Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:07 PM
Daughter and I just early-voted in rural East Texas.
We could have voted as early as ten days ago, but each time we went by the county’s sole early-voting location the line was long, and we decided to try again later. Today, we were determined, and we got it done.
Our county has about 55,000 residents. It’s comparatively cold and rainy today, so we figured that the line would be short. It was, comparatively. When we lined up, there were only about 40 people ahead of us. Social distancing was not observed in the line. Roughly 50% of the people in line were wearing masks. Social distancing was required inside the actual polling location. Mask use was not enforced. The whole process took 40 minutes. That’s all I have to report, but it feels good to have registered two more votes for Biden/Harris.   
-Laelth
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 Daughter and I just early-voted in rural East Texas. (Original post) |
Laelth | Oct 2020 | OP |
| Hugin | Oct 2020 | #1 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #16 | |
| FM123 | Oct 2020 | #2 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #3 | |
| Sherman A1 | Oct 2020 | #4 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #14 | |
| roamer65 | Oct 2020 | #5 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #6 | |
| SheltieLover | Oct 2020 | #7 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #17 | |
| SheltieLover | Oct 2020 | #18 | |
| Midnight Writer | Oct 2020 | #8 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #15 | |
| Sogo | Oct 2020 | #9 | |
| SWBTATTReg | Oct 2020 | #10 | |
| LAS14 | Oct 2020 | #11 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #13 | |
| LeftInTX | Oct 2020 | #12 | |
| Horse with no Name | Oct 2020 | #19 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #20 | |
| Horse with no Name | Oct 2020 | #25 | |
| BelieveCassandra | Oct 2020 | #26 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #27 | |
| ffr | Oct 2020 | #21 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #29 | |
| smirkymonkey | Oct 2020 | #22 | |
| bigtree | Oct 2020 | #23 | |
| BeckyDem | Oct 2020 | #24 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #32 | |
| roamer65 | Oct 2020 | #28 | |
| Demsrule86 | Oct 2020 | #30 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #31 | |
| MustLoveBeagles | Oct 2020 | #33 | |
| Laelth | Oct 2020 | #34 |
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:15 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
4. Excellent!
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:03 PM
14. I feel much better. Thank you. n/t
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-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:19 PM
roamer65 (34,019 posts)
5. TX is gonna be a squeaker.
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:27 PM
SheltieLover (57,073 posts)
7. Yaaaaaay!
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Ty!
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Response to SheltieLover (Reply #7)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:11 PM
17. Blue Texas. Who would have thought it possible this cycle?
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BUT IT IS. Turnout has been incredible ... unprecedented. I dare not hope, but ...
-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Reply #17)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:18 PM
SheltieLover (57,073 posts)
18. Absolutely!
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Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:45 PM
8. Thank you for your service to our country.
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:47 PM
Sogo (4,252 posts)
9. Yay!!
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I read that Kamala will be coming to Texas this week....
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Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:47 PM
SWBTATTReg (19,524 posts)
10. Congrats! As we all know, every little bit helps and I think we're going to see just how many of...
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:52 PM
LAS14 (13,067 posts)
11. Be sure to visit the OFFICIAL I VOTED thread.
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:57 PM
LeftInTX (21,761 posts)
12. I voted in Bexar County on Oct 15th
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:25 PM
19. I voted Saturday in rural East Texas
Response to Horse with no Name (Reply #19)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:28 PM
20. Your county must be smaller in population.
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Daughter and I are in Van Zandt. Never expected to see lines (at all) for early voting, but we have them this year. Strange.
-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Reply #20)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:01 PM
25. We only have 12,000 in the entire county
Response to Laelth (Reply #20)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:03 PM
26. Voted (by mail) in Van Zandt County, too!
Response to BelieveCassandra (Reply #26)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:14 PM
27. Van Zandt doesn't do signs.
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Or, so I thought. Many here make their living off of “trade days,” and there’s no incentive to rock the boat by announcing one’s political affiliation. Thus, I hardly saw any political signs in this county before a couple of weeks ago. Then the Biden signs started to appear, and there are a lot of them now—five or six directly across from our early-voting location, and plenty of them along the major thoroughfares. There are few, if any, Trump signs in this VERY red county.
Don’t get me wrong. This is a red county. There’s no way that Biden/Harris will win a majority of the county’s vote, but the turnout has been unprecedented. A large number of Biden/Harris voters are out and proud in this county. Turnout throughout Texas has been inordinately high. If only 40% of Van Zandt county votes for Biden, Biden will win this state. Blue Texas?
-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:39 PM
21. TY and stay safe and healthy for the victory you helped inspire
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Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:55 PM
bigtree (82,975 posts)
23. 100% masking in my Md. polling place
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 06:06 PM
24. Wonderful! It feels good to vote early, it lessens the anxiety for me and
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my husband too.
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Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 07:15 PM
roamer65 (34,019 posts)
28. Joe and Kamala are heading to TX and GA.
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Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 08:36 PM
Demsrule86 (65,533 posts)
30. Good for you...fingers crossed.
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Response to Demsrule86 (Reply #30)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 08:51 PM
31. Fingers crossed. Indeed.
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Turnout is so high that anything is possible.
-Laelth |
Response to Laelth (Original post)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 08:53 PM
MustLoveBeagles (10,787 posts)
33. A big thank you to you and your daughter
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