Early Voting

[Catrin]

...I've always been obsessed by the news, politics, and history, but this is turning me off. Everything is so mean and personal. And all the political signs on people's lawns are driving me nuts, too. It looks so ugly and I swear some people are putting them on their lawns, not so much to promote the candidate, but rather to proclaim their "values."
Ugh.

I agree. I voted yesterday and have long been disgusted by many of the ads. Personally I think they should take all of the money from the ads for the next 5 days and use it for storm relief from the B*tch that just hit the east coast. That would be a far better use of those dollars!

[Crankin]

I wish we could vote early.
We still use paper ballots, where we mark our choices with an X .

[Catrin]

I wish we could vote early.
We still use paper ballots, where we mark our choices with an X .

For early voting - this is how we do it. They don't use the machines until actual election day, at least not in my county.

[Kerry1976]

I voted last week. I work at a state university and they set up a couple of voting booths in our student union, so I walked over and voted during a lunch hour. I love that they did this for this election and hope that enough other people take advantage of the service that it will be offered on campus in the future.

[zoom-zoom]

I must say that Google Voice has been our friend in recent weeks. I get a real kick out of reading those transcripts, as they are reduced to utter nonsense by the Google Voice computers.

[Blueberry]

I must say that Google Voice has been our friend in recent weeks. I get a real kick out of reading those transcripts, as they are reduced to utter nonsense by the Google Voice computers.

You mean there are messages it doesn't reduce to utter nonsense? It seems to particularly have fun with my Grandmother's voice. Those have been downright comical at times. I've been rather extensively using the blacklist feature on my cell phone. It's starting to cut down on some of the calls.

I think we're going to vote on Friday. Early voting ends Sat, and the lines are always long the last day. We might wait and vote on election day, but it's a stressful day for me (lots of professors decided the best way to celebrate democracy was to make students take exams).

[Selkie]

I live in a battleground state (VA) so every other ad is a campaign ad. The worst are those put out by the PACs. I agree that there is too much money spent on this stuff and Americans would be much better off if there was a mandatory cap on how much a candidate can raise/spend. But I digress.

This is an important election, so I'm closely following it. I've know for whom I'm voting for at least two years (ahem). I admit to feeling very strongly about the issues, particularly those impacting women. Yes, the economic issues matter a lot, but the fact that the new president could be appointing a couple Supreme Court justices.... enough said there. I will be voting on election day.