Post your Voting Anecdotes

[Johnny2X2X]

Voted this morning here in Grand Rapids MI.

I live in the outskirts, middle class to upper middle class. 2 precincts vote at my site. My precinct is higher income and more 50-50, the other precinct is more blue collar and more 75-25 Dem. Just like in 2020, the other precinct's line was twice as long.

Also, women outnumbered men, might not have been 2-1, but it was definitely at least 3-2.

Remember to fill out both sides of your ballot. In MI, the ballot initiatives are on the back.

Also, turnout at my location was very heavy, similar to 2020.

[Sympthsical]

1. A wild ballot appeared in the mailbox

I cast "fill out ballot"
It was super-effective!
I put it back in the mailbox.
Made a grilled cheese

100% male turnout. 33% human, 66% feline (1% other)

Prediction: Someone somewhere will be happy about something involving dialysis.

[yardwork]

5. Was the wild ballot cute? Did the cats get along with it?

Did you share your grilled cheese? I'll bet you gave some of your grilled cheese to the ballot.

[Sympthsical]

14. Maybe a spot or two

I really need to stop putting mail on the countertop when prepping lunch.

It's how oatmeal ended up in my taxes.

[Clash City Rocker]

6. Missouri didn't allow mail-in voting, but did allow early voting

Which they amusingly called “in-person absentee voting.” An oxymoron, from the minds of morons.

[Sympthsical]

15. Schroedinger's Ballot

[SheltieLover]

2. Thx for doing your part & for sharing!

[LisaL]

3. I just voted in central OH.

There was a small line, about 15 people. I saw both men and women in that line. I voted by mail in 2020, so it's hard for me to compare turnouts.

[Emile]

10. Thanks for doing your patriotic duty!

[yardwork]

4. I early voted in person last week.

I'm in a deep blue city in North Carolina. My early voting site is a branch of the public library. The city is majority Black. On the weekday morning when I dropped in to vote there were a few people ahead of me. Mostly Black voters, including a young man who seemed to be voting for the first time. I saw that as a hopeful sign.

Locally, our elections are mostly determined in the primaries, because Democrats almost always win the local elections. We have a senate race in NC. If Cheri Beasley can win, Democrats will keep the Senate.

Go Blue.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. My husband checked registrations of the voters in

our town. Treasure Island - a small 'burg of St. Petersburg on a barrier island. Turns out there are 2 repubs for every 1 democrat. Not surprising but the good news is our County usually goes BLUE. Will be going to vote in person sometime this morning. Will report after that. Thanks for starting this thread!

[LisaL]

9. It depends on a state.

In OH everybody has to show ID to be allowed to vote.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. In Michigan, you can show ID or sign an affidavit

It differs from state to state.

[Shrek]

12. I voted in the dark at 6 AM

There was a predicted rain chance but it was nowhere to be seen and temperatures were very tolerable for early November.

I had a short wait in line (only 14 people ahead of me) and was out of there by 6:15.

The polling place is on my walking route at lunch so I'll have a look at turnout later in the day.

[nuxvomica]

13. I took my brother to early voting on Sunday

He lives in the next county and it took a while to find the early voting place, which was in a rural location. Chatting with the woman in line ahead of us, she bemoaned the fact that we didn't need to show any ID and I explained that the system works fine and voter fraud is extremely rare. You do have to sign in and they compare your signature to the one from the last election. My brother can't read or write and takes a while to sign his name. He wrote it awkwardly, in big block letters that seemed almost random, but when compared to his previous signature, it matched! I had to fill out the ballot for him (and had to sign in as his assistant) and all I did was tell him the candidate names and party and he decided, loudly, so everyone could hear: straight Democratic and where there were only Republican candidates, he declined to cast a vote for them.

[LisaL]

17. Nice.

[MLAA]

24. YEAH for brother!!! And YEAH for his assistant!

[Niagara]

32. Yes!!!

[luvs2sing]

16. Hubster and I voted a week ago at the BOE in Columbus.

There was a steady stream of people when we were there around 10:00am and a small traffic backup on the road leading in. My very informal poll of noticing what sample ballots people had led me to believe they were predominately Democratic voters.

According to a friend who voted there last Thursday, on Wednesday they had to call police because of a man in a large red pickup driving around the parking lot screaming obscenities and trying to run people down. She was told this by the woman handing out sample ballots in the parking lot. I didn’t see any coverage of this in the media.

On Friday, Hubster went to lunch with a friend and had to drive by the BOE on the way there and back. He said there were large traffic backups both ways caused by people trying to get into the BOE, and the line stretched around the building.

Toes and fingers duly crossed for a monumental turnout today!

[LisaL]

18. OH only allows one early in person voting location per county.

So a large county like Franklin has one early voting location. Which is why it's so busy most of the time.

[Johnny2X2X]

19. That is absurd

So a county with 20,000 people has the same amount of early voting locations as a country with 2 million people.

It's been death by a thousand cuts, but we need to do something about access to voting in cities. If you're in a Red County, there's basically no lines for voting, if you're in a blue county you could wait for hours. Every election, there are millions of voters who don't get to vote because they can't stand in line for hours. It's sickening.

[LisaL]

20. Tell me about it.

An urban county with a million people has one early voting location. So is a rural county with 10,000 people. Who exactly has an easier time trying to vote early?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

21. After a pre-Covid lifetime of voting in person on election day, I (and my wife) once again used

CA's mail-in ballot system.

There is a drop-box a short walk from our home and I tracked our ballots, which were quickly counted.

The only potential "glitch" in the voting was with our first-time voting 18 year-old, who is off at college.

I've also been tracking his ballot (that he sent in by mail), including checking late last night, and it wasn't in the system. Began to cause mild concern.

But today our son's ballot was counted.

I'm a proud papa.

[MLAA]

25. Excellent, pat that kid on the back!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

26. He first inked a ballot (mine) when he was 4 years old and he got to "vote" for Barack Obama (2008).

We made going to the polls and him inking some of my votes as a team-effort a family tradition.

Now he has his own ballot.

[MLAA]

28. Ahhhh, the next milestone, way down the road, is him making sure you ink yours correctly!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

30. That day is not that far off. LOL

I have always been one of the all-time fastest voters when voting in person.

But mail-in? I find myself meticulously filling in the circles, careful not to stray beyond the lines.

Paranoid (needlessly) not to get my voting choices challenged.

With the very long CA/LA ballot it took a long time. Not complaining.

[MLAA]

29. Ahhhh, the next milestone, way down the road, is him making sure you ink yours correctly!

[Akacia]

22. Voted while wearing my pajamas and drinking coffee.

I love that my state is vote by mail. I voted a couple weeks ago.

[kwolf68]

23. Quiet here

In South Hills, PA (right near Pittsburgh). Went in and voted within a minute. No lines at all, though I probably picked a good time to vote.

[moose65]

27. I voted early, last week

Small university town in NC. Went to vote at 6:30 pm. No line, and only a couple of people there.

Today it is sunny and warm, and will be practically summer-like in many parts of the south. That can help with turnout!

[Niagara]

31. I early voted on October 30th.

I honestly didn't do it on purpose; I wore my No one is illegal on stolen land t-shirt that day.


None of the poll workers said anything to me even though they definitely read it.

[hatrack]

33. Midtown Kansas City Missouri . . . .

No line, but the venue was full while I was on site, with about 20 people at a time filling in paper ballots. Maybe 10 minutes in and out.

Relatively slow, especially compared with 2020, but there was a substantial early voting push this year for the city, and a lot of people took advantage of that.

[Hawaii Hiker]

34. Voted this morning in suburb of Pittsburgh

straight Democratic ticket, including the 2 big races...Fetterman for senate, Shapiro for governor.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. My wife and I just voted.

Seemed like about the same number as during a presidential election, except several more young folks than usual. Had to wait about 5 minutes. Not usual, but don't get hopeful; this area is 78% red.

[nolabear]

36. Ballot box in Western WA a couple days ago. Lots of retirees here.

I sat watching the box for about ten minutes after I put my ballot in as a steady stream came up. I’m not kidding—every last one was female. 😃