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Flaleftist

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16. Is that still a thing anywhere?

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 10:27 PM

Oct 2018

From every experience I have had, I walk up to the table, show my ID, get a ballot and go to a booth to fill it out. There's just one line to get the ballot and you go to an unoccupied booth.

The only separate lines I have heard about are a ways back in history when you went to a different line depending on who you were voting for. There were stories of factory foremen standing there and watching how employees vote. I thought that has long been abandoned due to voter intimidation.

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New experience voting this evening. [View all] GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 OP

Thank you! Catamount Oct 2018 #1

Fingers crossed! Little Star Oct 2018 #2

Good to hear about, Cha Oct 2018 #3

Thank you for your encouraging words. fierywoman Oct 2018 #4

I love reading about your experience! Control-Z Oct 2018 #5

K&R, same experience here in Tarrant Co, Texas. DontBooVote Oct 2018 #6

My brother used to live in Tarrant Co. kag Oct 2018 #37

Hi kag! No longer the case, thankfully. I began working on this election in... DontBooVote Oct 2018 #38

This is GREAT news. kag Oct 2018 #39

Did you hear? cannabis_flower Oct 2018 #41

I have! I wasn't happy with their comment saying Beto was "hard left", but... DontBooVote Oct 2018 #42

For the racist history of Lake County Florida, 2 very good books GusBob Oct 2018 #7

Very familiar with the history and the books you cite. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #8

Part of that history died recently GusBob Oct 2018 #13

I think we are talking about 2 different cases. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #15

Yes the 2 books are different stories GusBob Oct 2018 #18

Wild but sad. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #19

Is Leesburg in Lake County? Ligyron Oct 2018 #48

Yep. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #49

I remember that exit on the turnpike was a speed trap. Ligyron Oct 2018 #52

The Sherrif's name was Willis McCall I think. Lived in Lake County for about 10years but years later dameatball Oct 2018 #9

Citrus County here mcar Oct 2018 #10

I seemed to have early voted with lots of Magahats. Blue_true Oct 2018 #11

Do you get separated into Dem and Republican lines? Beartracks Oct 2018 #12

Good god no! GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #14

Is that still a thing anywhere? Flaleftist Oct 2018 #16

I think they do that here. Beartracks Oct 2018 #26

You didn't state your age but that would be interesting to know. Congrats on voting. Thank U ! YOHABLO Oct 2018 #17

53. White, southern raised male. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #20

I'll be in Ocala in December OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #40

Thanks for sharing. iluvtennis Oct 2018 #21

Thanks for sharing that. murielm99 Oct 2018 #22

LOL. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #23

Fingers crossed! Thanks for sharing. Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #24

k&r Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #25

Thanks for the lift......just want it to be over.....I want to crush a kennedy Oct 2018 #27

Wow, this is the first I've heard of wearing blue or red to ecstatic Oct 2018 #28

Hillsborough County here HAB911 Oct 2018 #29

Pinellas here Oppaloopa Oct 2018 #31

Didn't the the ballot too bad. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #43

As long as it was HAB911 Nov 2018 #54

We're almost neighbors radical noodle Oct 2018 #30

Interesting ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #32

No blue? radical noodle Oct 2018 #33

And, I Wear A Lot Of Red, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #34

Great! radical noodle Oct 2018 #35

My wife won't go out with me if I wear red! GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #44

Funny Stuff! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #47

I am an Election Judge in Tarrant County and I always wear my bluest blue yellowdogintexas Oct 2018 #36

Makes me happy in so many ways! nolabear Oct 2018 #45

Nice! I am in Florida too. coeur_de_lion Oct 2018 #46

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #50

With DeSantis and Scott, it should be a blue tsunami.... beachbum bob Oct 2018 #51

Yup the only Red we should see in Florida mitch96 Oct 2018 #53