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slightlv

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27. I'm the research point person in our family.

Tue Oct 29, 2024, 06:34 PM

Oct 29

Straight democratic ticket and then research on what (should be) non-partisan offices and any amendments, etc. I download a sample ballot from our county and then proceed to fill it out as I do my research. After doing that, DH, grandson, and I talk it over to see if there are any disagreements. After all that's hashed out, I make copies for each of them and we take them into our polling booth with each of us. On some of these judgeships, etc., it's a lot of work to suss out whether and how much of their ideology they bring into the office with them, whether they're a D or an R, etc. This is where talking it over among ourselves prior to voting really helps all of us. By the time we vote, we feel good about the ballot we're casting.

Have never consciously thought about it before now, but DH and I have always sat a distance away from each other when we voted. It's not that we're going to try to control one or the other, it just seemed the "proper" thing to do. Don't ask me why... we've just never considered any other way! (LOL)

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My Florida poll watching experience - the MAGA mens' fear is real! [View all] mcar Oct 29 OP

Spooked maybe but also very controlling of their wives. StarryNite Oct 29 #1

So creepy mcar Oct 29 #7

Thanks for the story! I choose to take heart from it. LAS14 Oct 29 #2

Good point mcar Oct 29 #8

Kind of like this (2016) Aviation Pro Oct 29 #3

Yep! mcar Oct 29 #9

You are misinterpreting this. He's copying her answers like he learned to do in school. Intractable Oct 29 #12

Booths need to be further apart or arranged differently. LiberalFighter Oct 29 #31

The Lincoln Project dropped an ad on this yesterday. carpetbagger Oct 29 #4

Boom!! Saw it yesterday. Freat ad. Love the older women's approving looks at the end. EarnestPutz Oct 29 #6

From an opposite perspective, I am 99.99% sure that my ex-wife is voting for Trump... Jack Valentino Oct 29 #44

Love It!!!!!! bdamomma Oct 29 #52

WOW. Voting truth to power. chia Oct 29 #56

We need to go back to curtains around the individual booths. Clouds Passing Oct 29 #5

The booths at this early vote location mcar Oct 29 #10

Our booths are touching 🥺 way too close Clouds Passing Oct 29 #11

should send obvious couples to booths far apart sdfernando Oct 29 #17

our booths touch too; they share a divider panel. and why they are called booths when they are anything but is beyond me Native Oct 30 #59

It is unnerving. Clouds Passing Oct 30 #63

Controlling assholes Sky Jewels Oct 29 #13

Thanks for keeping watch, mcar. brer cat Oct 29 #14

Happy to say it was mostly boring mcar Oct 29 #15

Is this like the villages? HagathaCrispy Oct 29 #16

We are Villages-adjacent. Citrus County mcar Oct 29 #24

I am sorry. HagathaCrispy Oct 29 #32

That's about the size of it mcar Oct 29 #34

Same here in Marion County adjacent Villages for the most part radical noodle Oct 30 #62

Yes. They seem to feel very comfortable in Florida. Mariana Oct 29 #36

This makes me feel funny. Linda ladeewolf Oct 29 #18

My husband and I did same mcar Oct 29 #25

I'm the research point person in our family. slightlv Oct 29 #27

My husband and I did this with our absentee ballots this year. NH Ethylene Oct 29 #30

My hubby is progressive... Whatthe_Firetruck Oct 29 #33

I usually do the research Linda ladeewolf Oct 29 #35

Controlling behavior which is abusive. Fuck 'em. Evolve Dammit Oct 29 #19

Wish every polling place automatically sent couples to booths well apart from each other MLAA Oct 29 #20

This is an argument against mail-in ballots. Demobrat Oct 29 #21

It is sad, and a form of control. erronis Oct 29 #22

Democratic turnout in Dade county is underperforming Aviation Pro Oct 29 #23

Yeah, WTF is going on there? mcar Oct 29 #38

Maga men also suck. Joinfortmill Oct 29 #26

If I tried to tell Herself how to vote, it would go badly for me. TomSlick Oct 29 #28

On election night, depending on how things go, we may need to check in with family and friends. Yavin4 Oct 29 #29

A family activity Metaphorical Oct 29 #37

They should separate husbands and wives so they are not next to each other in the voting booth. I like Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Oct 29 #39

I agree mcar Oct 29 #40

I have NEVER voted with my husband LeftInTX Oct 29 #41

The other odd thing I noted mcar Oct 29 #43

I'd never let a man or woman control my vote vercetti2021 Oct 29 #42

Even if not MAGAT, that kind of controlling behavior is unacceptable. iemanja Oct 29 #46

Imagine being married to that iemanja Oct 29 #45

It was setting off all kinds of alarms with me mcar Oct 29 #48

Yikes! In GA, we get a printout with our votes showing ecstatic Oct 29 #47

Yikes is right mcar Oct 29 #49

Yes, we feed it in too, but at the front area. If a line has formed ecstatic Oct 29 #50

Oh yes, ours is same. Voters are given a folder mcar Oct 29 #53

They should be.... paleotn Oct 29 #51

This is what I'm thinking mcar Oct 29 #54

SpookY!!! elleng Oct 29 #55

The fight continues! louslobbs Oct 29 #57

The men might've seen this video from the Lincoln Project SupportSanity Oct 29 #58

I noticed people on either side of me peeking, but I was prepared, many judges and such and was done in 2m. Brainfodder Oct 30 #60

scared witless poozwah Oct 30 #61

The little "walls" need to be a lot higher so it would not be possible... 3catwoman3 Oct 30 #64