What is the best way to vote?

[jorgevlorgan]

I've been conflicted on this. One reason I have voted by mail since it has been allowed in California, is because I knew the risk of vote counts being tampered with or lost with machines, and tabulators. Now, with the postmaster general's efforts to ratf*ck the election,I am not entirely sure vote by mail is the best way to go, due to the ballot potentially not being received in time. On the other hand, a paper, verifiable ballot is much harder to change, than an electronic vote. I may be opting to drop off my mail ballot in person at an early voting booth if I can here in California. What do you think the best way to vote would be?.


On edit: Another thought I had about why Trump has been freaking out about mail voting and trying to undermine it is because it appears that a big reason he won could have been based also on the undercounting and loss of votes using election software that was easily hacked (and likely was), discounting1 out of every ten democratic votes.

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	Mail is still the best and most secure.
	1 (5%)
	In-person early voting.
	13 (59%)
	Voting in person on election day.
	1 (5%)
	Dropping your mail ballot off at a dropbox or election office.
	7 (32%)
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[Rice4VP]

1. I early voted in person today

took me less than 10 minutes

[jorgevlorgan]

3. Awesome!! Which state?

And was it electronic, or on a paper ballot?

[Rice4VP]

9. Virginia, paper ballot

All of the crowds are in Fairfax, VA

[jorgevlorgan]

10. Oh how cool!!!

Go VA!!!

[LisaL]

5. I wish it was that easy here.

If we had easy in person voting, I would have voted that way.
But I am going to vote by mail because we don't.

[jorgevlorgan]

11. Have you been able to figure out a way to drop off your ballot in person?

Do they have drop boxes in your state that are easy to get to?

[LisaL]

14. One drop box per county.

Democrats have sued to get more and the judge ruled in their favor, but our SOS (Republican) is appealing that.

[jorgevlorgan]

15. Ew

Yea sending it out as soon as your receive it could be your best bet right now. Sorry you live in a state with such poor leadership.

[LisaL]

16. OH has elected republicans to statewide positions in recent years.

Sherrod Brown is the only democrat who managed to get elected in the state of OH in the mid-term election. So OH has early voting. Great, right. If you live in a small county, but if you live in a large county, we only have one early voting place regardless of the size of the county. It's all kind of seemed to be designed to make it easier for small counties to vote. Of course small counties are more likely to have republican voters.

[Stand and Fight]

2. In person early voting. I don't trust the post office and things will be crazy on election day. n/t

[milestogo]

4. Democrat.

[muntrv]

6. I am dropping off my absentee ballot at the city clerk's office.

[hlthe2b]

7. As early as possible, whether in person or by mailed ballot that one then drops off at official

city clerk/voter registrar's office or drop-box well before election day.

[genxlib]

8. All of the above

I have it on good authority from the highest office in the land that this is the way to go.

[jorgevlorgan]

13. I mean is it any surprise that a likely felon is encouraging people to convict felonies?

[Dem2]

12. All choices are fine.

I simply chose the one I'm going with.

[stillcool]

17. I think it differs according to state..

and even county. Different voting systems, different access to polling places, hours/days..and the level of confidence. For some states, it seems like a crap-shoot no matter what you do.

[dweller]

18. someone on here recently said

"I haven't lost friends over politics
I've lost friends over morals "

and i can't stop thinking about it

People think "politics" is this separate
supra human thing, but it's
your morals in action ...

@emilyhauser

that's the simplest way,

✌🏼

[rollin74]

19. I will vote early and in person like always

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. The best way depends on where you live.

A state without early voting (I'm looking at you, Pennsylvania) a mailed in ballot is probably best. I do believe there will be a decent number of drop boxes in that state.

I'm in New Mexico, which has very good early voting, so that's what I'll be doing.

[LisaL]

24. Very true.

It also depends on location within the state and how crowded early voting or regular voting place gets.

[moondust]

21. Wondering if "early in person" could

provide an opportunity to find out early if there is a problem with your registration, correct it and still vote before the election is over.

[jorgevlorgan]

22. I would imagine so!

[Chiyo-chichi]

27. I don't know about other states, but in my state...

early in person voting begins the day after the voter registration deadline.
Best to confirm your registration status online beforehand.
https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote/voter-registration-status

[moondust]

28. Thank you!

Looks good as long as there are no inconsistencies between the online database and the voter rolls at the polling place.

[ms liberty]

23. Early in person as I always do. I'm in NC. n/t

[Hugin]

25. For Biden/Harris. n/t

[Generic Brad]

26. I already have my day scheduled off

I am participating on day 3 of early voting. I have all day. (And the following day if necessary).

There are a few races where there are unopposed Republicans running for seats. For those I will write in either Russians, Nazis, or mobsters as a protest vote.