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underpants

(197,179 posts)
Fri Oct 11, 2024, 02:54 PM Oct 2024

Took my daughter to vote for the first time. 😁🇺🇸

Regular scanned ballot at the county offices.
One of the registrar noticed and asked if it was her first vote. She smiled and said Yes. “We have a first time voter!” and all of the staff there clapped. The lady inside the room where you fill in the dot congratulated her too.

We stopped at the Dem table outside. I offered to pay something for their lunch. They declined but asked if it was my daughter’s first vote. They applauded too.

There was a problem with her registration so she went to the registrar in the City of Richmond and registered to vote in Henrico County. I didn’t know you could do that. It worked. She is in the voter rolls.

Everyone is on the ballot here
Harris (Dems were listed first in each race)
Trump
Stein
Chase Oliver
De la Cruz
Cornel West.

On edit - we went out to lunch and I took her home. She’s staying home this weekend. 😃

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Took my daughter to vote for the first time. 😁🇺🇸 (Original Post) underpants Oct 2024 OP
Congrats to her! Solly Mack Oct 2024 #1
😆 underpants Oct 2024 #2
Congratulations! I worked the polls for 14 years when we lived in PA. livetohike Oct 2024 #3
Both of you will have this memory for your lifetime and what a wonderful one it is 👏 Deuxcents Oct 2024 #4
Kudos to her (and you). LoisB Oct 2024 #5
Good work! Gaytano70 Oct 2024 #6
My congratulations to your daughter! Thank you to you both for voting! HeartsCanHope Oct 2024 #7
Good stuff - love it! iluvtennis Oct 2024 #8

livetohike

(24,422 posts)
3. Congratulations! I worked the polls for 14 years when we lived in PA.
Fri Oct 11, 2024, 03:02 PM
Oct 2024

All of us workers would clap when we had a first time voter. It was my favorite part of the day .

Deuxcents

(27,690 posts)
4. Both of you will have this memory for your lifetime and what a wonderful one it is 👏
Fri Oct 11, 2024, 03:10 PM
Oct 2024

She’ll tell her kids and take them too, thinking of you 💙

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