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How many of you have already voted? (Original Post) B Calm Oct 2012 OP
I'm voting today...... bowens43 Oct 2012 #1
Awesome! B Calm Oct 2012 #3
Sent it in a week ago... Lightbulb_on Oct 2012 #2
I received my mail-in ballot yesterday, and made the first pass through last night. Raster Oct 2012 #4
I will go vote on election day. No risk of long lines. Have never had that ejpoeta Oct 2012 #5
Same here, but my wife and I were B Calm Oct 2012 #17
cool! ejpoeta Oct 2012 #26
I'm voting today. Island Blue Oct 2012 #6
I had a problem with the judges too. I'm in B Calm Oct 2012 #7
I'm in a red county in Florida. (shudder) Ineeda Oct 2012 #48
My husband and I voted a week ago today. n/t Fyddlestyx Oct 2012 #8
Voted yesterday. Laurian Oct 2012 #9
Yes, via absentee, last week, Georgia. CurtEastPoint Oct 2012 #10
Voted already AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #11
Almost, the ballot has been filled out.. Waiting on my husband to bubble in his form glowing Oct 2012 #12
I have the ballot sitting beside me donheld Oct 2012 #13
Me! And my college student son! Both in NC. ncgrits Oct 2012 #14
Early Voting starts here Monday kalli007 Oct 2012 #15
voted here mercuryblues Oct 2012 #16
Would if I could, but you have to have a verifiable excuse in Kentucky. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #18
I'm going to vote Monday.. ananda Oct 2012 #19
October 2 pf99 Oct 2012 #20
Me! In NC yesterday. wildeyed Oct 2012 #21
I voted a straight ticket rbrnmw Oct 2012 #22
We voted! Neutrino_603 Oct 2012 #23
Wife and I. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #24
Voted by absentee ballot and mailed it in Tuesday! ailsagirl Oct 2012 #25
Rounding up my family is like herding cats. We will ALL vote at the same time next week!! nc4bo Oct 2012 #27
3 of us voted in downtown Cleveland Oh on Monday!! N/t Ninga Oct 2012 #28
Ohio is having a good early turnout!! B Calm Oct 2012 #59
2 in my house voted absentee in California already lunatica Oct 2012 #29
Here!!! lamp_shade Oct 2012 #30
NJ does not have in person early voting Jersey Devil Oct 2012 #31
Voted Wednesday and WyLoochka Oct 2012 #32
Just mailed it in. TM99 Oct 2012 #33
Me, Hubby and daughter, Oct 3rd in Ohio! eom Maeve Oct 2012 #34
Ohio, whoopee!! B Calm Oct 2012 #36
Not yet - and it will be challenging this year! Ms. Toad Oct 2012 #35
5 absentee ballots votes have already been cast by our family in California... Tikki Oct 2012 #37
I voted once, and now I get to vote a second time! Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #38
Lucky you. LisaL Oct 2012 #43
Like I always say, "Vote early and vote often" Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #45
me 'n mr. froggy voted for President Obama frogmarch Oct 2012 #39
me Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #40
me too. mailed two days ago TeamPooka Oct 2012 #41
We can't vote here until next week, Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #42
not yet -- I like voting on election day fishwax Oct 2012 #44
By absentee, last Wednesday. msu2ba Oct 2012 #46
Voted today in Bisbee for our Prez, Carmona and Ron Barber panader0 Oct 2012 #47
done grantcart Oct 2012 #49
Voted yesterday: Waited in line close to 3 hours to do so. Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #50
Three hours? Abq_Sarah Oct 2012 #51
Yes. 2 hours 50 minutes. NC Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #54
4 Votes in Ohio krawhitham Oct 2012 #52
4 more in Ohio!! Great news! B Calm Oct 2012 #56
voted for Obama on Monday. ibegurpard Oct 2012 #53
Voted this morning! greendog Oct 2012 #55
Voted for Obama a week ago sorefeet Oct 2012 #57
I voted for Obama last week. highplainsdem Oct 2012 #58

Raster

(21,010 posts)
4. I received my mail-in ballot yesterday, and made the first pass through last night.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:47 AM
Oct 2012

I've already marked the easy ones. I will go back through this morning and review the initiatives. My ballot will be checked, rechecked and then in the mail by this afternoon!

I proudly cast my vote for President Barrack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

ejpoeta

(8,933 posts)
5. I will go vote on election day. No risk of long lines. Have never had that
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:50 AM
Oct 2012

here. And it's right at the school. I will proudly vote for obama then. And kathy hochul too. friggin chris collins. Yech!

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
17. Same here, but my wife and I were
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:16 AM
Oct 2012

driving by the county courthouse on Wednesday and they had a sign out front saying vote here!

Island Blue

(6,287 posts)
6. I'm voting today.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:55 AM
Oct 2012

I would have done it yesterday but I need to create a "cheat sheet" for the judges that I want to vote for. I'm not good at remembering names, and I sure as hell don't want to vote for the wrong ones.

Conveniently, my polling place is in the building where I work.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
7. I had a problem with the judges too. I'm in
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:58 AM
Oct 2012

real red district, so I just voted them all out!

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
48. I'm in a red county in Florida. (shudder)
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:21 PM
Oct 2012

But I have a friend who works her ass off for the Dems here. She told me that the judges on our ballot were all appointed by Democrats and, of course, if they were booted, our creepy Repig governor Voldemort and legislature would appoint Repigs to replace them. So I voted to retain. Also, my friend said to vote 'no' on each referendum. I've always found the wording on these things misleading, to be charitable, and I normally try to muddle through. But I figured, why waste my time(!) so I voted no on all of them. (Rachel had a segment on how long and confusing the Florida ballot was this year, deliberately formulated to discourage voters and to hold up lines.) I mailed mine a week ago.

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
12. Almost, the ballot has been filled out.. Waiting on my husband to bubble in his form
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:08 AM
Oct 2012

and then they are off... I've been after him about this.. How hard can it be, he can sit in his chair and fill in his ballot... Doesn't even have to go into the polling place this year.. Just fill in the bubble and I'll drop them off (the mail in cost is 65 cents this year in my county since the ballot is like a book.)

donheld

(21,332 posts)
13. I have the ballot sitting beside me
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:09 AM
Oct 2012

It's still in the envelope. I'll fill it out today most likely.

kalli007

(683 posts)
15. Early Voting starts here Monday
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:11 AM
Oct 2012

He will be receiving at least 4 votes, me, my bff, my mom, and brother.

mercuryblues

(16,413 posts)
16. voted here
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:14 AM
Oct 2012

We voted a few weeks ago. All dems. There wasn't a challenger for one repub office so I wroye in Snoopy [this was before the Big bird comment] I wanted to let that politician know someone in his district would prefer Snoopy over him.

On one of the questions, my spouse and I answered differently, so it will be up to our kid to break the tie.

pf99

(259 posts)
20. October 2
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 08:07 AM
Oct 2012

It was the first day of early vote in Ohio. I proudly cast a straight D ticket top to bottom.

Neutrino_603

(33 posts)
23. We voted!
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 09:12 AM
Oct 2012

Yesterday, we visited our small Southwestern New Hampshire Town Clerk's office, there we renewed our motor vehicle registration, picked up the 2013 town dump sticker as well as happily submitting our two sealed 2012 election absentee ballots !

It was a beautiful Fall New England day !

Barack Obama-Maggie Hassan-Ann Kuster

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
27. Rounding up my family is like herding cats. We will ALL vote at the same time next week!!
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 09:22 AM
Oct 2012
I

CAN

NOT

WAIT

!!!!!

Jersey Devil

(10,833 posts)
31. NJ does not have in person early voting
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 09:31 AM
Oct 2012

We now have no excuses needed absentee voting which almost no one knows about, but first you have to fill out a ballot request form, then mail in the actual ballot, etc. Too many things can go wrong - for instance, in my county (Bergen) the ballot to be mailed back is over one ounce and requires 65 cents postage but there is nothing on the instructions to tell people that. Luckily we have a county clerk who made a deal with the post office to deliver all the ballots even though they may have insufficient postage and then have the post office bill the county clerk.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
33. Just mailed it in.
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 09:42 AM
Oct 2012

I just mailed in my ballot.

This is the first time since coming of voting age that I have voted for a straight Democratic ticket in my state of Arizona, and the first time I have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate ever.

For the first time ever, I did not vote in 2008 because as a then Republican, I just could not vote for Obama. I also could not vote for McCain and Palin. I may have issues with some of his policies, and I was not enamored with his Hope & Change campaign of 2008.

But I am proud to say that I just voted for four more years of President Obama.

Ms. Toad

(38,642 posts)
35. Not yet - and it will be challenging this year!
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 09:46 AM
Oct 2012

I'm a party observer for early voting (and on election day) - that means I'm assigned to hang at the BOE (not in my county) all day on the days when things change (like extended hours). So far, I haven't had an opportunity to vote - since the during my non-work hours I've been busy observing to make sure others have a chance to vote.

I suspect it will be the weekend before the election - since I don't expect to be asked to observe all of the last 3 days.

Tikki

(15,140 posts)
37. 5 absentee ballots votes have already been cast by our family in California...
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 04:15 PM
Oct 2012



The Tikkis & family

Brother Buzz

(39,900 posts)
38. I voted once, and now I get to vote a second time!
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:02 PM
Oct 2012

I received a second ballot in the mail due to a single word discrepancy:

"Shall the ordinance relating to Additional City Government Meeting and Records Regulations be Adopted?” The previous language on the ballot started this sentence with "Will an ordinance …".

The vote-by-mail ballot that arrived earlier this week should be discarded. If a voter has already cast their vote-by-mail ballot, they should complete the new ballot and send it to the Registrar of Voters office.

If a voter inadvertently sends the vote-by-mail ballot with the old wording, the ballot will still be counted after the system determines only one vote-by-mail ballot has been returned.

"This new and corrected ballot has been flagged by our system to ensure only one ballot per vote-by-mail voter is counted," said Deputy Registrar of Voters.

Brother Buzz

(39,900 posts)
45. Like I always say, "Vote early and vote often"
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

I'm getting smarter this time. I cycled two blocks west to post my first ballot and it cost me 45¢. I since learned I can drop it in a ballot box at City Hall, two blocks east east of me, for free.

Watch your nickels and dimes, and the dollars take care of themselves.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
42. We can't vote here until next week,
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:20 PM
Oct 2012

but I will be voting early since I'll be in CA on election day.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
47. Voted today in Bisbee for our Prez, Carmona and Ron Barber
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:10 PM
Oct 2012

I'll be out of state on election day so I had to get er done.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
54. Yes. 2 hours 50 minutes. NC
Fri Oct 19, 2012, 07:19 PM
Oct 2012

Afternoon. Weather was nice but unfortunately I was in constant fear of being stung: I'm allergic to bee stings and the shrubbery lining the log sidewalk along the building ( library ) was yellowjacket heaven.

The people there said the morning crowds were worse and the wait was 4 hours.

sorefeet

(1,241 posts)
57. Voted for Obama a week ago
Sat Oct 20, 2012, 08:12 AM
Oct 2012

here in Montana. I put two 44 cent stamps on the envelope just to make sure.

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