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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 02:12 AM Oct 2012

Ten reasons to vote early

Want to vote early? Thirty-two states allow in-person early voting, and early voting and mail-in absentee voting is already under way in nearly all 50 states. Here are 10 reasons you should take advantage of this option.

1. Someone could come down with the flu and need your care. And chicken soup.

2. You could get to the polling place at the last minute and find out it’s not your polling place anymore.

3. Your Republican governor might declare parking tickets a felony and you'll lose your voting rights.

4. Flat tires, fender-benders, misplaced car keys, late bus, dead batteries—the transportation gremlins are real.

5. The dog could eat your sample ballot.

6. What if Republicans decide to enforce a new voter ID law that would require you to produce a government-issued photo ID, a long-form birth certificate, a blood sample and a DNA test?

7. There are widespread reports of birds massing near polling places and Hitchcock-esque music being heard nearby.

8. Potential power outages could turn getting to your polling place a nightmare.

9. Once you vote early, the phone calls stop and no more candidates and volunteers knock on your door.

10. The election is just too important to leave any chance that you might not be able to vote.

Please share this with others who are able to vote before Nov. 6.

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Ten reasons to vote early (Original Post) eridani Oct 2012 OP
All true. ffr Oct 2012 #1
And hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, a major earthquake :) n/t Tx4obama Oct 2012 #2
LOL... great advice. K&r nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #3
#9 is wrong--I voted and still get calls --- no one checks k8conant Oct 2012 #4
Probably not all county elections departments are up to speed eridani Oct 2012 #6
#11 You have to work jenw2 Oct 2012 #5

k8conant

(3,030 posts)
4. #9 is wrong--I voted and still get calls --- no one checks
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 02:40 AM
Oct 2012

NOT 9. Once you vote early, the phone calls stop and no more candidates and volunteers knock on your door.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
6. Probably not all county elections departments are up to speed
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 04:30 AM
Oct 2012

Even the ones that are are falling behind on signature validation and database maintenance. It also requires campaigns to do frequent matchbacks.

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