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I Don't Vote Early/by Mail/Absentee

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  • OK, I ate a turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwich for lunch today (and wore green) but I concur about voting. Public, shared participation in democracy is an end in itself.
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      by GMontag ( 42283 )
      I am right there with you brother!

      Well, except for trusting the machine as that is how I voted a couple of weeks ago.

      I had lasagnia today, even though it was not Thannksgiving and had pizza even though it was not Christmas or my birthday.

      JUICY!
  • Normally I fill out my ballot on election day and drop it off at the polling place. Very similar to voting normally except I have a chance to research the goofy ballot measures and the judical races.

    Unfortunately my work schedule wouldn't have allowed me to vote today if a mail-in-ballot hadn't been an option.

  • Actually one personal reason and one practical reason:

    Personal reason: An early voting location is a block from where I work. My election day voting location is somewhat inconvenient.

    Practical reason: I prefer voting early because I have two weeks to make sure I get it done. In the unlikely event an emergency comes up, I don't have to worry about missing my chance to vote.

    • One reason: over a thousand miles from home (I'm guessing) on election day.
      Two reason: my county does "absentee" ballot only. If you would like, you can go to a "polling place" to DROP OFF your completed ballot on election day, though... [it seems that most of WA has decided that the best way to deal with {mostly absentee} ballot "issues" is to move to an all absentee system...
      Three reason: As I actually know what people and issues are on the ballot well before election day, and which way I am going to vote

  • Early voting for me, thanks (Score:3, Insightful)

    by TopShelf ( 92521 ) on Tuesday November 07, 2006 @06:59PM (#16759609) Homepage Journal
    When we give enough credit to Election Day to make it a national holiday (and really, do we actually have any of them anymore?), then sure, I'll go stand in line for a couple hours. But since Election day polls are open pretty much entirely when I'm at work, I took the early voting option (which wasn't available to me in Indiana and Michigan - well done, Tennessee).
    • I don't know how you celebrate holidays, but we had cake. It was the second biennial election cake. Made from a box in a 13x9 inch pan, as always. This time there were no sprinkles. Sprinkles are for presidential elections.
  • I may be in another country, but at least the ballot system is similar (even though we only put one X on our ballot). Even though I'm in Newfoundland right now, I'm considered a resident of Esquimalt, clear on the other side of the country. I don't know if your military works the same way, but our members are considered resident in their location of employment unless they chose to change it.

    I was at boot camp last election, we all got marched up through the orange sector (normally out of bounds to such

  • Voting is a privilege.

    Voting is a responsibility. We are not privileged to have a say in our government, it is our responsibility to have a say in our government. It's not by the grace of our betters that we are permitted it - government devolves from us, and so we are obligated to put in our two cents.
    • Voting is a privilege we grant ourselves (therein lies the responsibility part).

      And yes, in the grander scheme of civilization as a whole, we are VERY privileged to have the government (NOT the politicians, per se, but the system in place) that we do -- and the liberty to feel that we are in charge of it.

      ....Bethanie....
  • As I was headed to the other side of the world tuesday. I like to mail in my vote, as it gives me a chance to look at each person/issue with. Very handy for allthose judges and city jobs where it would be a wild guess at the booth.

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