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LisaL

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21. Not everybody lives in CA.

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #19)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 03:21 PM

Oct 2012

In OH, the absentee ballot goes to your county's board of elections. Not to your regular polling place.

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How about using your cell phone to make a snap shot [View all] BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 OP

Is that even legal? LisaL Oct 2012 #1

Why not? Why worry? Si MC Oct 2012 #28

In Texas it is illegal to have a cell phone or camera within 100 feet of a polling place. Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #32

I was planning on doing the same thing, mary195149 Oct 2012 #2

In a lot of polling places they can see what a voter is doing. LisaL Oct 2012 #3

IT's NOT illegal anywhere.. stop worrying! Si MC Oct 2012 #29

I'm in CA, too BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #15

that's what I did CreekDog Oct 2012 #39

paper trails don't work because votes are private graham4anything Oct 2012 #4

A paper trail works for audit/recount purposes. If the machine gives you a paper printout with Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #6

but it couldn't, wouldn't change the outcome of that election.That is the flaw graham4anything Oct 2012 #7

The election can then be challenged, no? eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #12

name a presidential that ever was after it was called. 2000 proved time ran out. graham4anything Oct 2012 #25

Maybe Bush ran the clock out in 2000 BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #35

Check your state laws susanr516 Oct 2012 #5

Texas is not yet officially a state of the USA Si MC Oct 2012 #31

In NC cell phones are illegal dsc Oct 2012 #8

In states like NC, people should then request an absentee ballot BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #11

Why in the world would you slip an absente ballot into a ballot box? LisaL Oct 2012 #14

Not here in CA. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #16

In OH, the ballot arrives at a certain address, LisaL Oct 2012 #17

Yes, here as well. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #19

Not everybody lives in CA. LisaL Oct 2012 #21

Oh, okay. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #22

Some vote absentee. Most don't. LisaL Oct 2012 #24

Because for California the absentee ballot is the same --and we can insert it into the ballot box CreekDog Oct 2012 #40

How could you match the photo up to the vote? tinrobot Oct 2012 #9

What I tried to say was, BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #10

You were already informed that in some states it's not legal to bring cell phones into a voting LisaL Oct 2012 #13

Yes I know. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #18

Because you are making these suggestion not knowing what the rules are. LisaL Oct 2012 #20

That only works if every single person in the county does it... tinrobot Oct 2012 #27

if every DUer sent their ballots in, what difference would it make? onenote Oct 2012 #42

Depends on where you live... Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #23

My California abentee ballot does not have my name on the ballot itself. Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #26

But it does have a number before they ask you to tear if off BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #33

I could still alter it after the picture, because it's in pencil. Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #36

Then perhaps we need to use pen, just like where I am in CA. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #37

On election day at the polls you are given a fine point felt tip pen to use. Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #38

In what state? BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #44

My California absentee ballot says to fill it out with INK, not PENCIL CreekDog Oct 2012 #41

It depends on what kind of counting equipment you have in your county. Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #43

Perhaps being in an underpopulated district BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #45

At some point, it comes down to the integrity of human beings. Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #46

Yeah, Contra Costa used pencil CreekDog Oct 2012 #47

Yes, depends on where you live... LP2K12 Oct 2012 #30

True, but we can tweak the rules for each state . . . BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #34

I did that last election in NH! graywarrior Oct 2012 #48