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Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: ChrstnHsbndFthr on October 22, 2012, 05:46:58 PM
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I cast my vote early. ......is EVERYONE going to vote?
My suggestion is just add your number to your reply.
I am number one. (In the end, we will know what percentage of our members admit to voting.)
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I haven't been into town to pick up my mail yet (Washington is a "vote by mail" only state) but will be doing so tomorrow and will get it in the mail by Thursday. Don't count me out! ;)
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I will vote on election day. I'm a stickler for tradition.
I will also be guiding my 18 year old son through the registration/voting process for the very first time.
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Yes I like Election Day too. I'm also not doing a straight ticket, because I want to relish voting against the Democrat on each section of the ballot.
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I want it out of the way. I will vote tomorrow. Could have voted today but work got in the way. mrs. trapeze voted today.
Straight Republican ticket because, hey, not stupid.
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I always wait til election day. My wife always votes early. Nov 6th is marked on my calender, it is the first thing I do that particular day. Anyone who does business with me knows I may be a little late. Heck, I'm thinking of not staffing...It is the most important day this year.
NO STAFF TODAY......GO VOTE.
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Yes I like Election Day too. I'm also not doing a straight ticket, because I want to relish voting against the Democrat on each section of the ballot.
Thritto. And YESSSSSS.
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Radio head, today, said not voting for an R is a vote for Nancy as Speaker of the House, Barak for prez, pick the position and you are voting for your nightmare unless you vote R. Vote R.
You betcha, I voted today.
I'm not going to be available election day. If I'm lucky. ;)
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I like to go election day. I don't trust our Sec State (he is a Soros minion) to count my absentee ballot.
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I want to go on election day. I want to stand in line.
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I want to go on election day. I want to stand in line.
Yes. Bravely. Defiantly. In YOUR FACEDLY.
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Yeah, don't forget to rat out them Blue-helmet UNer's, Black Panther thugs and illegal voters too! ;)
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I live in NY. I vote on election day. There's no other choice, not that I'm complaining. I have about a 30-40 yard walk, down to the end of the block, to the public grade school (where kids are required to wear uniforms!) to vote. Polls open at 6 and I'm usually there before 7 so that I can hit the Uruguyan Bakery right across the street (they open at 7) for some pan con chicharron, a slightly salty bread baked with crispy pieces of fried pork. Nothing like pig for breakfast. (Imagine that. A voting thread becoming a food thread. Go figure!) Here in NY, only absentee ballots are early voting (which includes those who are disabled and unable to travel to the polling precinct). Everybody else votes on election day, with which I happen to agree. (We're also a closed primary state.) I hate early voting and voting by mail (along with same day registration), as there is too much room for fraud. I'm The Vote Nazi: If people can't take a couple of hours out of their oh so busy lives once every four years to vote on Election Day, then tough sh*t, no ballot for you.
ETA: La Nueva Uruguyan Bakery:
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They also make some damn good empanadas con carne; I may just have to pick some up for lunch/dinner on election day.
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If people can't take a couple of hours out of their oh so busy lives once every four years to vote on Election Day, then tough sh*t, no ballot for you.
yep, I agree
used to annoy me that my father in law would request an absentee ballot because he didn't want to go to the polling place on election day
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Yeah, well for those of you who advocate waiting. My father died on election day 1986 when I lived in Reno Nevada. And I had to leave suddenly to see his body home. And Harry Reid was first elected to the US SENATE that day, without me having cast a vote against him. If I die today, I have cast my vote against several of the wicked and I will not answer for that when I stand before judgment, nor have my offspring suffer under the rule of the evil ones when I could have voted against them but delayed until i could not.
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ChrstnHsbndFthr, not to put to fine a point to it, but that's a really lame excuse to justify early voting.
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It's unfortunate to miss voting day I was looking forward to confronting one of those Blue Helmets
and taking the opportunity to advise the alien he is illegally in a voting premises where only qualified
voters are permitted. I rest easy, though, knowing there will be other more articulate rednecks
there to take my place in line. MSM are already talking about the confrontations between the two
groups on all 3 local channels. heh
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Traditionalist, here.
I never considered absentee ballots
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ChrstnHsbndFthr, not to put to fine a point to it, but that's a really lame excuse to justify early voting.
I don't think so at all. It may not justify it overall, but based on CHF's personal experience, I think I'd vote early too.
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I don't vote because I live in California, and I live in a liberal district to boot. The outcomes of my district are already a foregone conclusion.
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ChrstnHsbndFthr, not to put to fine a point to it, but that's a really lame excuse to justify early voting.
I don't think so at all. It may not justify it overall, but based on CHF's personal experience, I think I'd vote early too.
I'm sure there are people involved in traffic accidents on the way to vote who end up in the hospital. We have, what, 150M of voting age. This is making an exception for 'sh*t happening' in life. Early voting is not a good thing. It is a progressive way to steal elections. (Remember Gregoire in WA stealing the governorship?) Early voting can also supress the vote as the totals are being reported now or it can let the Dems know how many votes to find in the trunk of some car. I prefer the Russian Roulette of everybody voting on election day. Level playing field and all that.
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ChrstnHsbndFthr, not to put to fine a point to it, but that's a really lame excuse to justify early voting.
I don't think so at all. It may not justify it overall, but based on CHF's personal experience, I think I'd vote early too.
I'm sure there are people involved in traffic accidents on the way to vote who end up in the hospital. We have, what, 150M of voting age. This is making an exception for 'sh*t happening' in life. Early voting is not a good thing. It is a progressive way to steal elections. (Remember Gregoire in WA stealing the governorship?) Early voting can also supress the vote as the totals are being reported now or it can let the Dems know how many votes to find in the trunk of some car. I prefer the Russian Roulette of everybody voting on election day. Level playing field and all that.
I prefer that too, and agree with all your points. I'm just saying that if I had experienced what CHF had experienced, I might wanna vote early too.
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Mission accomplished...voted the ticket.
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I don't vote because I live in California, and I live in a liberal district to boot. The outcomes of my district are already a foregone conclusion.
Not voting (even in Ca) is a vote for obama.
I typically go to the county regestrar of voters office the Saturday before election day to vote. I work more than 100 miles from my residence and unless I take a vacation day I am away from home on election day.
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RE: Foreign election observers
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has warned (https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=4195)the OSCE that Texas laws will apply, including bars on unlawful entry of polling places.
Abbott wasn’t shy as he closed his letter:
[blockquote] Elections and election observation are regulated by state law. The Texas Election Code governs anyone who participates in Texas elections—including representatives of the OSCE. The OSCE’s representatives are not authorized by Texas law to enter a polling place. It may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place’s entrance. Failure to comply with these requirements could subject the OSCE’s representatives to criminal prosecution for violating state law.
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He wasn't too shy in the middle, either.
The [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] may be entitled to its opinions about Voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already determined that Voter ID laws are constitutional.
Damn right, Sparky. I do so want to rid from my Country The Den of Thieves on Turtle Bay.
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Eff yeah! ::whoohoo::
I wish our Soros-beeoch SoS Mark Ritchie was elsewhere, I haven't heard if he's letting these OSCE punks to pester Minnesota voters, but I have the local GOP Chair on speed dial and will alert him if I see any unwanted trash at my polls!
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UPI) -- A Hawaii World War II veteran's final ballot won't count because the 93-year-old died before Election Day, his family said.
Frank Tanabe, who served in the Military Intelligence Service during the war, had never missed voting in an election, his daughter Barbara said. Though gravely ill, Tanabe filled out his absentee ballot for the Nov. 6 election and sent it before dying Wednesday at his home, KHON-TV, Honolulu, reported.
Under Hawaii law, that ballot will not count. State law permits early voting for absentees, but stipulates the voter must be alive when polls close for the vote to count.
Lawmakers in the state acknowledge the law may need to be changed, if only for practical reasons.
"Once you've already voted, it's very difficult to fish one ballot back out," Rep. Karl Rhoads said.
link (http://www.newstalk1130.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=10524499#ixzz2AL8zYTba)
He should have voted in Chicago.
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UPI) -- A Hawaii World War II veteran's final ballot won't count because the 93-year-old died before Election Day, his family said.
Frank Tanabe, who served in the Military Intelligence Service during the war, had never missed voting in an election, his daughter Barbara said. Though gravely ill, Tanabe filled out his absentee ballot for the Nov. 6 election and sent it before dying Wednesday at his home, KHON-TV, Honolulu, reported.
Under Hawaii law, that ballot will not count. State law permits early voting for absentees, but stipulates the voter must be alive when polls close for the vote to count.
Lawmakers in the state acknowledge the law may need to be changed, if only for practical reasons.
"Once you've already voted, it's very difficult to fish one ballot back out," Rep. Karl Rhoads said.
link (http://www.newstalk1130.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=10524499#ixzz2AL8zYTba)
He should have voted in Chicago.
Yea, all this means is that they subtract one vote from the (overwhelming) dhimmicrat candidates.
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I voted yesterday since I won't be around for election day (work). My 80 yr old FIL votes early all of the time in case he's called to heaven before his time.
Our early voting is done electronically on a little card. And after a 12 pack, it was still tempting to vote libertarian or constitution party.
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I voted yesterday since I won't be around for election day (work). My 80 yr old FIL votes early all of the time in case he's called to heaven before his time.
Our early voting is done electronically on a little card. And after a 12 pack, it was still tempting to vote libertarian or constitution party.
Glad ya got 'er done! ::thumbsup::
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I haven't . Guess I'll wait 'til election day . Ryan came through our small town yesterday on his Ohio bus tour . Nice crowd ... lots of enthusiasm .
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UPI) -- A Hawaii World War II veteran's final ballot won't count because the 93-year-old died before Election Day, his family said.
Frank Tanabe, who served in the Military Intelligence Service during the war, had never missed voting in an election, his daughter Barbara said. Though gravely ill, Tanabe filled out his absentee ballot for the Nov. 6 election and sent it before dying Wednesday at his home, KHON-TV, Honolulu, reported.
Under Hawaii law, that ballot will not count. State law permits early voting for absentees, but stipulates the voter must be alive when polls close for the vote to count.
Lawmakers in the state acknowledge the law may need to be changed, if only for practical reasons.
"Once you've already voted, it's very difficult to fish one ballot back out," Rep. Karl Rhoads said.
link (http://www.newstalk1130.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=10524499#ixzz2AL8zYTba)
He should have voted in Chicago.
Maybe he still can!
In all seriousness, RIP Mr. Tanabe
::victory::
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I will vote on election day. I kind of enjoy doing that. It feels patriotic.
On another note. I had a friend in Arizona who voted early and took a picture of the portion of his ballot that showed he voted for Romney. He posted it on facebook. He was told by another friend that it was illegal to do that. I couldn't find anything under Arizona law that said it was illegal. I did find one for the state of South Carolina. It more or less said that you couldn't take a picture of your ballot. Is could be considered voter intimidation.
My big problem with this is that I fail to understand how it could be considered intimidation? On top of that, it is your ballot. Couldn't he rip it up if he wanted. Couldn't he just draw a big smiley face on it? I know it wouldn't register but it is his ballot. He didn't take a picture of the whole ballot just the part Presidential candidates. He did it in the booth nothing else was visible.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does anyone think that this could be challenged as an unconstitutional law. IS it illegal for him to have his ballot uncovered while walking it to the voting machine? Would it be illegal for him to walk out of the booth and wave it in the air while heading to the voting machine?
Someone help me out on this. ::thinking::
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The only guess I have is that the prohibition might be on filming in the polling precinct itself. Of course, those laws go well back before cell phone cameras became ubiquitous.
/The Government does not like being filmed doing its 'job'.
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I will vote on election day. I kind of enjoy doing that. It feels patriotic.
On another note. I had a friend in Arizona who voted early and took a picture of the portion of his ballot that showed he voted for Romney. He posted it on facebook. He was told by another friend that it was illegal to do that. I couldn't find anything under Arizona law that said it was illegal. I did find one for the state of South Carolina. It more or less said that you couldn't take a picture of your ballot. Is could be considered voter intimidation.
My big problem with this is that I fail to understand how it could be considered intimidation? On top of that, it is your ballot. Couldn't he rip it up if he wanted. Couldn't he just draw a big smiley face on it? I know it wouldn't register but it is his ballot. He didn't take a picture of the whole ballot just the part Presidential candidates. He did it in the booth nothing else was visible.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does anyone think that this could be challenged as an unconstitutional law. IS it illegal for him to have his ballot uncovered while walking it to the voting machine? Would it be illegal for him to walk out of the booth and wave it in the air while heading to the voting machine?
Someone help me out on this. ::thinking::
This is the problem with government and our legislators today. Their only purpose is to protect our rights and to punish those who violate them, so I'm baffled by the prohibition on photographing one's own ballot. Whose rights are being violated by doing so?
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I don't vote because I live in California, and I live in a liberal district to boot. The outcomes of my district are already a foregone conclusion.
Vote with your gun. ::rockets::
By this I mean start the revolution, somebody somewhere has to do it. Might be me, who knows how I'm going to feel that day.
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Yeah, God forbid you take a pic of your own fricken ballot, might later prove the Soros-machines were manipulated by a Soros-minion in the DemonRat party and proof of that might prove embarassing to the cheating scum. Would be a proper kick-off to a justified revolution IMO!
machinegun
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Voted today. There was a nice older gentleman outside the campaigning line who asked me if I needed any help identifying the Republican candidates. I told him no, that I knew them all, and I appreciated his grassroots work as a volunteer for the cause.
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Voted today. There was a nice older gentleman outside the campaigning line who asked me if I needed any help identifying the Republican candidates. I told him no, that I knew them all, and I appreciated his grassroots work as a volunteer for the cause.
::USA::
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Election day! I NEED to see whats going on in my polling place. Its just one of the small things i can do to be a positive part of the process. To be honest, I daydream about how awesome it would be to have the opportunity to uncap a can-o-whoopass on some 'Occupy' type messin with voters.
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Election day! I NEED to see whats going on in my polling place. Its just one of the small things i can do to be a positive part of the process. To be honest, I daydream about how awesome it would be to have the opportunity to uncap a can-o-whoopass on some 'Occupy' type messin with voters.
Be sure to remove all trash properly! ;)
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