Where do you vote?

My father owned a moving company and for many years he would bid on, and always get, the contract for moving the voting machines in and out of Pittsburgh (Allegheny county to be exact). We always knew not to bother Daddy when it was 'voting machine time'. :) Wish he were still alive, I bet he would have a long list of various voting stations.

I like to go to the polls on election day. It was always a big thing in my family, to go with my father when he voted (Mum was an alien and couldn't vote). All of my sibs and I have a memory of at some point asking him who he voted for and then him spending the rest of the walk/ride home explaining to us how people have died for us to have the right to a secret ballot and that you owe your vote to no one and it was something between you and your God. :) I have such a sadness that he died before I could vote in my first big election, I would have loved to have gone and actually voted with him.

I've voted mostly in schools since I left Pittsburgh, and my Catholic grade school was a polling place when I was growing up. At home though, we voted at the Presbyterian church one block down the street.

Memories....... :)

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

and getting the "I voted" sticker! :D

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I usually put those on a trash can or toilet seat after I get home...

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

I like experiencing it - and getting the "I voted" sticker! :D

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My Pawpaw must have as well, they were on his jewelry chest and filing cabinets. I was so sad the first year I voted after he passed they didn't have them! :(

The first time I voted, it was in a gathering hall in a mobile home park(before Oregon went all mail-in). I kinda thought I had the address wrong or something at the time. When we lived in Washington, I voted absentee for the convenience factor. Well.... when I voted.:o I think I only voted once the whole time we lived in Washington.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

Wow - good point about parking, V!

I also like to go to the physical place to vote. (A city hall for me - used to be a church til we moved across town.) I like experiencing it - and getting the "I voted" sticker! :D

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This year they included an "I voted" sticker with my mail in ballot. :D

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Originally Posted by snapdragen

This year they included an "I voted" sticker with my mail in ballot. :D

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That way you get pie :D Emil Villa's Hickory Pit will give you a slice of pie when you show up with an "I voted" sticker. I think they still do that.

My polling place is a firehouse.

Unfortunately, my son's school is also a polling place. The school district close to ours have canceled classes for the 4th as have a few other area districts. My son's is remaining open. The teachers will be locking their doors but will have to leave their rooms as a group for specials and for kidvote.

My son will not be going to his kindergarten class that day. Between the traffic and people I simply don't feel it's safe enough for my comfort. The place is a madhouse on the small issue voting days, I can't fathom what it'll be like during a presidential election. The kids should not have to go to school on Tuesday, though I suppose it could cause some difficulty with parents who don't stay at home or can't bring their kids to work. Still.....

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Originally Posted by snapdragen

This year they included an "I voted" sticker with my mail in ballot. :D

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i'm jealouus - San Berdoo county doesn't do that.

I love going to vote in person! I like talking to the folks who hand out the ballots, I like seeing my neighbors, I like everything about it. I've been voting in the same church social room for years now.

Several few years ago for 3 years or so we lost our physical voting locale and had to vote absentee and I hated it. Then, inexplicably, we got to vote in person again, and I was so happy.

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Originally Posted by snapdragen

This year they included an "I voted" sticker with my mail in ballot. :D

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The only reason I liked voting in person was to get the most excellent helmet decorations.

I answered "other" - in my county we ONLY vote by mail. Maybe there's some kind of backup option? A way to pick up a ballot or vote in person?

We can drop our ballots off at certain locations, though, including libraries, post offices, and other local places up until election day.

We used to vote at the local sewer & water district building before they switched us to only voting by mail, so I guess that still counts as "other" ;)