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Delarage

(2,360 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:30 AM Nov 2

I love voting in Delaware

Even though we only have 3 electoral votes and are solidly blue (despite our fake hillbilly culture downstate).

What I like is how our voting machines work---when you check in to vote (all I show is my driver's license) they hand you a blank ballot. You go in the booth, put your ballot in a slot and it gets sucked in. Then you select every name that has a "D" behind it and a lighted up "X" appears next to the person. Then you hit a button that says "Complete" and it sucks the ballot through so it appears behind a glass panel for your review; your selections are printed on it. You then hit "Vote" if it's correct (it always is) and it gets sucked through to be stored. Then you leave, happy to know that you protected democracy!

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I love voting in Delaware (Original Post) Delarage Nov 2 OP
Same here it is so not stressful. I love their new machines where you can view the paper ballot Walleye Nov 2 #1
Believe it or not, Florida's is pretty good too. jimfields33 Nov 2 #2

Walleye

(36,724 posts)
1. Same here it is so not stressful. I love their new machines where you can view the paper ballot
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:39 AM
Nov 2

My brother voted yesterday at the Hudson Center in Newark. He actually had to stand in line. Usually, I just hand my voter registration card to the poll worker, that they sent me in the mail to inform me of my polling place. Simplifies things. They don’t ask for a photo ID. I’m voting Tuesday. I just walk up to the AI Dupont high school. I’ve never had to wait in line. We’ll see what happens this time.

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
2. Believe it or not, Florida's is pretty good too.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:40 AM
Nov 2

You fill in bubbles like the SAT and put it in a machine that reads it. Quick and easy.

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