Originally Posted By Labuda So... has anyone else already early voted in the current election cycle? Early voting here in Texas started yesterday.
Originally Posted By DAR If you're a Democrat in Wisconsin you add the phrase "and often" to vote early. I won't vote until the day of. The school where I vote is 1/4 mile away.
Originally Posted By fkurucz I dropped my ballot into the mail box this morning. I can now tune out the last minute mud slinging.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I dropped my ballot into the mail box this morning. I can now tune out the last minute mud slinging.<< Oh yeah? Just you try it. Besides, why would you sit there and watch Nero fiddling when the fires are so dang entertaining? Might as well get what joy there is to get out of all this. The tickets are non-refundable.
Originally Posted By ecdc Just filled mine out today. None of my candidates here in Utah will win, but I take solace in not voting for a single teabagger or crazy person (relatively speaking).
Originally Posted By Labuda Same here, ecdc (not voting for crazy people/teabaggers)... but at least I'm in Travis County where MANY races on my ballot yesterday did not include any Republicans, but just unopposed Democrats. Oh, and while I didn't vote a straight party ticket, I came close - there was one race that had no Democrats in it, but had two or three crazies, so I voted for the Green Party candidate.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 Here in WA most of the counties have gone to absentee only voting. We all get our ballots in mail. I sent mine in last week. Go Patty Murray!
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Sent in my absentee ballot today. I vote absentee because even though legally, I'm allowed time to go vote, it would be a logistical nightmare to do so.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I still like walking to the trailer park in the morning, disheveled and barely awake, to cast my vote. Luckily I just put in what I wrote on my sample ballot. I mean, I have voted, I just need to go record my votes, haha.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Absentee only? WHY? >>> In order to avoid the expense of operating polling places on election day.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It's probably a way to combat voter fraud too.<< There's not any. It's another fairy tale used by the GOP to make it harder for minorities to vote, and by the nutjobs to explain why "They the People" keep losing elections. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/opinion/13tue1.html?_r=1" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05...tml?_r=1</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032801969.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/...969.html</a> <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2009/02/09/6398/the_myth_of_voter_fraud" target="_blank">http://www.minnpost.com/commun...er_fraud</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It's probably a way to combat voter fraud too. >>> Let's say we were in some sort of alternate universe where there actually was a large amount of voter fraud, per the GOP talking point in this one. How would an absentee-only election fight it? According to the GOP, one of the biggest ways to fight voter fraud is to require photo IDs of voters at the polling place. An absentee ballot election has 0% of voters verified by photo ID. ?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***It's probably a way to combat voter fraud too*** Where did you hear about voter fraud being a concern? I'd be interested in reading more, could you provide links?
Originally Posted By Mr X Ah, found it! No need to answer, DAR. I can see that a secretive group has been placing "voter fraud" billboards all around your state. <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/groups_want_backers_of_voter_fraud_billboards_disc.php" target="_blank">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpoi...disc.php</a> Monkey see, monkey believe.
