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#1

Bowielee

Bowielee

A thread in which we check in that we voted.

It's that time of year where you can exercise your civic and civil rights by voting. As my civics and government teacher said in high school, "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain". The exceptions obviously being those who don't have the right to vote.

So, yeah, I voted this morning. Yay for my last name starting with an A because the other line was almost out the door.


#2

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I voted!

Yay, I'm part of the system. Or as Gas would put it, part of the problem.


#3

Covar

Covar

I voted.:D


#4

Piotyr

Piotyr

Ravenpoe said:
I voted!

Yay, I'm part of the system. Or as Gas would put it, part of the problem.
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As any self-respecting scientist would say, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Oh, and I also voted.


#5

Dei

Dei

I voted 2 weeks ago you silly just voted today people. :p


#6

GasBandit

GasBandit

Voted.


#7

Gared

Gared

Yep, mailed in my ballot (we're an all vote by mail state now). I seriously doubt that my vote will have any consequence in the national election; but there were several state measures that I was particularly interested in.


#8

PatrThom

PatrThom

I have not yet voted, but that is because I spent the morning researching where to best place my support, rather than just going with the media flow.

And now off I go to piss in the ocean.

--Patrick


#9

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
I have not yet voted, but that is because I spent the morning researching where to best place my support, rather than just going with the media flow.

And now off I go to piss in the ocean.

--Patrick
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... what were you doing the last six months?


#10

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

I voted... months ago in the Finnish presidential elections. My candidate didn't win.

I didn't vote in the municipal elections last week because of minor pains and there not being a candidate I could get behind.


#11

strawman

strawman

My poll is just over half a mile away.

The walk back home took less time than the line at the place, and after I got there the line just continued to grow. It's going to be a long day for the election supervisors.


#12

TommiR

TommiR

North_Ranger said:
I voted... months ago in the Finnish presidential elections. My candidate didn't win.

I didn't vote in the municipal elections last week because of minor pains and there not being a candidate I could get behind.
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Voted in both. Won and got in.

So you didn't vote in the municipal election, eh?



#13

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
... what were you doing the last six months?
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Not voting.

--Patrick


#14

evilmike

evilmike

Managed to vote, though it was a bit more of a hassle than I had expected to be. I got to my normal polling place only to be told that the districts have been realigned so I need to go to the next district over and vote there. The crazy thing is that they changed the polling places around since the primaries.

Anyway, I make the detour to the new location and wait in line only to be told that I apparently had requested an absentee ballot and wasn't expected to vote in person at all. The problem is that I didn't request a ballot. Waiting in line to get that fixed added another half hour into an already too long process.





Our local supervisor of elections, he ran unopposed.


#15

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Early Voted like three weeks ago straight third party


#16

Tress

Tress

I voted!

Some lady in front of me acted like a deer in headlights. I waved her ahead so she could go first, and she just stared at me blankly and said "I don't know what I'm supposed to do." There was a giant sign saying "START HERE" at the front table. C'mon lady. It's not hard, you're too old to not understand how to do all this.


#17

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

TommiR said:
Voted in both. Won and got in.

So you didn't vote in the municipal election, eh?

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Eh, you know how it is with Turku. Asshat developers, that dickwad who wants to ship out everyone darker than himself, and endless debates on where to slap a bridge.

Also, you're from Tampere. That's bad enough in itself. :trolol:


#18

strawman

strawman

I also voted sixteen times in Ohio. With such low voter turnout it's surprisingly easy to impersonate someone with a fake utility bill. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/Voters/FAQ/ID.aspx

The only limitation is waiting in line at sixteen different polling places, and there was some social engineering finding sixteen males about my age that were registered to vote but weren't going to vote. Fortunately both parties maintain voter registration lists that are very useful for finding people to impersonate.

Good thing they haven't forced photo ID requirements there!

/trollface


#19

GasBandit

GasBandit

Sucks for those of you with long lines. My polling place had no line, I got in, got done, got out in less than 5 minutes.


#20

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

GasBandit said:
I got in, got done, got out in less than 5 minutes.
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Double entendre... must... not... make... a dirty... joke...


#21

Piotyr

Piotyr

Charlie Don't Surf said:
Early Voted like three weeks ago straight third party
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So...you're saying you went independent...before it went mainstream?


#22

Espy

Espy

I voted. HARD.


#23

Piotyr

Piotyr

Espy said:
I voted. HARD.
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I hope you punched the shit out of that Chad.


#24

Espy

Espy

I did. Knocked him out, the little prick. Then I grabbed a pen and filled out the voting form.


#25

bhamv3

bhamv3

North_Ranger said:
Double entendre... must... not... make... a dirty... joke...
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You could go for the safe option and mention Nick's prom night.

Also, I didn't vote today.


#26

Cajungal

Cajungal

Done. I went this morning and stood in line before work, but I ended up having to leave before I could get in. :( So I returned after work, waited for an hour, and finally got to vote.


#27

Krisken

Krisken

Voted. It was easy and painless.


#28

Shakey

Shakey

I voted. At 5:00 I was number 32 to vote, gotta love living in the middle of nowhere. I did have to wait about 5 minutes for someone else to finish up though. The polling station was someones house, and we slid the ballots into a slot cut into a rubbermaid container with the lid fastened down with zip ties.
I think last time I was around number 25 at the same time, so voting turnout is up this year.


#29

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

bhamv3 said:
You could go for the safe option and mention Nick's prom night.
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I'll remember that next time.

Krisken said:
It was easy and painless.
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Unlike Nick's prom night.

Wow. That was sooner than I expected.


#30

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Sucks for those of you with long lines. My polling place had no line, I got in, got done, got out in less than 5 minutes.
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Yup. Apparently there was a period where they ran out of ballots and things were backed up for a couple hours. Fortunately my procrastination put me at the polls about 20min after all of this had cleared up.

--Patrick


#31

Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Voted 2 weeks ago.


#32

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Voted Friday morning.


#33

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Voted around 1:30pm EST. My father made a scene (of course!) when somebody handed him a flier well outside the "no campaigning" zone.


#34

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I agreed to go on a 150 mile business trip today... missed the closing of the poll. First presidential election that I missed in 24 years.


#35

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

California sent my husband and I letters saying we were no longer registered to vote there since we missed 2 general elections (well, duh, we're not living there). Hawaii won't let us register because we claim California as our "home of record". Not a resident of the state, can't register to vote.

'Merica!


#36

Covar

Covar

Sounds more like 'Fornia! to me.


#37

GasBandit

GasBandit

WasabiPoptart said:
(well, duh, we're not living there)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absentee_ballot


#38

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

GasBandit said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absentee_ballot
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Yeah, really.


#39

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Really? I had no idea I could do that! /sarcasm

The last time we got mail from the CA board of elections about requesting an absentee ballot they arrived the day after we needed to return them.


#40

jwhouk

jwhouk

I voted back on October 22nd, the first day we were allowed to vote absentee.


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