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No Vested Interest

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3. I feel better having the ballot in hand at home with the ability to research people and issues

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:41 PM

Oct 2018

that I'm not familiar with.
Then I can mark each candidate carefully and check.
No one is looking over my shoulder or waiting to get into a booth.
I'm very comfortable with voting in this manner, as I have done for the last 10 years or so.

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Mailing Ballots vs Early Voting at a selected Location. [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 OP

I feel better going in person. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #1

Agreed. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #2

I feel better having the ballot in hand at home with the ability to research people and issues No Vested Interest Oct 2018 #3

We vote absentee by mail. The County's Voter's Registrar has a site where you can confirm Tikki Oct 2018 #4

we mwil in ... OREGON and we drop it off in official MULTNOMAH county dop off places. trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #5

Still in the 19th century in VA - no mail-in, no early voting (without a good "excuse"). lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #6

Voting absentee here is a pain OKNancy Oct 2018 #7

I love early voting OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #8

LOL! Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #10

I like going in person in Florida. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #9

I like early voting at a selected location. mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #11