What voting method will you use?

Andrea · 10-22-2012, 09:14 AM

Are you a vote by mail type? Do you mail your ballot in as soon as you receive it? Or are you a stand in line type? Do you prefer voting in the early morning or after your work day?

Personally, I love standing in line first thing in the morning to place my vote. Something about that feels powerful. However, I was always concerned something would stop me from getting there so several years ago I signed up for vote by mail.

Many elections, I am still in line to drop off my vote by mail ballot but this year I will be out of town on election day so have mailed my ballot in the weekend after I received it.

aishah · 10-22-2012, 11:43 AM

up until now i've always voted in person on election day, but i recently registered for "permanent advance voter" status due to permanent disability - in my county, you have to be disabled to be able to automatically vote by mail every election (instead of having to re-register to vote by mail every election). so i got my ballot last week and filled it out but i haven't dropped it in the outgoing mail yet

hopefully i'll do that today or tomorrow.

Rockinonahigh · 10-22-2012, 12:21 PM

I use to go to the polls but recently I started useing a mail in vote,no mater how I feel health wise or tht weather is I will have voted.

JAGG · 10-22-2012, 12:27 PM

I think this time around I going to use one of these two methods. Pin the tail on the donkey. Or try the magic 8 ball.

Martina · 10-22-2012, 12:40 PM

In person though I might regret it. Getting older and arthritic. But I like the ritual. I like being there with my fellow citizens doing our civic duty. I have always loved it.

JAGG · 10-22-2012, 12:53 PM

Rock paper scissors. Or maybe the time tested trusty chicken wishbone.

Andrea · 10-22-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JAGG

Rock paper scissors. Or maybe the time tested trusty chicken wishbone.

Will you be submitting your decision by telepathy?

Sachita · 10-22-2012, 01:17 PM

Not super busy where I live but regardless- I GO. I don't trust mail in ballots. I barely trust the electronic ballots.

VOTE no matter what!

Tommi · 10-22-2012, 01:23 PM

Fifteen days to go, ...Mine is filled out and ready.

I too, love standing in line first thing in the morning to place my vote.

I study and fill out my Absentee Voter Ballot at home. Then I am in line when the polls open and drop my vote in the box. Get that little I voted sticker and go to work and nudge those who haven't done so to get off their duffs and go vote.

princessbelle · 10-22-2012, 01:26 PM

In person here!!!! For roughly 15 years i volunteered on the voting committee in Knoxville. This year i'm not. Although, i do know all those women and men sitting behind those tables and at the voter booths.

It will be interesting to see them again and catch up.

Bully will get a big dose of "Haven't seen you in a while" conversations...

We will vote at my elementary school. It's a very small world around here.

Novelafemme · 10-22-2012, 01:28 PM

Early mail-in ballot.

Greyson · 10-22-2012, 02:00 PM

I have been voting Absentee Ballot of over 20 years now. When I first started using this method, it was mostly Republicans and older people using absentee. (Although I was not old nor Republican at the time. ) Now, the Democrats and others are using Absentee more and more.

JAGG · 10-22-2012, 03:47 PM

I go to the polling station for my neighborhood. It's the Community College right by my house. But pin the tail on the donkey would work too.

JAGG · 10-22-2012, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrea

Will you be submitting your decision by telepathy?

That's where my magic 8 ball comes in.

Beloved · 10-22-2012, 03:51 PM

Normally in person on election day, however, this year I went to town hall and voted early. I don't trust the mail.

easygoingfemme · 10-22-2012, 05:35 PM

In person, with a smile.

Medusa · 10-22-2012, 05:38 PM

I always vote in person on election day. I love the buzz and the lines of people anxious to cast their ballots.

Hope that everyone here will get out and VOTE!

Hollylane · 10-22-2012, 05:41 PM

I will be voting via the absentee ballot...I prefer to avoid the conversation at the voting locations...

Cowboi · 10-22-2012, 05:48 PM

I always vote on my way to work. its early, and not much of a line at 530 am.

Reader · 10-22-2012, 06:04 PM

I already voted by mail for Bam and Biden. They never have enough parking where I vote and it is ALWAYS raining on Election Day.

10-22-2012, 09:14 AM	#1
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10-22-2012, 12:27 PM	#4
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10-22-2012, 12:53 PM	#6
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,545 Times in 4,142 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Rock paper scissors. Or maybe the time tested trusty chicken wishbone. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

10-22-2012, 01:26 PM	#10
princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,503 Times in 5,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	In person here!!!! For roughly 15 years i volunteered on the voting committee in Knoxville. This year i'm not. Although, i do know all those women and men sitting behind those tables and at the voter booths. It will be interesting to see them again and catch up. Bully will get a big dose of "Haven't seen you in a while" conversations... We will vote at my elementary school. It's a very small world around here. __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

10-22-2012, 02:00 PM	#12
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10-22-2012, 11:43 AM	#2
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10-22-2012, 12:21 PM	#3
Rockinonahigh Senior Member How Do You Identify?: stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: makes no diffrence,I know who I am. Relationship Status: single,maybe looking if the right person comes along. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 4,907 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,682 Thanked 14,937 Times in 3,936 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I use to go to the polls but recently I started useing a mail in vote,no mater how I feel health wise or tht weather is I will have voted.

10-22-2012, 12:40 PM	#5
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,366 Times in 4,171 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	In person though I might regret it. Getting older and arthritic. But I like the ritual. I like being there with my fellow citizens doing our civic duty. I have always loved it.

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10-22-2012, 01:23 PM	#9
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Beloved Member How Do You Identify?: alive Preferred Pronoun?: um Relationship Status: married Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: on the stars Posts: 460 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,415 Thanked 1,653 Times in 298 Posts Rep Power: 19348702	Normally in person on election day, however, this year I went to town hall and voted early. I don't trust the mail.

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Cowboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Holding My Red Circle Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,051 Thanked 3,962 Times in 1,230 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I always vote on my way to work. its early, and not much of a line at 530 am. __________________ Let There Be Cowgirls

10-22-2012, 06:04 PM	#20
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