That's right, after standing in line outside the local community center for 5 hours and enduring somewhat annoying voters I, along with my mother, aunt and sister, finally took the 4 minutes necessary to put in my vote early. Such a relief now that I finally did it. One thing I did ask myself though was exactly how many people in line actually thoroughly looked up all the people on the ballots and read through all the questions posed on them too.
Except for being absent on election day, I thought early voting was used to avoid long lines. What's the deal?
I live in a vote by mail state, I voted last week. Personally, I miss going to the polling place, vote by mail just Doesn't feel like voting.
They don't. Its a major flaw with Oregon and Washington. I lived in both for awhile and there's no checks. Is it any wonder why they vote democrat every single election? Duh......
I agree as I live in a vote-by-mail state. It feels different to go to a polling station and vote. The act of going to vote makes the experience more real. The benefit of vote by mail is convenience, though.
How do they know that in any other state? As we are constantly reminded, having to show ID at the polling booth is an unbearable hardship. I do wonder if someone is using my social security number in another state to vote, though. It could happen so easily.
Since this will be my very first time to vote, I'm really glad I can vote in person, and I'll wait until the 6th because I want to experience the long lines and the waiting!
I think there is early voting at the courthouse in our rural area of S. Illinois, but we don't get a ballot in the mail. I have done early balloting in years past when I knew I was going to be gone on election day. I really believe voting should be done on election day if possible.
Vote by mail does have it's advantages, it's far cheaper and best of all it increases voter turn out. That chaps the butts of the right wing. I accept it but I do miss going and voting.
Not really, you have to show ID to register, it's not like you just show up and vote. You righties are all panicked about something that isn't even real....why do you all allow yourselves to be used like tools?
That's why I voted via absentee ballot. I was able to sit in front of my computer and research anyone I didn't know before placing a vote for them. And I didn't have to stand in line to do it.
I voted early as well. The line was only 5 minutes as I went during football time on Sunday. I showed my ID and received my ballot. No fuss, no muss. I'll be holding Romney signs now so as to remind people how to choose the candidate who can fix this mess.
So, by asking a question, I am making it a problem. How do you know it isn't a problem if it's never investigated because everyone like you thinks it isn't a problem. NOW. I'm making it your problem.
You are wrong. http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfre...fraud-revelations-call-for-ways-to-reduce-it/ Sen. Al Franken Voter Fraud Revelations Call For Ways To Reduce It The latest revelations that illegal votes may have given Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) his 312-vote margin of victory in his 2008 Senate raceout of the nearly 3 million votes castgives one pause. The fact that 243 people have already been convicted or are awaiting trial on voter fraud underscores a persistent concern that, despite their small share of the vote, ineligible ballots can actually swing results. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/yes_vote_fraud_real_B5KsHFqcgUjYJCivnI6IuN Coleman led on election night, but a series of recounts lasting eight months eventually gave the seat to the former Saturday Night Live star. Later, a conservative watchdog group matched criminal records with the voting rolls and discovered that 1,099 felons had illegally cast ballots. State law mandates prosecutions in such cases; 177 have been convicted so far, with 66 more awaiting trial. Frankens eventual margin of victory? A mere 312 votes. The Minnesota win gave the Democrats their 60th Senate seat, creating the filibuster-proof majority that helped shovel ObamaCare into law. Thats just the Coleman-Franken election. What you need to do is take some time and get educated. Spend an hour reading. You have the worlds knowledge at your fingertips, use it.
I voted often today. It gives my candidates a better chance of winning. I'm real patriotic that way. Seriously, I do read the voters pamphlets and find out as much as I can from as many different sources as I can. For local races, I usually know the people I am voting for already, or I know the people I am voting against already.
