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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:41 PM Aug 2020

How are you going to vote?

I don't mean who you are going to vote for. That should be a no brainer. I mean by mail, dropping of ballot in person, or in the ballot box on Election Day.

I live three blocks aways from the polling place in NYC so I'm going to go vote on Election Day. I always go first thing in the morning. There has never been more than a couple of people in line when I go.

I might be working as a poll worker on Election Day this year. I have never done it before but I think it will be interesting.

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How are you going to vote? (Original Post) IrishEyes Aug 2020 OP
Not trusting my vote to DeJoy's shit show SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
by mail, I hope. Sent my ballot request in today. deminks Aug 2020 #2
Proudly in person. No fears at all, will wear a mask, carry disinfectant, wipes, gloves, the... SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #3
I'll hand deliver my absentee ballot to the Country Clerk's office. Arkansas Granny Aug 2020 #4
Small town here....the ladies that run the election here are pretty good about OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #5
We also have the delights of a small town. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2020 #12
Same, my drive will be longer than my time at the polls. Amishman Aug 2020 #15
I'm voting in person. bearsfootball516 Aug 2020 #6
Early in person redstateblues Aug 2020 #7
CO. Mail in. Sometimes I mail it, sometimes I drop it off. I always go online and check the status Autumn Aug 2020 #8
Really, how does that work? Pompoy Aug 2020 #20
It depends on the state. LisaL Aug 2020 #22
Yes in CO you can check the status of your ballot. Autumn Aug 2020 #23
By mail, then drop off. (Florida) FM123 Aug 2020 #9
Early voting at my village hall,begins Oct. 19 hauckeye Aug 2020 #10
Election day in person Midnightwalk Aug 2020 #11
in person second day of early voting. judeling Aug 2020 #13
I requested an absentee ballot. LisaL Aug 2020 #14
Probably in person, either early or on election day. nt Ilsa Aug 2020 #16
Drop off at Country Registrar (Virginia). I've requested a ballot online; should be sent to me lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #17
At the earliest possible opportunity... SKKY Aug 2020 #18
Mail in ballot in city hall drop box. Pompoy Aug 2020 #19
I'll get my ballot by mail and i'll deposit it in the drop box at the town hall 2 blocks away. Kaleva Aug 2020 #21
In person, as always. Codeine Aug 2020 #24

deminks

(11,017 posts)
2. by mail, I hope. Sent my ballot request in today.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:45 PM
Aug 2020

The county sent me a form and return envelope. Looks promising.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
3. Proudly in person. No fears at all, will wear a mask, carry disinfectant, wipes, gloves, the...
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:46 PM
Aug 2020

whole enchilada. Even protective eyeglasses too, even though I don't need, but I want to ensure that all are safe from me, as well as me safe from them.

Vote!! Even nowadays, this simple word 'Vote' means so mean, being that the thug in the WH is trying everything and anything dirty under the sun to steal the elections.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,556 posts)
5. Small town here....the ladies that run the election here are pretty good about
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:48 PM
Aug 2020

keeping things on the up and up. No worries for me.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
12. We also have the delights of a small town.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:05 PM
Aug 2020


Voting place is a quick 2 minutes drive down the street. Never have had lines, people show up in a steady trickle.

Amishman

(5,559 posts)
15. Same, my drive will be longer than my time at the polls.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:21 PM
Aug 2020

Even before this mess I avoided trusting anything important to the postal service. Way too many lost letters and other screwups over the years.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
6. I'm voting in person.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:50 PM
Aug 2020

In my county, you can vote at any polling location. There's a fire station down the street from me. As long as I'm there when the polls open, I don't anticipate having to wait.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
8. CO. Mail in. Sometimes I mail it, sometimes I drop it off. I always go online and check the status
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:51 PM
Aug 2020

of my ballot. Never have had a problem and my vote always counts.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
22. It depends on the state.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:35 PM
Aug 2020

Some states allow you to track your ballot. You go online, to track your ballot website for your state, enter your information and see if your ballot has been accepted.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
23. Yes in CO you can check the status of your ballot.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:40 PM
Aug 2020
Voters can check their ballot status on the Colorado Secretary of State's website. Click on "find my registration," type in your voter information and click enter.

Scroll down the page and look for "mail ballot status."

It should list the 2016 General Election and your status should say accepted or rejected.

If it says rejected, it may be because you didn't sign your envelope, because the signature on your mail in ballot envelope didn't match what officials have on record, because you didn't include a requested form of ID or another reason.

Voters whose ballots are rejected will get a letter explaining why in the mail, according to Secretary of State Wayne Williams.



If it says accepted they received and counted your ballot.

FM123

(10,054 posts)
9. By mail, then drop off. (Florida)
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:02 PM
Aug 2020

My county (Broward) has a few good options with mail in ballots: drop off at either the election office or at my polling station, so I will be dropping off my mail in ballot at one or the other. Our voting season is right in the middle of our hurricane season, so standing in line on election day is not a solid plan. I used to do early voting (loved the "I voted sticker&quot but again, can't predict the weather. We have two storms (Laura & Marco) giving us the stink-eye as we speak....

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
11. Election day in person
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:03 PM
Aug 2020

I’ve never had to wait at all. You can guess the demographics.

Other parts of town do have to wait.

judeling

(1,086 posts)
13. in person second day of early voting.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:07 PM
Aug 2020

In Minneapolis. That would be Monday September 21.

Although I would have no problem voting at the precinct on election day. The precincts I helped set up for the primary had two to three times the expected election turn out and could have easily handled 10 times that amount safely.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
14. I requested an absentee ballot.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:15 PM
Aug 2020

So I am now committed to voting absentee (I am not allowed to change my mind in OH).
I will have to see how mail delivery goes and how long it will take to be delivered to me before I decide if would mail it back. My only other option (if it arrives to me) is to drop it in a drop box (not convenient in OH, only one drop box per county, and I live nowhere near it). If the ballot doesn't arrive to me, I will be allowed to vote provisional on election day.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
17. Drop off at Country Registrar (Virginia). I've requested a ballot online; should be sent to me
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:23 PM
Aug 2020

mid-September. So there is one scary DeJoy bit there.

Pompoy

(123 posts)
19. Mail in ballot in city hall drop box.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:29 PM
Aug 2020

I just dropped off my family's ballots for the Democratic Primary for Massachusetts Senator at the newly installed drop box at city hall.
Will do same, early for the General Election as soon as I get the ballot.

Unless you are absolutely sure that you will vote in person, I suggest everybody does it the same way if you get the ballots early enough.
Time is of the essence too, so hopefully we can get the results by election night. Would hate for any uncertainty after the election because of waiting for mail in votes to be counted.

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