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Osakagreg

(111 posts)
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 11:39 PM Oct 2016

I'm voting by mail this election

This will be the first time for me to vote by mail (while living in the states.) Now I live in a very red, small town. I'm not afraid to go to the polls, but I can understand how it might make some people uncomfortable.

I mailed my request to vote by mail today, and can't wait to get my ballot!

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I'm voting by mail this election (Original Post) Osakagreg Oct 2016 OP
Congrats! Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #1
My advice is to not vote by mail scscholar Oct 2016 #2
As long as you vote, that's what matters! DawgHouse Oct 2016 #3
If you live in a red district like me, rusty quoin Oct 2016 #4
 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
2. My advice is to not vote by mail
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 12:01 AM
Oct 2016

We had that forced on us in WA, and my vote has never counted since we switched to that horrific system. My county's ballot tracker:

https://info.kingcounty.gov/elections/ballottracker.aspx

It's sad that we have to have our votes thrown away instead of being allowed to vote on a real machine in person.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
4. If you live in a red district like me,
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 12:27 AM
Oct 2016

never be afraid to vote on site on Election Day. It is so easy. No one makes it hard for Republicans to vote.

But in 2004 Columbus, OH, my two sisters in law lived there and had to wait hours in line. Thanks Ken Blackwell.

Republican district...easy vote, and Democratic district...hard vote. When more people vote, Republicans lose.

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