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onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:12 AM Aug 2020

How are you voting?

If you’re an absentee voter and you can drive, fill Out your ballot as soon as you get it and take it to the clerks office. Do not delay. Don’t forget to sign it!

If you’re voting in person, make sure you look up your state rules and be prepared. Pack a snack and some water. Take a chair. Try to anticipate what you might need if you have to wait a very long time. Take a friend or 5 with you.

If you do not yet have a plan, I’m asking you to please, please, please make a plan. If you need a ride to the polls contact your local democratic central committee. They can arrange a ride for you. They can also answer questions about voting. We need to spend the next 76 days talking to people and doing absolutely everything to evict the traitor from the people’s house.

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How are you voting? (Original Post) onecaliberal Aug 2020 OP
I will receive a ballot in the mail and I will take it to a collection place mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #1
early and often gopiscrap Aug 2020 #2
Early, in person SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
Per the DNC, text 30330 for help with voting. scarletwoman Aug 2020 #4
In 2008 we waited 16 hrs KentuckyWoman Aug 2020 #5
I understand. Please return it as soon as you get it. onecaliberal Aug 2020 #6
If it does not come by a certain date I already KentuckyWoman Aug 2020 #15
Thanks for making plan B. We have a plan B too. onecaliberal Aug 2020 #18
Early voting Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #7
I usually receive my ballot in the mail a few weeks before the election. liberalmuse Aug 2020 #8
That is the spirit. How about asking at least 1 friend how they're going to vote? onecaliberal Aug 2020 #10
Most of my friends will vote Democrat. liberalmuse Aug 2020 #13
Those who still support dump are not reachable. onecaliberal Aug 2020 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Aug 2020 #17
In person and early. TomSlick Aug 2020 #9
Thank you! onecaliberal Aug 2020 #11
We can drop it off early here FoxNewsSucks Aug 2020 #12
That's great. I'm doing the same thing. In California we will receive our ballots in October. onecaliberal Aug 2020 #14
In Person zebrapa Aug 2020 #19
Voting in person qazplm135 Aug 2020 #20
I'm probably going to vote absentee. LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #21
Voting in person, as usual. There are less than 400 people in my rural WI township. Talitha Aug 2020 #22
I've already requested my absentee ballot. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #23
in person Skittles Aug 2020 #24
Early, and in person. Solly Mack Aug 2020 #25
Early in-person voting Backseat Driver Aug 2020 #26
Voting Early philf99 Aug 2020 #27
Early with mask and goggles Chicago has early voting at many locations mucifer Aug 2020 #28
Not sure Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #29
Early in person. mnhtnbb Aug 2020 #30
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. I will receive a ballot in the mail and I will take it to a collection place
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:18 AM
Aug 2020

The day I receive it ... after filling it in of course.

And I will definitely sign it

KentuckyWoman

(6,666 posts)
15. If it does not come by a certain date I already
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:39 AM
Aug 2020

Found out what to do.
The day it comes it will be completed per every requirement and hand delivered by me to the county board of elections office.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
8. I usually receive my ballot in the mail a few weeks before the election.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:31 AM
Aug 2020

If not, I can print it from online. Then I will take it to our local drop box. Hell, I'll drive to the next town and take it to the courthouse if I have to.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
13. Most of my friends will vote Democrat.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:37 AM
Aug 2020

I don't have Trump friends anymore. They were apparently closet racists and felt free to come out when Trump appeared. I have a friend in Utah who has never voted. I've gotten so angry with her over the years, but nothing I or anyone else can say will sway her. She has a helluva lot to lose, too.

onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
16. Those who still support dump are not reachable.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:39 AM
Aug 2020

It boggles the mind that people cannot look around and see the dire circumstances we’re all in.

Response to liberalmuse (Reply #13)

TomSlick

(11,032 posts)
9. In person and early.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:32 AM
Aug 2020

I have helped my elderly parents in requesting absentee ballots. When they arrive, I will help them ensure they hit all the procedural requirements. Assuming the ballots arrive in time for mailing a couple weeks before November 3, I will see to their mailing. If we're too close to November 3, I will deliver them to the County Clerk.

onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
14. That's great. I'm doing the same thing. In California we will receive our ballots in October.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:37 AM
Aug 2020

I can’t wait to vote for Joe and kamala. I will drive it to the clerks office. If dump succeeds and the mail is delayed, I will go and vote early in person.

zebrapa

(112 posts)
19. In Person
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 12:49 AM
Aug 2020

I'm going to cancel my mail in ballot at the county Board of Elections (Delaware County, PA) and vote in person.

Mail in ballot here will not be mailed out until late Sept. or early Oct. PA has not determined where or how many drop off boxes will be established. Also, according to my local Board of Elections, has anyone determined how many - if any - voting precincts might be closed.

In PA, if voting with a mail in ballot, I strongly urge dropping off at your county Board of Elections.

Anyone from PA reading this, please spread this information.

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
21. I'm probably going to vote absentee.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 01:46 AM
Aug 2020

Mississippi doesn't allow voting before the election unless you're voting absentee, so I'll probably plan a little trip for election day. I have some physical problems that make it painful to wait in line for long, so it would be easier for me to take a trip. I can't like about taking a trip; that would be illegal.

Talitha

(6,476 posts)
22. Voting in person, as usual. There are less than 400 people in my rural WI township.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:28 AM
Aug 2020

No waiting no matter what time of day.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
23. I've already requested my absentee ballot.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:33 AM
Aug 2020

So I'm on that path now, or being a "provisional" voter who isn't counted until days after the election.

Will send the absentee ballot ASAP and then regularly check the status online.

Need to see which judges are Democrats to vote for them in my all-Democrat ballot. (Their party isn't identified on the Ohio ballots.)

Edit: My hand was actually shaking somewhat while filling out the ballot request form! Not from anxiety about voting that way, but from my nervous eagerness to help get the GOP clowns out of office! It made me wonder if it would be even worse on election day!

mucifer

(23,370 posts)
28. Early with mask and goggles Chicago has early voting at many locations
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 05:51 AM
Aug 2020

You can choose your location. You do have to show ID with early voting.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
29. Not sure
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 05:58 AM
Aug 2020

For the primary NYS made it very easy to request a mail in ballot online. They haven’t done the same for the general election. It’s very odd.

mnhtnbb

(31,316 posts)
30. Early in person.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 06:15 AM
Aug 2020

Three blocks from my apartment at the County Board of Elections office. Never had to stand in line any previous elections and suspect it will be easy and quick this time, too.

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