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In reply to the discussion: Did you vote yet? [View all]

BigmanPigman

(52,460 posts)
20. I LIKE voting in person.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 08:15 PM
Oct 22

I like the whole process. My little dog would go with me and get an I VOTED sticker (poll workers. thought she was a cute voter) and all her stuffed animals have stickers on them from years of voting.
I taught my 1st grade students to vote and they loved it too. The whole thing was by them and it was their voices, not mine. They even went on a "field trip" to the polls in the school's lunchroom and got a mini lesson on voting. They listened so well and were genuinely interested in the voting booths, etc. When we voted in class it was anonymous (privacy boards) voting. The kids collected the "ballots" and they tallied the votes. Also, there was no talking. They each got a sticker in their native language, too. I still have them.

Since I live in CA I know my vote really won't have any impact so I wait until election day and walk to my local polling place and have a nice day, before waiting for all the votes to come in. That is the worst and most stressful part of it for me. I haven't watched the news since July but this stress is killing me. I'm down to 84 pounds...not good! If the fucking moron wins I will disappear completely.

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Did you vote yet? [View all] ColinC Oct 22 OP
K & R! Gaytano70 Oct 22 #1
Early voting in my county starts on Saturday. Siwsan Oct 22 #2
Yes, last Tuesday. Elessar Zappa Oct 22 #3
Voted mikewv Oct 22 #4
Just got notification that my mail-in ballot has been received at the election office here in Washoe County, NV rollin74 Oct 22 #5
Early voting here starts on the 31st. MiKenMi33 Oct 22 #6
Voted Last Tuesday, dropped it off in the ballot box, and yesterday was informed that my ballot was received/counted! msfiddlestix Oct 22 #7
Taking my Mom BigMin28 Oct 22 #8
I will try tomorrow Skittles Oct 22 #9
Check how many turn out at each site LeftInTX Oct 22 #14
Hopefully this weekend. nt Quixote1818 Oct 22 #10
Just need to fill it out and drop it off at the drop box...nt Wounded Bear Oct 22 #11
Tomorrow LeftInTX Oct 22 #12
I'm undecided IcyPeas Oct 22 #13
Yes and I'm harassing my friends/family to vote too! ecstatic Oct 22 #15
My daughter and I are going tomorrow afternoon - TBF Oct 22 #16
"F### yes!" wasn't an option. nt BWdem4life Oct 22 #17
Two more weeks for me Polybius Oct 22 #18
Sent off my mail-in ballot Saturday. lpbk2713 Oct 22 #19
I LIKE voting in person. BigmanPigman Oct 22 #20
me too! BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 22 #26
"Since I live in CA I know my vote really won't have any impact " we have all those ballot measures!!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 22 #28
I have voted Dem down ballot in every BigmanPigman Oct 23 #36
Not Yet ProfessorGAC Oct 22 #21
Yep! H2O Man Oct 22 #22
We went today to 2 early voting sites. Liberal In Texas Oct 22 #23
This happened to us XanaDUer2 Oct 23 #39
I enjoy voting on Election Day. Talitha Oct 22 #24
Ditto! Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Oct 22 #25
Voted by mail two weeks ago. RandySF Oct 22 #27
Yep, got my mail ballot 2 wks ago and my vote was counted this past Friday. FlyingPiggy Oct 23 #29
Oct 29th. 1st day of early voting in my county. Meadowoak Oct 23 #30
I got my ballot in the mail on Oct 5, and sent it back on Oct 7 In It to Win It Oct 23 #31
Ballots sent on 21 Sept and received in Philadelphia 10 days later. GoneOffShore Oct 23 #32
UPDATE: I VOTED Skittles Oct 23 #33
I like going into the booth. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 23 #34
same Skittles Oct 23 #38
Early in-person today Maeve Oct 23 #35
Early voting in my county starts Saturday October 26th Niagara Oct 23 #37
bump LAS14 Oct 23 #40
Early voting in NJ doesn't start until this Saturday. Beacool Oct 23 #41
We're dropping our ballots off this Friday morning. Nixie Oct 23 #42
K&R red dog 1 Oct 31 #43
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