Early Voting

[Bike Writer]

Voted absentee ballot. I don't pay attention to the ads, robo calls etc because those things tell me little about a candidate. My mind's been made up for a few months now and unfolding events over the last few months have only solifided my choice.

What really bothers me is the amount of money that is spent in national elections and by special interest groups to sway people. It's mind boggeling. I have no solution to that problem because of freedom of speech and the right to be able to be enterprising and raise funds to accomplish that. I sure wish someone had a viable alternative to the billions spent though.

[Owlie]

I don't have cable, so I've missed most of the ads. Since I live in Ohio, I'm pretty glad of that. Not that they do much beyond annoy me, anyway.

My absentee ballot's all filled in, in the envelope and sealed. I just have to drop it in the mailbox.

[luvmyguys]

Truth be known, I don't live in a battleground state, so the ads haven't been too bad. What I'll be looking forward to the end of is all the ranting and raving of otherwise sane people around me of all political stripes.

[OakLeaf]

I hope you all realize that the real shenanigans are going to start after all the votes are cast. Ohio's voting system almost guarantees that. Sigh.

[malkin]

I hope you all realize that the real shenanigans are going to start after all the votes are cast. Ohio's voting system almost guarantees that. Sigh.

Absolutely.
I'm arming myself by loading my iPod and planning to be media free (for the next 4 years if necessary).

[skhill]

Oh, would that we had early voting... Absentee ballots are available only if you really expect to be unable to get to your polling place on the day. Likely to get even more restrictive in the future, as that's where much of the vote buying happens (with pot/ pills as preferred payment). And here in KY, the polls are only open from 6 am to 6 pm. Our voting machines make true recounts impossible, too; we have to just pray that the votes are correctly recorded, with no way of knowing if they are.

For the presidential race, we're a safe republican state, so we've been spared those ads. But this is expected to be one of the closest house districts in the country; 2 years ago it was about a 500 vote margin, and may be even closer this time. Same 2 guys running, and their ads have degenerated to calling each other liars and criminals. My brother's in Ohio, and he says the ads he's seeing are no where as nasty. More of them maybe, but not as vile.

[GLC1968]

We vote by mail here and I have my ballot but haven't finished it yet. I will probably drop it off later this week. Not only have I seen very little in terms of national ads, we just moved and still have no TV or internet yet, so we've been in a bubble of non-political bliss lately.

That said, I did spend a little over a week in FL in September and it was INSANE. I don't envy those of you in battleground states!!

[OakLeaf]

For those who haven't seen this yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=OjrthOPLAKM