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And I remember exit polls being correct about 99% of the time, until Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #1
Dukmejian & Bradley Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2020 #35
By age 12 I understood you could go to sleep knowing exit polls would accurately predict winner lostnfound Oct 2020 #48
Yes mercuryblues Oct 2020 #2
I kind of remember that too. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #4
NJ now moved polling places out of schools to prevent people from just walking into them. TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #37
Here in RI/MA, schools are still used as polling locations, Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #41
The dismantling of our democracy began shortly thereafter with saint ronny PSPS Oct 2020 #3
This!👆 SheltieLover Oct 2020 #5
This is the truth. I'm 61. My entire adult life has been spent watching Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #27
What you state is all too true PufPuf23 Oct 2020 #28
+1 Disturbing to see pieces lately painting Reagan in a better light. appalachiablue Oct 2020 #39
That parallels my experience misanthrope Oct 2020 #6
We've come a LONG way since then!!! ret5hd Oct 2020 #7
Piece of cake! Easy as pie! Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #14
You don't mention where this was... brooklynite Oct 2020 #8
Las Cruces, New Mexico mid to late 70s. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #10
In my county... LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #26
I've never heard the wealthy complain about this. And there are reasons Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #40
In the 70s I was a college student (and a Ward Committeeman) brooklynite Oct 2020 #46
Zip code. And the person you replied to, specifically said Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #47
Again. My experiences today have nothing to do with wealth... brooklynite Oct 2020 #49
Yes, looks like the machine I first voted on. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #9
I remember my dad taking me behind the curtain while he voted Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #11
Remember all of the above soothsayer Oct 2020 #12
That's how I first voted. BainsBane Oct 2020 #13
We learned to vote on those big machines in elementary school. Liberal In Texas Oct 2020 #15
I took my 1st graders to every election in our school BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #16
How wonderful. Thanks for sharing your story. gristy Oct 2020 #22
I learned a lot from them too. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #24
The '70s was a time before the GOP went fascist. Sneederbunk Oct 2020 #17
In 1976, the American population was 218M Sogo Oct 2020 #18
Cast my first votes on those in the 80's bottomofthehill Oct 2020 #19
I loved those voting machines. There was... 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #20
I remember when our county stopped using those machines csziggy Oct 2020 #21
In Bexar County, Texas our Elections Administrator is hired, not elected LeftInTX Oct 2020 #50
Since our county if very blue, it has not been a problem csziggy Oct 2020 #53
So I assume it is a non-partisan position? LeftInTX Oct 2020 #60
About 20-30 they made all the county level positions "non-partisan" csziggy Oct 2020 #62
They were required to be retired by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 -- Congress' fault Klaralven Oct 2020 #23
And it went fast Generic Brad Oct 2020 #25
A few years ago each precinct had its own voting place now we have four doc03 Oct 2020 #29
I think it might have still happened like the Literacy tests in the 60s and before JI7 Oct 2020 #30
I first voted on those lever machines too frazzled Oct 2020 #31
I grew up in Oregon. In school on election days they would tell us to be very quiet. Olafjoy Oct 2020 #32
Our schools are closed on Election Day to allow for the availability Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #38
In the late 70's/early 80s, I worked for a moving and storage company in Chicago that Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #33
I remember going to vote with my parents MyMission Oct 2020 #34
In the 1970s there was little or no early voting. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #36
You make an excellent point about precinct size LeftInTX Oct 2020 #51
We have to go to a Church to vote, with schools on every corner Greybnk48 Oct 2020 #42
We can vote at any voting center in the county Retrograde Oct 2020 #54
Someone's garage..LOL LeftInTX Oct 2020 #58
IIRC, we had punch cards Retrograde Oct 2020 #61
My parents always voted by mail (absentee) LeftInTX Oct 2020 #43
Unless you close them schools can't be used as polling places anymore dsc Oct 2020 #44
We still vote at schools where I live. LeftInTX Oct 2020 #52
Do your kids get election day off dsc Oct 2020 #55
No..schools are open LeftInTX Oct 2020 #57
that surprises me dsc Oct 2020 #59
population was much lower then as well Amishman Oct 2020 #45
I waited for hours to vote on one of those machines on Election Day 1980 LeftInTX Oct 2020 #56
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