in NY, since the Dem presidential candidate will win, it seems like missing the vote would not matter. But if everyone thought that way, we would lose. Besides, the down ticket choices matter.
There was one state proposition to vote yes or no on full equality for everyone regardless of age, gender status, race, ethnicity, permission, abortion, etc. A yes vote means that the full equality will be incorporated into the state constitution. Of course I voted yes.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Aristus
(69,627 posts)Mrs. Aristus lets me fill out her ballot for her signature. She's Harris/Walz 100%, and a Blue ballot all the way down. But she doesn't like voting on the local initiatives and referenda because they can be confusingly written. So I do it for her.
Dropped off our ballots in the drop-box at the local public library. Took a selfie of the act. I have since found out that the county registrar of voters has received our ballots, and that they have been verified and counted.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)redwitch
(15,148 posts)I’m glad I did!
electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)As a kid, tween. We visited the Finger Lakes, Niagra Falls, Adirondacks in the summer, this well known gorge I just forgot the name of, Herkamer for digging "dimonds" [double pointed clear quartz], Howe Caverns.
Lots of pretty, and fun!
LostOne4Ever
(9,642 posts)We will defeat the demonic candy corn!!!
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)
electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)Here in Da Bronx. Walked out, "yayyed", and pumped fist. Luckily only 2 1/2 blocks away.
It's been about 24 yrs since I could walk to my voting place.
Now, I'm enjoying 2 white pizza slices & a Coke (hopefully) Victory meal. 🎉
At least a "I voted" meal. 👍
Oh, yes, and straight Dems down ballot.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)struggle4progress
(122,616 posts)because it's effin time for a woman president
Plus Donnie the Demon deserves a fair trial before we lock him up and lose the key
Sky Jewels
(9,050 posts)Checked the SOS's site and my ballot was received on 10/28.
Bettie
(18,133 posts)me, DH, two sons, and the girlfriend of one. In Iowa.
FreeForm73
(145 posts)Voted by mail, received in 2 days
Last R I voted for was in 1980!!
Silent Type
(8,935 posts)Meadowoak
(6,451 posts)Just before noon. Straight blue ticket of course. Most of the other people in line were voting for Kamala.
chowder66
(10,377 posts)nlk5505
(3 posts)Completed absentee ballot received 10/23 per myvotewi.gov. I handed my absentee ballot to the clerk in my township, which by way, is not accepted in some WI voting places. If you are mailed an absentee ballot you may have to mail or use a drop box in some areas.
mopinko
(72,217 posts)dropped my ballot at an ev site.
wordstroken
(1,040 posts)SW Florida. Solid Dem. Received. Processed.
Glad I did. The following weeks have been a never-ending nightmare.
WHEN WE FIGHT — AND VOTE— WE WIN!!!
electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)wordstroken
(1,040 posts)

electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)wordstroken
(1,040 posts)Much appreciated.
WarGamer
(16,870 posts)Always done it like this.
I'll wake up early... grab a coffee from Starbucks and be there in the first 30 minutes after it opens... it'll be chilly, I'll have to wait and wear a jacket.
If my Grandfather had to watch Japanese Kamikaze strikes on his own cruiser and try to sleep while the 6" guns were hammering landing zones...
I can wake up early in the morning and be a little inconvenienced.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)WarGamer
(16,870 posts)He was on a light cruiser from 1942-45 including the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shot"
His ship delivered Gen Douglas Macarthur back to the Philippines
He was in the Japanese islands when the nukes fell...
History.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Thanks for sharing.
Cha
(309,548 posts)askyagerz
(901 posts)Every registered voter gets a ballot mailed to them here. The way it should be. Drop box 2 blocks away
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Ms. Toad
(36,568 posts)and the rest of the Democratic slate - as well as yet another anti-gerrymandering issue. (There have been two, and I believe 7 maps declared unconstitutional under the last two. We keep trying, but with a Republican Supreme Court, absent the Republican justice who voted with the Dems as to the maps - who has now retired, whatever crazy maps get drawn will be declared constitutional. The retired justice headed the committee for our third anti-gerrymandering ballot issue . . . )
All three of us in my house have voted. 50 votes for Democratic candidates (in total) and one for a Republican (Straight Democratic ticket for my daughter and me; I couldn't convince my spouse not to vote for her buddy - an objectively good Republican judge in a relatively politically innocuous court).
I've also been trained for the voter protection hotline (doing shifts tomorrow and Monday), observer, and boiler room (where I'll be from 5:30 AM through 10:00 PM - or later - on election day).
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Ms. Toad
(36,568 posts)I have a lot to lose, personally, if Trump takes office again.
relayerbob
(7,144 posts)2 all-blue tickets three days after early voting started.
LFG!
Dem2theMax
(10,633 posts)I put my ballot in a mailbox in the community where I live. Because of BallotTrax, I was able to watch the movement of my ballot, and I knew it had been received and counted. I have no way of getting to a post office, so I have to use the mailbox.
Isn't this a beautiful sight?
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Thanks for posting it.
Random Boomer
(4,305 posts)Straight democratic ticket in a solid red GOP state. If nothing else, however, we added to the overall national vote count for Harris.
PennyC
(2,321 posts)My BLUE flamingo with her pearls is out on our lawn!
And I confirmed our ballots were received. Here in FL we have abortion rights, marijuana, and that scumbag Rick Scott on the ballot.
markie
(23,283 posts)straight Democrat/Progressive ticket.... of course, not worried about Vermont, although Scott will still probably win
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)markodochartaigh
(2,603 posts)I voted for Kamala Harris/ Tim Walz and as many Democratic candidates as there were on the ballot.
tired old man
(1 post)straight D, of course.
SeattleVet
(5,664 posts)Now, if there were just some way to stop the interminable election spam text messages...
PatrickforB
(15,199 posts)AldebTX
(801 posts)I also enjoyed side stepping two Republican “poll watchers” that said they could not allow me to vote until they saw my ID. I told them no such law and pushed by to the actual poll worker and showed her my id and got my ballot and voted. I also enjoyed watching the two “poll watchers” be surrounded by a large group of people while a lady called in to report their election interference.
electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)If that was illegal I hope they were charged.
TBF
(35,074 posts)Alice Kramden
(2,572 posts)Early & in person - long lines - northern Chicago suburban area
barbtries
(30,319 posts)first day of early voting. I got there when the doors opened and was #37 to vote at the BOE office in Durham, NC.
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Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Mine is lame compared to that one.
barbtries
(30,319 posts)The Durham Bulls are our minor league baseball team. There's a big blue Bull looking over the field and smoke blows out his nose when the team scores or gets a homer (maybe even a base hit or good out, been awhile for me). So the nickname for Durham is Bull City.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)BumRushDaShow
(150,546 posts)
cmos_sue
(26 posts)I was glad to receive an email reply from my county that my mail-in ballot was received.
pattyloutwo
(440 posts)And hopeful 💪
lindalou65
(330 posts)My husband and I both voted straight Blue.
2 Meow Momma
(6,804 posts)Turbineguy
(38,958 posts)I'm not at liberty to divulge her name.
Tree Lady
(12,351 posts)week ago, bought a bottle of pink champagne today and lady in line next to me when I told her it was for Kamala winning said she is getting one next time she shops.
MustLoveBeagles
(13,160 posts)
ShazzieB
(20,154 posts)Our polling place was our local public library.
You can't vote a "straight ticket" in Illinois; you have to vote each race individually. All of our votes were for Democrats.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,847 posts)Harris/Walz
WmChris
(293 posts)Straight Democtatic for both my wife and I.
dflprincess
(28,750 posts)I waited until I'd be able to feed the ballot into the machine mysel and see those glorious words "Your ballot has been counted"!
remo ymor
(1,035 posts)This is what I wrote after voting:
I just voted in TN
This is the last day for early voting in TN.
Harris for President
Johnson for Senate
Cohen for Representative
Myself for TN Senate...No Democrat was running
Myself for TN State Representative...No Democrat was running
At least I voted for a Democrat in the last two races instead of leaving them blank.
I feel good about all of my votes today.
efhmc
(15,394 posts)SheLiberal
(62 posts)Early voted while taking a break from working the polls. So proud to vote for Kamala and Tim along with all the Dems on the ballot. Now ready for her win!!
AllyCat
(17,777 posts)There was a line out to the curb before the doors opened for the day. Straight blue and NO on the referendum. Checked my vote.wi.gov later that night and my ballot was accepted.
Helped kid at school figure out his absentee ballot and get it mailed on the 25th. Also received and accepted with the clerk.
Mr AC decided not to vote in person ED expecting lines. He voted early-in person yesterday. Also accepted on the website.
All straight blue and a NO.
SomedayKindaLove
(1,108 posts)Celebrated with a milkshake.
Blasphemer
(3,399 posts)Cheezoholic
(2,862 posts)here. You also have to vote for unopposed candidates so I had to vote for 3 repukes which is annoying. Luckily they were local county officials but still irks me
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Croney
(4,942 posts)It was, and most of Massachusetts will surely vote as I did.
LetMyPeopleVote
(161,471 posts)D23MIURG23
(3,126 posts)Also Slotkin, and every other Democrat or left leaning non-partisan jurist in my area.
Gaytano70
(1,207 posts)In Omaha, NE, CD-02 🔵💙🔵💙🔵
evilhime
(348 posts)but not often . I was heartened to see only two TSF signs at the polling place and about 20 Harris signs. I have early vote here before in presidential elections but have never seen such lines. Today it took just over an hour because earlier in the week the wait wa so long they added extra poll workers and extra voting machines!
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)byronius
(7,703 posts)Whew!
electric_blue68
(20,728 posts)nolabear
(43,661 posts)
KAMALA! KAMALA!!KAMALA!!!
blue sky at night
(3,310 posts)Historic kind of thing you know!
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,697 posts)Florida election. I have verified my vote was received and counted.
love_katz
(2,984 posts)I mailed it on Friday, October 27th and received a notification on October 28th that my ballot had been accepted and counted.
In years past, I had put it in the secure drop box at my local branch of the county library. However, I had read the post on DU about the ballot drop box in Arizona getting torched, and also that messages had been shared on $hitter that various liquids that could spoil ballots were discussed, so I decided to take it inside at the post office.
And then there were attacks on ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon. So, I am super glad that I decided to take my ballot directly to the post office.
Thank you, DU!
Wishing everyone safety and the best of luck in voting.
I forgot to add: I voted a straight blue ticket. Been doing that for 52 years.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)usaf-vet
(7,440 posts).....ago. It was a straight BLUE vote starting with Harris / Walz down the ballot.
Figarosmom
(5,138 posts)My daughter and daughter in law took me to vote with them. It was crowded but moved right through. Halls were dimly lit so I couldn't really see who else was voting. Usually when we go to early vote there's very few people there. Kenosha used to be heavy Democratic UAW voters but since Crysler moved out and the mega churches moved in Kenosha has become a huge disappointment to me. A lot of tgmorant people who seem proud to be that way. It's hard to say how well go. The liberals in town seem to have learned their lesson and have shown up since 2016 at every election so maybe.
And if it rains election day as predicted I think the magats will not bother thinking that Trump has it in the bag. They'll go and play pool at the bar instead.
wendyb-NC
(4,180 posts)I was surprised that there was a line from the side entrance of the polling place along the side wall and around the front of the building. Voting had started there about an hour earlier.
I've been a poll observer at that site 3 or 4 times before last Sunday, and have not seen as consistent a line as was there that day. It moved pretty quickly, though. The wait was 15 minutes to get in the door. It went by quickly because I was talking with candidates and greeters, there is a positive feeling in the air. The line to vote is a positive sign. Since then, I have done 3 more shifts as poll observer and the turnout remains steady. I will be a poll observer for my home precinct on election day, 6:30 AM through 10:30 AM.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(177,473 posts)
lobointexas
(126 posts)All Blue! My wife, both sons, daughter and daughter in-law, also voted. That's 4 votes to send Cruz to Cancun permanently, and 2 to keep Tim Kaine working for President Kamala Harris!
PCIntern
(27,249 posts)Long line well-behaved even though it’s “Trump-Country”.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)bovine6
(49 posts)dropped my and my father's mail-in ballots in the mail nearly two weeks ago. Straight Democratic ticket.
blogslug
(38,778 posts)i did the vote
area51
(12,279 posts)valleyrogue
(1,971 posts)IbogaProject
(4,231 posts)Mrs Iboga voted for the blue slate too. Have one friend going to vote early tomorrow too.
Tikki
(14,816 posts)I have voted..
Tikki
gblady
(3,552 posts)And voted Blue all the way down the ticket, and dropped it in the ballot box last Sunday. I checked online today and my ballot has been accepted, so I'm all set. I also helped my 96 year old caregiving client fill out her ballot a week ago, a lifetime Democrat. She was so excited to be voting for a woman. Sadly she passed away on Wednesday. I wonder if her vote will count.
From solid blue Bainbridge Island, Wa.
Klarkashton
(3,260 posts)Dulcinea
(8,181 posts)My husband & I voted early in person. Our college daughters voted absentee. 4 blue ballots accepted & counted! We're doing our best to keep this crucial swing state purple!
notroot
(267 posts)Deep red state -- one of the deepest -- so my vote won't go toward the EC. But local elections matter, too!
Danmel
(5,384 posts)Felt good but still anxious as a cat on a wire.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)Jersey Devil
(10,408 posts)lark
(24,862 posts)It was weird, there were no Repug signs or sign wavers like there usually are. There were Dem signs and Dem sign wavers, but only 1 Repug had any signs at all and it was a local race. There was not one tcf sign, not a single one. Usually it's about even with signs, even in this purple trending blue city, but not this time. Also, other than my husband and son, there was only one other man voting, but probably 8 women. My sons' vote was flipped to tcf by the machine, but he saw that and fixed it and verified on the recpt that his vote was for Harris. That concerns me a bit, what if folks don't pay attention? Otherwise, it was no waiting and no problem people there.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)FakeNoose
(37,116 posts)I voted way early, but Pennsylvania won't count it until after the polls close on November 5th.
dem4decades
(12,587 posts)FakeNoose
(37,116 posts)But see, the Repukes have decided that counting mailed ballots first means the Dems will all vote twice, once by mail and then we'll vote again on election day. That's a big NOPE for them. They don't really get how the system works.
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)NNadir
(35,543 posts)xmas74
(29,854 posts)At the courthouse in Johnson County,MO.
Patton French
(1,558 posts)With much enthusiasm!!
debm55
(44,200 posts)
Ruby the Liberal
(26,414 posts)My county doesn't allow drop boxes and there is only one in person dropoff location for the entire county. The metal detector/xray scan to enter is because its a Government office.
You can put it in the mail, but I also voted this way in 2020 when the state opened up no excuse mail/early voting just to keep the mail/early vote numbers up.
tenderfoot
(8,982 posts)My vote was received and counted.
NEOH
(191 posts)Last week, my Partner and I voted for Kamala and all of the Democrats on our ballots…including Sherrod Brown!!
PurgedVoter
(2,470 posts)I wore a mask so I showed who I was against. I also got to vote against Cruz! Not bad, getting to vote for Kamala, and showing I voted for compassion and thought by wearing a mask. Here is hoping that all the women in my red, red area, were smart enough to vote solid blue.
Deep State Witch
(11,700 posts)We got our mail-in ballots in late September. We filled them out and put them in the dropbox the next day. They've already been counted. 2 votes for Harris/Walz and Alsobrooks!
Frank D. Lincoln
(894 posts)
senegal1
(551 posts)Voted with mail ballot dropped off in person to the local library ballot box. Checked to see vote was received and counted. Voted blue up and down the ballot.
WhiteTara
(30,681 posts)We turned in our ballots on Thursday and they have been registered at the courthouse
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)Early voted, put ballot in drop box. We have all been notified that the ballots were received and counted.
2golddogs
(108 posts)2 of us here voted early by mail, in NJ
njrick0610
(2 posts)My wife and I voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz, and the entire Democratic ticket, here in New Jersey via early voting on Monday.
W_HAMILTON
(8,867 posts)I was worried for a bit there that I was going to get disenfranchised by DeJoy...
Initech
(104,472 posts)
angrychair
(10,518 posts)On Oct 20th. Not. Going. Back.
Best_man23
(5,224 posts)On October 18, 2024.
Cairycat
(1,791 posts)two days after I mailed it, my husband and son voted in early voting at the courthouse. All blue!