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Boxerfan

(2,533 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2018, 12:02 AM Oct 2018

I sat in my bed & voted......

Ok I did have to drive to the PO to drop it off in a safe mailing location.....Dropped my Wifes also.

And my oldest daughter @ 18 cast her very first vote.

And nothing could have been easier. Bonus- its verifiable with a paper trail....

Why doesn't EVERY state do this?

Thanks Oregon for doing it right!

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I sat in my bed & voted...... (Original Post) Boxerfan Oct 2018 OP

Holy Smokes! Another 18yo. Seems a whole bunch of us here at DU have 'em. blm Oct 2018 #1

can we pass a federal law requiring all states to offer mail-in ballots? AlexSFCA Oct 2018 #2

i will keep that in mind for next election onetexan Oct 2018 #3

You Need Easy Polls Open For Weeks With Mail In PaulX2 Oct 2018 #4

blm

(113,826 posts)

1. Holy Smokes! Another 18yo. Seems a whole bunch of us here at DU have 'em.

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 01:03 AM

Oct 2018

I posted about my 18yo and at least half-dozen other members posted about first time voting 18yo kids, too.

AlexSFCA

(6,270 posts)

2. can we pass a federal law requiring all states to offer mail-in ballots?

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 01:10 AM

Oct 2018

onetexan

(13,899 posts)

3. i will keep that in mind for next election

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:36 AM

Oct 2018

As i've learned earlier, here in Randall county we didn't have a choice - it was all via voting machines. I was told i could request a mail-in ballot but that today was the last day, and given it was in the afternoon i decided not to for fear that the ballot wouldn't be mailed in on time.

PaulX2

(2,032 posts)

4. You Need Easy Polls Open For Weeks With Mail In

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 02:39 AM

Oct 2018

Lots of people move around. Make it easy for them too.

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