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I voted early last week when a coworker of my wife's came to her work sick. They sent that person home immediately but the reality occurred to me that I could easily get sidelined if I got the virus. I went immediately to our town's early voting polling place and voted. It was well run and safe and I was able to get in and out in 10 minutes.
If you haven't voted early yet you should.
And depending on where you live, you may be able to verify that your vote has been counted and/or is ready to count. I verified mine was on Massachusetts's election site.
I encourage everyone here to vote early. As of this morning 61 million Americans have cast their vote. That's 45% of the entire 2016 vote. And we still have a week to go before Election Day!
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rso
(2,617 posts)Three votes in the bank for Biden/Harris in Florida.
TheBlackAdder
(29,760 posts).
1 IL
8 NJ
2 NY
2 PA
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vlyons
(10,252 posts)I arrived at the poll at 6:30AM. Very well run. Poll workers very courteous and helpful. Straight Dem ticket!
My vote is in the bank!
Kali
(56,493 posts)
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)
yellowdogintexas
(23,485 posts)Arrival documented Oct 3.
Cleared Ballot Board and is ready to be counted probably starting very early Nov 3 (or sooner) We have a snazzy machine that opens the secrecy envelope and gets it ready for scanning and then they are scanned.
Our mail in and Early Vote in Person totals will be the first numbers released after the polls close. Our numbers have been out of sight.
On Oct 16 my friend on the Ballot Board told me they had 46,000 received so far & cleared 10,000 at that time. 86,000 ballots were mailed out and they were still mailing them. Oct 23 was the last day to request one.
Bengus81
(9,511 posts)
WheelWalker
(9,359 posts)
calimary
(88,077 posts)c_junk
(46 posts)Love our vote by mail! Normally we drop our ballots at the local library on election day but this time we went to the county court house to hand deliver our ballots the day after they arrived in the mail.
Best part is that it was a Republican who pushed the vote by mail system here, with the aim of creating increased voter participation. Worked too!
#RESIST
calimary
(88,077 posts)As far as the idea being pushed by a Republican, there's a cliche for that. "A broken clock is right twice a day!"
central scrutinizer
(12,618 posts)Dropped it off at the county election office drop box Sunday, checked Monday that it was received. Haven’t been notified that they signature was verified. Will check here:
https://www.lanecounty.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=4081147
There’s also a nice video there on how ballots are handled, verified, counted.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)watching people on TV waiting in lines for hours...what a way to run a country
0rganism
(25,354 posts)voting in Oregon is so easy mode - no b.s., no hassles, no standing in line for 10 hours, read through the mailed voting guide as you vote in the comfort of your home
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)All good here in Boston.
Layzeebeaver
(2,097 posts)Straight D ticket for Michigan.
Wounded Bear
(63,186 posts)
Arkansas Granny
(32,187 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,812 posts)My wife and I got our ballots in the mail and mailed them the following day. Three days later we received emails stating our ballots were received and processed. Maryland voters.
tnlurker
(1,038 posts)nt
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)
Zorro
(18,012 posts)Also 2 for District 50's Ammar Campa-Najjar. I despise that carpetbagging, auto thieving, arsonist POS Darrell Issa.
StarryNite
(11,900 posts)It's been verified and counted. That wasn't the case for my daughter-in-law's mother. She mailed in her ballot. She was notified that it wasn't counted. She called and was told she had requested another ballot which she had not at that time. It took her two days to get things squared away. Since they refused to count her first one she then did request a second one. She got it, filled it out and took it to a drop box. This is in Maricopa County, AZ.
WhiteTara
(31,092 posts)by mail. We checked, our ballots are verified and will be counted.
lamp_shade
(15,292 posts)
Oppaloopa
(923 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)in an Official Ballot Box on October 12th and checked a few days later that it was received and verified.
texasfiddler
(2,199 posts)
jpak
(41,780 posts)n/t
hedda_foil
(16,846 posts)
StaunchDemocrat1957
(66 posts)Straight Blue all the way!
SheltieLover
(74,422 posts)The day after early voting started. 
I also drove to the post office where another person's absentee ballot was addressed, mailed it & have confirmed online that it was received.
Convinced 2 middle age AA neighbors to register! 1 will vote early today!
No, TN is not a swing state, but doing my part here. 
comradebillyboy
(10,888 posts)My wife voted in person last week and said the early voting crowds were much larger than in past years.
RustyWheels
(194 posts)Returned all mail-in ballots ( 4 - Mrs. Rusty and both daughters ) a couple weeks ago.
All four have been received and counted !! Bye-Don !!!
Now just waiting to mail my "Your Fired" post card to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave on Wednesday, Nov 4.
RMVet
(25 posts)Mail the postcard now! Maybe he'll believe it and leave early 
Voted 2 weeks ago by mail. Ballot was received and counted.
mvd
(65,746 posts)Felt especially good this election! I checked the county website, and they received my ballot and recorded my vote. I assume that on Election Day, it will become a counted vote just like any other.
Freedomofspeech
(4,639 posts)We returned them to the Election Bureau the day we received them!
Aristus
(71,082 posts)Dropped off at an official ballot-drop location.
Ballot accepted by Election Commission.
lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)I sent in my ballot over 3 weeks ago and it hasn't been received. I called today. If they don't have it by late afternoon, I'll go vote again. 
bottomofthehill
(9,270 posts)Beautiful night to wait in line. Voted just in time. It got cool and wet after that but Friday evening was amazing
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Seems like ages ago.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,357 posts)
Hugin
(36,959 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)
Alliepoo
(2,740 posts)And dropped the hubs ballot in the box on my way in!! My kids are trying to decide whether to vote early or just go ahead and vote on Election Day.
LisaL
(47,327 posts)Ballot accepted. No issues with USPS.
vercetti2021
(10,461 posts)10/24 in Randall County. Early voted after surrendering my absentee ballot
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,961 posts)Confirmed accepted. Same with the Missus.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)
mecherosegarden
(745 posts)Received notification from the county , on October 9th, that my ballot for the 2020 General Election was received and will be counted.
mokawanis
(4,487 posts)Absentee ballot delivered to a drop box and then I confirmed it online.
Deuce
(960 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)two votes for Harris and Biden as well as all Nevada Dems.
Wicked Blue
(8,290 posts)Right in front of the county Board of Elections.
Ohiogal
(38,747 posts)(that includes my son’s gf)
Dropped off our absentee ballots at our respective BoEs and all have been tracked and accepted
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)got a text message that it'd been received 5 days later.
barbtries
(30,822 posts)just checked all of my family's ballot status. turns out there was a problem with one of my sons so I was able to call him and tell him to get it fixed asap.
otherwise we've all been accepted. In NC, all blue all the way.
kurtcagle
(2,528 posts)Three from WA, one from CO (my daughter). Our cat, Bright Eyes, helped as well, dutifully sprawling on the voter's guide whenever we needed it.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,109 posts)
llashram
(6,269 posts)
Bettie
(18,957 posts)and they are marked received.
Iowa doesn't give any further information though.
FM123
(10,274 posts)And a special shout out to my 92 year old daddy who voted for Joe!
vademocrat
(1,090 posts)Earliest I’ve ever voted!
Croney
(4,982 posts)WhiskeyWulf
(582 posts)
kirkuchiyo
(402 posts)Me, my wife, both daughters and one daughters fiance. Absentee about a month ago. All ballots checked as having been received.
catrose
(5,311 posts)So I might have voted.
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)Walked my ballot to supervisor of Elections
42bambi
(1,753 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,616 posts)In Texas
muntrv
(14,505 posts)in Ann Arbor Michigan.
BainsBane
(56,931 posts)The very first day of early voting in Minnesota. It felt fantastic!
flying_wahini
(8,207 posts)
SeattleVet
(5,763 posts)We got them on a week ago Friday, filled them in on Saturday, and put them into a dropbox on Sunday. Checked online last Tuesday and all is well.
highplainsdem
(58,640 posts)
BayAreaAtLast
(37 posts)I got my NV DL and made a beeline to an early voting location. After waiting about 20 minutes in line, I was asked to show my temporary DL and voided CA DL so they could verify my signature. A poll worker yelled, "New voter!" The place burst into cheers, and I curtsied and said, "First time in Nevada; I've been voting since 1980!" I was handed a bowl of candy and asked to choose one. I voted straight Democratic and didn't vote for a Republican running unopposed.
My husband got his NV license and voted on Saturday. Two Biden-Harris votes in our immediate family! And my sister, who is staying with us, returns to the Bay Area Sunday to cast her vote for Biden.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)Received by the clerk last week.
Tess49
(1,617 posts)
JDC
(10,915 posts)Straight dem ticket
Made sure that liberal judges remained
Voted no for any judge that the Republican Party endorsed.
forgotmylogin
(7,930 posts)Missouri is red so they don't publicize this, but you can vote absentee in-person early at a Board of Elections office by selecting the "Health/Covid" reason on the PollPad tablet when you check in. You don't need a witness or a notary, and they can't ask you any specific questions about your health. You just need a valid ID.
Voted on paper, and scribbled those rectangles in so completely with the provided ball-point pen there's no mistake about my intent!
zipplewrath
(16,698 posts)Early voting so I watch my ballot get counted.
ancianita
(42,298 posts)
Initech
(106,529 posts) ffr
(23,258 posts)
calimary
(88,077 posts)Our ballots arrived on the 15th. We filled ‘em out and dropped them in the legitimate drop box at City Hall on the same day.
Golfnbrew
(72 posts)October 7th or so... our absentee ballots came in the mail around the 3rd, but we chose to drop them off directly at the Elections office instead of using the mail. SC website states "Ballot Received"
dameatball
(7,622 posts)
Catherine Vincent
(34,586 posts)Voted D all the way.
Nuffer
(40 posts)Voted by mail....already posted...BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Auggie
(32,603 posts)Age 91 and life-long Republican ... until now.
wryter2000
(47,940 posts)Voted by mail.
Tumbulu
(6,592 posts)And it was received by my County.
Alacritous Crier
(4,337 posts)Last Wed. Line wasn't too bad in rural Eastern TN. Glad we got it done when we did. Our first vote in TN.
mahatmakanejeeves
(67,049 posts)
Withywindle
(9,989 posts)IL is safely blue, and I'm not worried about Sen. Durbin or Rep. Garcia either, but I put my drop in the blue wave anyway! I want that popular vote margin to DROWN him.
Tikki
(14,961 posts)The Tikkis + son.
Tikki
PennyK
(2,333 posts)Dropped off at local Board of Elections two weeks ago. Had to request a new secure envelope after messing mine up lol.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(61,351 posts)4 votes for the good guys!
Johnny Noshoes
(1,998 posts)Yesterday in NYC. Only took a little over an hour. .
CanonRay
(15,670 posts)
JHB
(37,838 posts)IBEWVET
(217 posts)
beaglelover
(4,357 posts)
LadyVV
(12 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,909 posts)Drive thru voting in Harris County after surrendering absentee ballot. Easiest way to vote ever, I recommend it.
kag
(4,186 posts)I grew up in Texas, and my whole extended family still live there (I'm in CO now). All of them except one nutty aunt are solid Dems. I know it's kind of a pipe dream, but wouldn't it be cool if Texas turned blue! 
SweepPicker
(276 posts)Eastern Shore Of Maryland
The Conductor
(190 posts)My bride and I voted the first moment we could, and I turned in the ballots personally at the city hall drop box, then verified they had been recieved.
And I sure as hell didn't vote for any short-fingered, loudmouth lout with bad hair and a worse attitude.
LiberalArkie
(19,029 posts)They ran us through faster than chickens at a Tyson plant. Big line when I left. Population of county is 10,000 and the county seat about 1,000. Most red though.
BlueMTexpat
(15,612 posts)have received confirmation of receipt! 
yaesu
(8,645 posts)Duppers
(28,439 posts)And watched it be tabulated to make sure it was counted.
🌊🌊🌊
cry baby
(6,817 posts)Now just holding my breath!
Liberal In Red State
(460 posts)Tall Poppy
(26 posts)For BIDEN/HARRIS
OSSOFF, WARNOCK and McBATH
Baitball Blogger
(51,107 posts)TeamPooka
(25,577 posts)Ventura CA
sakabatou
(45,404 posts)srose58089
(218 posts)Wife and I voted 2 weeks ago in Colorado. Used drop box and only took one day for our ballots to be verified.
sandensea
(22,915 posts)Two against the Treason/Plague ticket - and two against Whory Cory. 
drlindaphd
(86 posts)I voted in Pennsylvania last week. I checked online and my voted has been registered and counted. My husband and my son were with me. I do not have verification of their vote yet. We all voted straight Democrat as we always do. Also, my daughter and her family have already voted. We are all Democrats. And my grandson has voted for the very first time. He was so proud to have been able to cast his first vote for Joe Biden.
Demsrule86
(71,257 posts)
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)October 11th.
Has allowed me to limit the intake of hoopla and hyperbole sine that time.
people
(809 posts)Two of us voted Saturday.
CountMyVote4Reality
(284 posts)I’m in Georgia. We can go online to see if our ballot has been received and accepted. Mine is good. I’m done, but I wish this was over already.
nature-lover
(1,853 posts)gab13by13
(30,077 posts)mailed Oct. 13th and verified that county election office got the ballots.
Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)A day or two later, I received notice of my ballot's approval and acceptance. I voted straight blue and even filled out my ballot in blue ink.
Quiet_Dem_Mom
(601 posts)justhanginon
(3,370 posts)Richluu
(135 posts)On the first day of voting. Four times the usual crowd. 20 minutes wait.
1 vote in New York by my daughter on the first day. 4 hours wait!
All for Biden/Harris, and the other Dems!!!
imaginary girl
(990 posts)We voted two weeks ago. Waited in line 2 1/2 hours. Lines were solid the whole time, and police turned away vehicles whenever the parking lot was full.
amuse bouche
(3,672 posts)
Historic NY
(39,351 posts)
KatyaR
(3,616 posts)Was so happy to have it submitted!
0nirevets
(428 posts)Filled in all squares for every Democrat, beginning with Biden/Harris. Left empty votes where there was only a Repub on the ballot, because I will never, ever, ever as long as I live vote for any Republican for anything.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)We are residents of the state of Washington. Our vote does matter because we have a Republican US Representative... who is nothing more than a GOP rubber stamp and enabler.
We Live in Central Mexico and I had to have my sister send our ballots down to us. She didn't get them delivered to her house until the 16th... and she sent them down via UPS Laredo Texas. Hopefully they have arrived here in our town and I'm going to go check and see if they have. If so we will fill them out right away and send them back. Hopefully they will get back to Washington State elections before it is too late.
Why they had to wait so late to send them out to residents in Washington state is beyond me😕.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Picked up our ballots a few hours ago, filled them out in 30 minutes, and sent them to be mailed up in Laredo in the next couple days. God, I'm relieved. I know, being a resident of Washington state, nearly every Democrat is secure; but we just so happen to have jamie herrera-beutler, a republiKKKan rubber stamp stooge, as our US Representative. We HAVE TO get rid of her. She is worthless, and has been for the past 12 years. That vote mattered!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)We had requested mail-in ballots but then got lazy and and then decided to go to the early voting location near our house. About 10 people in line ahead of us but it went pretty quickly. They asked about our mail-in ballots and we told them we changed our mind and wanted to vote in person and they said just be sure to destroy the mail-in ballots when we got home.
Easy as pie! Which is a saying I don't understand - is it easy as making pie? or eating it? I can eat pie like a champ but making it is another kettle of cats.
Funny story while were in line: The mail-in ballot drop-off box was up by the entrance with a poll-worker monitoring it. A guy comes up and asks to speak to the poll worker and they huddle up. Then the poll worker calls for a Library worker (we were at a public library). Finally they stopped being quiet and we could hear them plainly - the man, wanting to give his young son a taste of civic duty, had sent his son up to drop their mail-in ballots in the collection box. But apparently he got a little confused and dropped them into the library book return box. So they needed the Library staff to come open it and get the ballots out. Everything worked out and the ballots got put in the right box. And they put a sign up on the book drop lol.
It wasn't a completely unreasonable mistake - there were a lot of boxes to drop stuff in and they don't look ALL that different but they were just far enough apart that poll-workers might not have seen the kid going to the wrong one..
Another nice thing was the county Democratic party had people there (at the prescribed distance) handing out voting guides which came in handy for those local city council races. They were busy and getting a lot of traffic while the lonely trump flag waver across the driveway from them sat bored. Good. Hope her ass hurts from all that sitting.
pandr32
(13,506 posts)We already sent in our filled ballots as soon as they arrived.
BumRushDaShow
(161,670 posts)and got an email from the state just after midnight on Oct. 16 that my ballot "had been received timely and recorded" on Oct. 15.
Ananda62
(316 posts)Sent in on 10/13. The NV S of S website marked it as “received.”
abakan
(1,996 posts)First day of early voting in California
PaulRevere08
(459 posts)tRump's defeat.
TimeToGo
(1,433 posts)
wcast
(595 posts)Got email confirmation they had been received.
DippyDem
(660 posts)mailed my ballot. I kept checking my ballot track and it was accepted four days later! I'm still not gping to sleep well till Biden wins.....
chowder66
(11,428 posts)
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)Monday last week, in-person voting in Nevada.
Greybnk48
(10,628 posts)We’ve checked on Myvote.com and our votes are registered.
Pathwalker
(6,603 posts)Anxiously awaiting election night.
MoonlightHillFarm
(77 posts)bobandrileysmom
(45 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Of course in Oklahoma it is pointless.
But maybe we can keep Kendra Horn in the 5th district Blue.
in2herbs
(3,993 posts)
keepthemhonestO
(628 posts)first early day in Georgia 2 hour wait! I didn't care how long the wait was, I was going to wait and vote that imbecile out!
bsiebs
(884 posts)
Ponietz
(4,090 posts)JTOL
(50 posts)
CaptainTruth
(7,921 posts)
Blappy
(157 posts)Ready to make Iowa sane (blue) again, voted on Oct 15th
Dem2
(8,178 posts)My vote was accepted a while back.
TygrBright
(21,226 posts)
MasonDreams
(777 posts)onethatcares
(16,921 posts)and my wife did too
yonder
(10,166 posts)timber84
(2,879 posts)Vadem
(2,599 posts) 
IronLionZion
(50,082 posts)DCers can check here: https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Absentee-Voting/Track-Absentee-Ballot
Because there have been idiots in some states setting fire to ballot boxes or doing other things to destroy ballots. Always check they received and accepted your ballot.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)and, with a silent prayer, dropped my ballot in the Outgoing Mail slot.
OneBlueSky
(18,536 posts)maryellen99
(3,798 posts)I filled it out and mailed it back on October 6th and was received October 8th.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)Kali
(56,493 posts)dropped it off in person on the 16th, it was verified received on Saturday.
7 ballots from "this" family + one from a son's friend going BLUE, hope that spreads outward
Behind the Aegis
(55,665 posts)Fat lot of good it will do in ruby red OK, but my husband and I did NOT miss the opportunity to vote for our next two presidents!
BadgerMom
(3,341 posts)That night it showed up as accepted. My husband, registered in California, dropped his ballot in the mail in New Mexico on 10/16. It was received by Ventura County and accepted on 10/19! We were so pleased with the return because it had taken almost two weeks to get the ballot!
So, two votes for Joe and Kamala here! And I mailed my postcards to Texas this morning! Woot!
rustysgurl
(1,080 posts)
Solly Mack
(95,846 posts)Did it. In person early voting.
amb123
(1,599 posts)I voted straight Democratic of course.
Butterflylady
(4,578 posts)Mailed in.
DeeDeeMacGregor
(230 posts)We voted by mail two weeks ago in NH. Ballots tracked and ready to be counted.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)
fantase56
(482 posts)so lucky to live in a blue state
Roc2020
(1,724 posts)
colorado_ufo
(6,157 posts)Colorado rocks the vote! So easy to do here.
appleannie1
(5,360 posts)Cartaphelius
(868 posts)
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Dropped my ballot off at the court house, then tracked it to make sure it was registered as received.
Sogo
(6,696 posts)Looking for a blue tsunami nation-wide on Nov. 3!!
kag
(4,186 posts)voted and got messages that our sigs match and votes will be counted.
Also, I'm working as an election judge this year. Never done it before.
SpankMe
(3,613 posts)
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,428 posts) 
trackfan
(3,650 posts)Mailed it a couple weeks ago, and it has been received.
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)Straight Blue ticket in Michigan.
woodsprite
(12,502 posts)
ewagner
(18,967 posts)
A_Steel_Magnolia
(96 posts)...on Sep 18th and it was verified as of Sep 28th. Have never voted so early and with so little work (yes, I carefully read the instructions). Thanks for asking.
dv421
(188 posts)Got our mail ballots last Saturday in September and they were in the drop box the next Monday and accepted.
Gothmog
(171,254 posts)2 votes in CD 22
1 vote in CD 7 and
2 votes for Wendy Davis
RexLipton
(103 posts)That's four votes for Biden!
overleft
(394 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Codifer
(1,104 posts)In California with wife and daughter. Ballots have been accepted.
Good feeling but still nervous. So much is at stake. I worry about the states where the boogar bois or proud shits or what ever the brown shirts are called these days are bound to show up.
And yeah, I still have ptsd over 8 November 2016. That feeling of horror and apprehension when DU was hacked. This election MUST be better.
It just must.
nahant
(93 posts)We always sit down together and work on our ballots. We voted BLUE top to bottom. My wife then brought the sealed ballots to the voting center and dropped them in the drop off box last Monday and by Wednesday received email confirmations of them being accepted and counted!
LuvNewcastle
(17,489 posts)I had trouble reaching the circuit clerk's office in my county so I could get them to mail me a ballot. Called the state Democratic Party and they gave me a good number to call. I told them I was in the hospital with an amputated leg, so they didn't give me any bullshit about sending an absentee ballot. It was sent off last week, so they should have it, since it only had to travel across town. Voted for Biden and Harris and Mike Espy for Senator. I have no illusions that Biden will win Mississippi, but I do think Espy might be able to pull off a win. Had to vote for the medical marijuana law, too.
cate94
(3,018 posts) murielm99
(32,412 posts)My daughter, an ex-pat, votes from this address. Her ballot has been received. My son and daughter and son-in-law, in Northern Illinois and California, have voted early.
That makes six straight Democratic ticket votes.
judesedit
(4,577 posts)Tacan
(97 posts)We live in Washington State and it's so easy to vote. I can't believe people have to put up with those long lines, and in a pandemic to boot. They need to change their state elected officials. BLUE TIDAL WAVE!!!!!!!!!!!
coeur_de_lion
(3,914 posts)Took our mail-in ballots to an early voting site in my nearly 100% red district in Florida.
Checked online and they have received but not counted our votes. Frustrating.
mnhtnbb
(32,921 posts)two weeks ago. My on-line voter registration indicates it was received and accepted.
Auggy74
(61 posts)Checking in!
Vogon_Glory
(10,091 posts)In-person early voting started in Texas the day after Columbus Day and I decided to take my chances and voted early.
It was still hot in Central Texas, but after 45-50 minutes outdoors and seven minutes indoors I was able to cast my ballot.
SnowCritter
(914 posts)a couple of weeks ago.
Piece of cake! I'll do this every time from now on, if I can. It's so much easier.
Locutusofborg
(573 posts)My tradition: fill out my ballot at the dining room table with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine; seal it, sign it and drive it over to the Registrar of Voters and hand it to the nice poll attendants at the drive through station. Back home in 20 minutes.
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)Filled out out mail-in ballots and hand delivered them to the Registrar of Voters office.
Red Pest
(288 posts)I voted on 10/15, the second day of early voting (ever) in Rhode Island. My wife voted the next day. We both voted at our town hall - semi-outdoors. Very safe and quick. We both saw a steady stream of voters coming, but only very short waits to vote - 5-10 min.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)WestCoastDem42
(68 posts)My wife and I mailed in our votes for Biden/Harris weeks ago and have gotten our ballot status back indicating they are awaiting the count! We are looking to survive until Jan 20 and for a better 2021!
OBrien
(366 posts)LEW
(1,072 posts)A week ago, went to the County Clerk's office..Amazing, there was a line!!! Yeah😊
Mad_Dem_X
(10,048 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,439 posts)d_b
(7,463 posts)
angel823
(431 posts)Voted in Houston. Quick, easy, no worries!
jb5150
(1,355 posts)in Flagler county, Florida ..... Biden/Harris 2020
RANDYWILDMAN
(3,098 posts)Still remember how devastating it was to have DU go down on election day 2016. I knew the fix was in. What a cluster it has been ever since
marlakay
(12,795 posts)Both hubby and I. I just found out both my grandkids in early 20's voted in Cali. 🤗
And my 15 yr old grandson made mom in Texas go get a Biden sign a few days ago and put in yard. I just found out he watches John Oliver and is very interested in politics.
trocar
(245 posts)
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)Stood in line for an hour and a half. Glad it was a nice fall day.
Everyone was wearing a mask and social distancing.
pitchforksandtorches
(338 posts)n/t
Stardust
(3,894 posts)sagetea
(1,525 posts)Wednesday in rural Nevada.
sage
SilasSouleII
(486 posts)TEXAS!!
PuppyBismark
(607 posts) 
Goddessartist
(2,171 posts)My daughter, partner, and I all filled out our ballots together here on Vashon Island, WA and dropped them at the ballot box at the library on Monday the 19th. My daughter Tessa looked to ensure our votes were counted and they were!
We're also not ordering anything by mail before the election.
Grateful
diane in sf
(4,194 posts)Danmel
(5,618 posts)I was in line just shy of 2 hours.
My son is there now, they told him 3 hours
Crowd was patient and friendly so they are more likely than not Biden supporters.
MySideOfTown
(225 posts)Check Election Office and they received it Oct 7. Waiting to be counted.
Totally Tunsie
(11,344 posts)All that's left is the waiting, and gathering my E-Day snacks, drinks, and whatever to get me through that fateful day.
The world is watching. Vote Blue!
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)And ballot was verified as received and counted by the registrar's office.
Thank you California, for making it so easy to vote!
lark
(25,552 posts)I went during the 2pm lull, earlier it was much busier, but the line moved quickly.
11 Bravo
(24,212 posts)And while Virginia is no longer a swing state (fuck off, Repubs), any vote against Orange Droolius is a good vote.
EdFromOhio
(1 post)At county courthouse, rural county, no wait.
mommymarine2003
(337 posts)I dropped off our ballots yesterday to our local ballot drop box in Gresham.
silverweb
(16,410 posts)Put it in a dropbox and it was accepted two days later. 
freedomrock1970
(31 posts)Had to slap my youngest, said he wanted to vote Kanye, Really?
Nah, he was screwing with me.
Wonder where he gets it?
MuseRider
(34,990 posts)dropped ours into the roving voting box a few days ago. It felt so good. There are many good things about Biden, one of them is Kamala Harris. He was not my first choice but putting that mark next to his and Kamala's names felt so good and I am so very happy.
ChazInAz
(2,963 posts)
Luciferous
(6,508 posts)
ChazII
(6,448 posts)
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,323 posts)Voted BLUE down ballot as well.
Tracyjo
(752 posts)Dropped off my ballot and the ballot tracker said it was received the same day.
dreamland
(1,121 posts)Nj is only by paper ballots this year and to be dropped off at official locations which they sent a separate mailer about this.
ashling
(25,771 posts)along with my wife
grobertj
(240 posts)May God Bless America and make Joe Biden our President!!
lonely bird
(2,576 posts)In a deep red county in NE Ohio. Got my Biden sign a few weeks ago.
FlaGatorJD
(364 posts)Already counted! Encourage everyone not to take their foot off the gas and push hard, as if we're down by 10 points. Please do not let any friends or family become complacent now or think it's over.
Native
(7,264 posts)Lonestarblue
(12,980 posts)Here’s hoping Biden and MJ Hegar win here in Texas.
BComplex
(9,623 posts)on the ballot. Judges included!
RocRizzo55
(980 posts)I got my ballot emailed to me on 19 September and mailed it out the next day. Since then I have received confirmation that it legitimate and has been counted
WinstonSmith4740
(3,393 posts)And brought my best friend. She's pretty non-political, but knows this hell isn't normal. I'm in Las Vegas, and I've never seen anything like this. The line was at least an hour long but we were pulled out and got to go to the front because of, well...age. Personally I thought we were rocking the jeans, but oh well. Looked like 35-40 voting machines, everything went real smoothly...turn in your mail in ballot, show ID, sign the form and get your card for the voting machine. No glitches that I observed.
But then again, Nevada's legislature is 53% women. Bitches get things done. 
arkielib
(420 posts)I voted a week ago, the first day of early voting in Arkansas.
duhneece
(4,414 posts)Feels weird and good to vote for myself. Even though my not-yet husband worked hours on my campaign last time, he couldn’t vote for me. This time he could!
First time in over 20 years we’ve had a full ticket and THAT really feels good to have a choice.
japple
(10,459 posts)and it has been marked "received" and "accepted."
relayerbob
(7,285 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts) RealityBasedNewYorkr
(149 posts)Just to be sure
SCRUBDASHRUB
(7,258 posts)Levaughn
(20 posts)I early voted today in NYC. I tried to early vote on Saturday & Sunday but the line both days were around the whole square block and a second line was forming across the street. Today the line was half that of Saturday & Sunday. It took about an hour and a half to vote.
byronius
(7,843 posts)MontanaMama
(24,553 posts)Dropped my ballot off in person at the Elections Office and watched the attendant drop it in the slot. Just checked by ballot status on the SOS website and it is listed as "accepted".
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Red State Prisoner
(144 posts)Voted all blue here in good ole Tejas!
Habibi
(3,603 posts)Long line early, took a little over an hour to cast my ballot. There were so many people smiling!
plimsoll
(1,690 posts)
BlueTexasMan
(179 posts)First day, 11am, little village, line around 40 yds long, about one dozen machines, paper printout fed into final machine at the exit door.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)The line was long (for this part of the world), but it feels good to get it done.
-Laelth
Happyhippychick
(8,422 posts)paleotn
(21,031 posts)I've voted in every election since 1982. Even the off year, local stuff few people pay attention to.
northoftheborder
(7,631 posts)
CapnSteve
(369 posts)
catchnrelease
(2,103 posts)Put in drop box on 10/9, got notice on 10/13---
This is a message from Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the 2020 General Election was received and will be counted. Thank you for voting!
orleans
(36,479 posts)a regular mail box at the beginning of october
about a week later the county website verified that they had gotten my ballot
illinois will begin counting those mail ins when the polls close at 7pm next tuesday
jmowreader
(52,703 posts)
Harker
(16,975 posts)I enjoyed a beautiful 30 min. drive to our county's Board of Elections office, and cheerfully placed them in the appropriate vessel.
It felt great. We've relocated to true blue NY.
H2O Man
(78,077 posts)Recommended.
mopinko
(73,063 posts)wore my starry plough mask.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Plough_(flag)
Ragrum
(90 posts)66 year old couple. Got it done and have contributed more money by a factor 5 times what I have given any other election.
MissMillie
(39,462 posts).
Turin_C3PO
(16,374 posts)We’re almost there, folks. Eight more long days.
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)Fla Dem
(27,183 posts)Rethugs have a 3-1 advantage in my county, but every vote counts.
Susan Calvin
(2,367 posts)
samplegirl
(13,460 posts)Ohio!!!
Hstch05
(227 posts)Voted in person at my local library on Thursday. My wife voted on Saturday morning. Straight Dem for us both.
pazzyanne
(6,730 posts)Checked on line to make sure my ballot was received and cleared for counting. It was, and I am good to go!
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Mailed in and according to the tracking status both were accepted and counted.
TalenaGor
(1,199 posts)Lulu KC
(8,311 posts)Hubby voted in person, early. I dropped my ballot at election office. Felt GOOD!
Tommymac
(7,334 posts)That means votes.
Mailed, received and recorded per the official PA website.
Sanity Claws
(22,266 posts)I got an absentee ballot and instead of mailing it, I dropped it off at an early voting site.
This is the third day of early voting in NY and each day we had lines. People are all fired up and want to rid of the Orange Menace and his henchmen.
CTriverYankee
(47 posts)Dropped my ballot off last week at the town hall....
Number9Dream
(1,844 posts)Received an e-mail that ballots were received. Two straight Democratic ballots.
demigoddess
(6,675 posts)
Sedona
(3,840 posts)Me and Mr Sedona here in Georgia and my three adult daughters voting straight blue ballots in Arizona
bluestarone
(20,483 posts)ACCEPTED!!! YAY!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,273 posts)We Googled Track Ballot California and ended up here
https://california.ballottrax.net
It's been about a week, and here's what we found online:
2020 General
Ballot Accepted
10/15/2020
Your ballot has been accepted! Your ballot was received by your county elections office and will be counted.
Simple.
SunSeeker
(56,921 posts) 
OhioChick
(23,218 posts)
LAS14
(15,351 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214258305
Hubby and I voted by mail a couple of weeks ago. It's Massachusetts, so I'm not anticipating shenanigans anywhere re mail in ballots.
Cadfael
(1,352 posts)In person early, paper ballot. Feels good!
FuzzyRabbit
(2,195 posts)the day after I received my mail in ballot. There was already a line of cars waiting to deposit ballots at the drop box.
andym
(6,041 posts)ballot was received according to status online.
Carmiel
(12 posts)
OregonBlue
(8,137 posts)drmeow
(5,792 posts)at my regular polling location which they opened for early voting.
sinkingfeeling
(56,550 posts)blugbox
(955 posts)And just got a text minutes ago saying it was received and will be counted! Feels good!
FYI, ballots turned in to an official ballot drop box are collected every 24 hours from 10 days before election until election day, and they do not go through the mail system. An official from the elections office is responsible for collection and verification.
misanthrope
(9,228 posts)Glad to have done so.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,302 posts)😷
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Woot
Midnight Writer
(24,864 posts)
BHDem53
(1,112 posts)I voted for Biden/Harris and every other Democrat on the ballot, at the Lawrence County auditors office in Deadwood, South Dakota.
salin
(48,958 posts)early voting has been open for 3 weeks, and learned they have seen more than 1,000 a day.
In Indiana (the blue dot of Bloomington - so not representative of the rest of the state.)
TxDemChem
(1,922 posts)It was a nice turnout on day 2 of early voting. Day one was packed!
Silver Gaia
(5,159 posts)Dropped them off Friday. Received word yesterday that all 3 have been received and will be counted (guess that means they passed muster).
Nay
(12,051 posts)kskiska
(27,162 posts)Waited 2 hours in line in South Carolina.
GoneOffShore
(17,922 posts)
babylonsister
(172,405 posts)
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)
MFM008
(20,041 posts)3 ballots to the drop box a mile away.
Dustlawyer
(10,532 posts)I understand one Republican aunt and uncle who voted for Trump in 2016 have early voted for Biden/Harris as well!!!
ElementaryPenguin
(7,902 posts)And tracked it to see it was registered
BobsYourUncle
(183 posts)Both of them were for Joe and Kamala. They’re both accepted!
tibbir
(1,170 posts)at the 1 ballot drop-off location for all 4.5 million Harris County residents. Fuck Gov. Greg Abbott!
tibbir
(1,170 posts)at the 1 ballot drop-off location for all 4.5 million Harris County residents. Fuck Gov. Greg Abbott!
tibbir
(1,170 posts)at the 1 ballot drop-off location for all 4.5 million Harris County residents. Fuck Gov. Greg Abbott!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)
Maru Kitteh
(30,817 posts) rickyhall
(5,484 posts)AllyCat
(18,273 posts)Mr AC and I have notifications for ballots received September 26.
mcar
(45,405 posts)Delivered to SoE, already counted.
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)Arizona about 2 weeks ago. Also voting for Biden in Arizona in the past couple of weeks were my younger brother, my older brother, his wife, and their two children. My sister voted for Biden in Virginia.
forthemiddle
(1,455 posts)Indiana. About 45 minutes in line middle of a Monday afternoon.
bermudat
(1,329 posts)We rode our bikes to polling place and 15 minutes later we were riding back home. Easy peasy
Progressive dog
(7,543 posts)Of course in NY, where we've lived with covid Donny for years, he doesn't stand a chance. Importantly, I voted for the Democratic challenger for state senate, the Democratic incumbent for assembly, and the Democratic incumbent for Representative.
femmedem
(8,528 posts)So much less stressful than voting in person during the pandemic. Now expanded absentee voting is an issue with our state candidates: up until now, absentee has only been available for people who are ill or will be out of town all hours the polls are open.
KT2000
(21,760 posts)Drop box with cameras attached. We don't mess around.
marmar
(78,929 posts)helpisontheway
(5,344 posts)
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)I checked O/L & they've been processed already. BOTH FOR ALL DEMS!
Golden Raisin
(4,741 posts)L-o-n-g line (in the rain and cold) which snaked and zig-zagged back and forth over multiple blocks but good spirits in the crowd (young and old). Took a bit over 2 hours.
AllaN01Bear
(27,620 posts)
Rebl2
(17,089 posts)Missouri and voted absentee a couple of weeks ago because of health issues. Normally they don’t allow it unless you will be out of town. Because of health issues I didn’t have to have my ballot notarized either. Unfortunately once we mail it we can’t track it in MO.
Gore1FL
(22,630 posts)Rebl2
(17,089 posts)depend on county you live in. I was even told there was no way for me to track it by the county election board. They could tell me when they mailed out my ballot when I called them.
Gore1FL
(22,630 posts)myballottracking.com is what the QR sent me to.
Rebl2
(17,089 posts)side of the state-Jackson county. I don’t even know what QR is. Can you tell me?
a QR code allows you to take a picture with your phone and it translates into text, typically a website.
It looks something like this:
If you scan this with your phone camera it should open to Wikipedia.
I had one included with my ballot specific to me and my ballot.
Rebl2
(17,089 posts)to late for me because I sent mine in two weeks ago. Now I will know next time if we are ever allowed to do absentee voting again. It was only for this election, although you can vote absentee if you will be out of town on Election Day.
Gore1FL
(22,630 posts)The hardest part for me was arranging a time with a notary. It's nice to know I won't have to wait in a long line on 11-3!
Rebl2
(17,089 posts)in a long line would not work for me. I have rheumatoid arthritis and my knees and feet can’t tolerate it. I also take medications that suppress my immune system, and it would not be good for me even if I have a mask on.
Kaleva
(40,013 posts)hobgoblin
(31 posts)Voted in Wisconsin for Kamala and Joe!
Sierra89
(127 posts)Along with my mother, who wore her RBG t-shirt.
Olafjoy
(937 posts)Canvassing for GOTV
IndianaDave
(652 posts)Took a neighbor with me. He also voted a straight Democratic ticket. We know Democrats are outnumbered by Republicans in this state, but we still have hope!
Shadowsmith
(26 posts)I voted by mail and my ballot was received. Now I'm waiting.
Since I'm in Alaska, I doubt my vote will matter much. But I did what I can.
Generic Brad
(14,374 posts)Never give up. Never surrender.
DangerousRhythm
(2,916 posts)Super easy and convenient, they check your ID and you use the same tablets they use indoors when you vote. HIGHLY recommended!
Blasphemer
(3,466 posts)GregD
(2,268 posts)Wife works at a local hospital in Yreka, our county seat. She dropped off our ballots last Friday. BallotTrax confirmed receipt.
Trueblue Texan
(3,866 posts)Farmergene
(76 posts)To the drop box beside the early voting place, with the detour/road under construction. They could have made it harder to find, just put the polling place by Grandma's house' what with all this pandemic and social distancing and all, nobody goes to Grandma's house any more
No Vested Interest
(5,268 posts)daughter's ballot Sunday evening.
No pain, no strain, and I'm so very glad that important obligation is accomplished.
titanicdave
(430 posts)........I got my ballot in the mail on Saturday, 10-17-20....(here in Washington State, we have voting by mail only)........filled out my ballot on Sunday, 10-18-20.......dropped it in a certified ballot drop box.......checked online to see if had been received & accepted on 10-22-20....it had been received and accepted on Monday, 10-19-20......and voted straight....BLUE !!!!
Beartracks
(14,157 posts)... I never know what to vote on those judge retention items. So I no-voted the ones that had been appointed by Republican governors. What else could I do??
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NightWatcher
(39,369 posts)
efilon
(168 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(129,732 posts)Washington's an all mail-in vote state.
lpbk2713
(43,234 posts)It was optional to include email address and/or smart phone nbr for texting.
I did both. I should be getting a confirmation soon.
SallyHemmings
(1,944 posts)
We were in and out in 20 minutes.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)My wife and I voted the third week of September for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Voted for Democrats up and down the ballot - as usual.
Now, everyone else needs to vote. GOTV. I am helping in every way I know, including here.
bullwinkle428
(20,659 posts)
klook
(13,417 posts)
yuiyoshida
(44,596 posts) 
EveDibb
(34 posts)My daughter and I voted in person yesterday in Ohio. We are both Covid survivors. We contracted it in March when the orange idiot said it was contained and didn’t exist. Because I have fibromyalgia Covid left its mark. But because I was able to finally fight that virus off I knew I was going to march in to the board of elections and vote in person.
It felt really good to vote it was like asshole you tried to take me out you’re gonna wish you had succeeded.
The fight continues.
Dr. Skull
(26 posts)Despite my condition and against medical advice, I voted in person at Creekmore Park in Fort Smith, AR along with my wife and son. We all voted for Biden/Harris. FYI: I caught a bad infection in my foot and had my small toe amputated. Still, limping, I exercised my franchise. No trouble, by the way, very communal and civilized here.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)as far as COVID precautions and was even given a pre-wrapped pen. Once I left the booth, a woman was right behind me ready to wipe it down. I was impressed.
theglammistress
(355 posts)I early voted the very first day in-person was an option in Ohio.
Feels like a lifetime ago now. My husband went with me.
I helped my parents do their mail in ballots a couple days later.
So far, every one of my friends - save 1 - has already voted. And the holdout is a 100% solid blue voter, too.
DTomlinson
(411 posts)Mersky
(5,340 posts)And all peeps in my inner circles have voted as of last Thursday. All Biden and all Democratic votes up and down the ballots.
proud patriot
(102,292 posts)I got to vote for Tulsi's Replacement ..
I'm thinking DU will really like Kai
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)
area51
(12,481 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(13,668 posts)Put it in the drop box on the 28th.
SalmonChantedEvening
(32,037 posts)
birdographer
(2,937 posts)Already done here in NC. Handed it personally to the election official at the courthouse. Blue all the way.
handmade34
(23,682 posts) 
burrowowl
(18,437 posts)NorthOf270
(290 posts)As well as my son. My daughter will not be 18 until December.
BraKez2
(279 posts)My wife and I voted last week (Virginia).
ExtraGriz
(488 posts)Pingree [D] and Golden [D] are mostly certain to retain their seats.
Senator King is not up for re-election.
Gideon has an excellent shot against Collins. If Gideon wins, Maine will go true blue...we already own the state house, senate, and the governor.
Maine Early Voting Statistics: https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/ME.html
Please send us good thoughts.
jimlup
(8,008 posts)Proudly a straight Democartic ticket
NNadir
(36,739 posts)
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Voted from the car today. In line about an hour and a half. I estimate 25 cars ahead of me. Took about an hour and 15 minutes to do the 25 cars. I got there about 15 minutes before they opened.
deminks
(11,446 posts)Kansas.
Marie Marie
(10,624 posts)mac2766
(658 posts)bdamomma
(69,067 posts)absentee ballot about month ago and my grown children.
mahannah
(893 posts)LudwigPastorius
(13,597 posts)I waited in line for 45 minutes, outside, while it was drizzling cold, and I'd do it every day from now until January 20th if it meant burying the GOP for the next few years.
Sancho
(9,166 posts)
blogslut
(39,027 posts)And it was great!
chwaliszewski
(1,528 posts) ThingsGottaChange
(1,200 posts)Mailed a couple weeks ago and is at the Clerks office!
edit: typo
joshdawg
(2,880 posts)
dflprincess
(29,046 posts)in person at my City Hall. The Secretary of States' office confirmed my ballot was received and "will be counted".
Rizen
(962 posts)early. I sure did.
GReedDiamond
(5,485 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,568 posts)
AnnieBW
(12,318 posts)Put them in the local dropbox!
csziggy
(34,189 posts)Martin Eden
(14,972 posts)Wish I could have voted often.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(610 posts)dragonlady
(3,577 posts)
BluesRunTheGame
(1,883 posts)
radical noodle
(10,408 posts)blue in Florida last week.
SimplyHadEnough
(83 posts)Illinois here! Husband, Son and I VOTED 🤗
Lisa0825
(14,491 posts)No way I was gonna risk getting hit by a meteor or lightning bolt by waiting until day 2!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)
Lefta Dissenter
(6,691 posts)It was recorded as “accepted” on September 27th.
Thanks to everyone who is standing in lines, driving long distances, doing whatever it takes to get your votes counted. 
mzmolly
(52,481 posts)I could physically drop off my ballot. Followed up on the ballot and it has been received and 'will be counted' per my SOS.
DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)
Backseat Driver
(4,671 posts)
Redleg
(6,657 posts)Decided it would give us more piece of mind to drop them at the ballot drop off than to mail them in.
That's two more votes for Biden-Harris down here in Kentucky!
Stinky The Clown
(68,822 posts)
WyLoochka
(1,656 posts)For Biden Harris. Various early voting using official drop boxes, some mailed, a couple on site.
Sadly, we have one outpost el trumpo couple in what looks to be blue Nevada. Don't know if they have voted.
sarchasm
(1,274 posts)Early voted, last Friday in person.
Pisces
(6,102 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(3,018 posts)I did the deed, voted for every Democrat on the ballot!
MyMission
(2,008 posts)Early voting had started on Thursday, 10/15. Decided to wait a few days to let the initial rush happen, so voted on Monday October 19, late afternoon. No lines when I went, it was very quick. I saw that my ballot was accepted, after I submitted it to be scanned.
It's amazing, the amount of early ballots being cast.
I_UndergroundPanther
(13,284 posts)Awhile back by mail,but put my ballot in the ballot box.It was received
Don't know if it got counted yet.
LisaL
(47,327 posts)NT
notinkansas
(1,281 posts)madeup64
(258 posts)Dropped my ballot at the drop box downtown and accepted on 10/21. Nothing but Dems of course.
I ensured a friend who never voted before signed up for the PEVL and has verified her ballot has been accepted.
Working on ensuring my sister votes before election day.
Had a former coworker message me tonight about who I was voting for and why. Hopefully I got her to vote for Biden as she stated she would not vote for either candidate.
You know I've lurked on this site since about 2007 and I don't think I've ever seen this many comments on one thread.
FreeState
(10,701 posts)Hekate
(99,800 posts)Done and dusted
dustyscamp
(2,547 posts)I've given up on my Pro Trumper friends/family members, but there is a few stubborn ones that may change their minds that I will try to convince.
SergeStorms
(19,802 posts)My ballot was received, approved and processed. This will be the first time since I started voting that I won't be going to the polls on election day.
mahina
(20,094 posts)RandySF
(78,225 posts)
UCmeNdc
(9,654 posts)
cayugafalls
(5,935 posts)quakerboy
(14,577 posts)There were only two people on my whole ballot that i was excited to vote for.
But there was one whom I was more excited to vote against than anyone ive ever been excited to vote for, including all primaries.
a la izquierda
(12,150 posts)I don't know if I'm going to sleep well between now and the election.
DFW
(59,143 posts)Sent it in from Düsseldorf.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(10,471 posts)Which was maddeningly tended by two women not wearing masks and whom it was impossible to stay more than two feet from & still deposit the ballots.
Nothin but Dems selected on our ballots!
Receipt email received 4 days later. In PA, so they won't be counted until Election Day.
MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,678 posts)I want to physically push that button and get the full experience. PA is going to be overwhelmed with mail ins and I don’t want to add to the burden. I feel like I have to do it this way, it will be cathartic.
diverdownjt
(735 posts)
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)Four votes from us for Biden/Harris
Kahuna
(27,365 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,741 posts)All for Democrats in this family. No problems noted here but we do worry about our poll worker's health.
Son said they ID'd him by a digital swipe of his driver's license.
KY.......
usedtobedemgurl
(1,859 posts)I live in a small, conservative town. The majority of folks in line wore a mask.
GeorgeGist
(25,570 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)According to the tracking site the post office still has it.
babydollhead
(2,266 posts)progree
(12,428 posts)I applied for my primary and general election ballots online at the Minnesota Secretary of State's website long ago. (NOT FROM THE FUCKHEADS AT THE CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION - THEY KEEP MAILING SHIT TO ME THOUGH I LONG AGO TWICE FOLLOWED THE UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THEIR LETTERS. THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY ARE FUCKHEADS AND LITERAL ASSWIPES -- MY VIEW OF EVERYONE THAT PUTS ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UNSUBSCRIBING AND THEN IGNORING IT, I'M STILL GETTING SHIT FROM THEM NEARLY A MONTH AFTER MY TWO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT I HATE THEM, THEN WELL, LIFE SUCKS AND THEN YOU DIE. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/26/pro-publica-nonprofit-sending-confusing-ballot-applications ).
Mailed in my primary ballot through U.S.P.S. (wasn't worried about ballot-delay shenanigans for the primary election)
For the general election, I sat on the ballot for weeks. Was hoping Golden Valley, MN would set up a drop box, but never did. I didn't want to mail it ...
so, though mad as hell that I'd have to go in-person and interact with people to apply for a new ballot and then vote it (though I had done that at home long ago), I went to my early voting location at Golden Valley City Hall to at least check it out.
I brought my ballot that I had gotten in the mail, duly filled out and voted, enclosed in the privacy envelope which was enclosed in the signature envelope (filled out of course), which was enclosed in the mailing envelope -- so that it was ready to drop in the mail if I chose to do so except for sealing the envelopes.
Wednesday around 1230p Oct 21 at Golden Valley City Hall -- not another soul there, besides the friendly lady at the desk in the voting area (masked, and with plexiglass from countertop to ceiling). Decided I wasn't going to get Covid there.
No problem with using my ballot that I had gotten in the mail. She gave me back the mailing envelope as she doesn't need. She sealed the signature envelope with a sponge-tipped liquid applier stick. (No problem that the ballot privacy envelope wasn't sealed, she said - she never looked at the ballot, BTW).
About 3 or 4 days later it was shown as "accepted and will be counted" or some such words at the MN SOS website (I have to key in some identifying information).
hack89
(39,181 posts)Bluepinky
(2,493 posts)We brought our ballots directly to the town office.
BasicallyComplicated
(61 posts)raging moderate
(4,595 posts) USA USA USA USA Bengus81
(9,511 posts)Two more votes to defeat Hitler..............
swift93
(10 posts)We turned in our ballots directly to the Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County early this month. They had a drive thru making it very convenient.
countryken
(117 posts)#52 on the first day of early voting in Duval. I dropped off my wife's mail-in ballot, then had mine voided and did it personally. I didn't want to take any chances with the signature. Later I verified online that both had been counted.
Demonaut
(9,661 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(15,433 posts)The old lady living next door, who also hates Trump, received her absentee ballot on the same day. Her ballot was also finally counted yesterday (per VoteOhio.gov) after I repeatedly reminded her to turn it in. She didn't trust USPS, but she kept procrastinating over taking it to the county dropbox miles away until my latest reminder on Saturday.
RVN VET71
(3,068 posts) Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)at the beginning of the month. Dropped it off in the city ballot drop box. Super easy. I don't have time for waiting in lines on Tuesdays. I have to work and now also help my kid with remote school at the same time. Add to that the covid-19 social distancing and how crazy repubs have been acting... like they might pull something bad somewhere on election day and I really don't want to be near a polling place on election day.
DownriverDem
(6,913 posts)in Michigan! My fear is trump yelling about counting election night votes and not mail in/drop off. He will go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting. This is what we voted for in 2018 and all our votes must be counted.
Ilsa
(63,439 posts)shotten99
(687 posts)Lithos
(26,586 posts)Voted the first week of Early Voting.
Scalded Nun
(1,531 posts)
ampm
(366 posts)voted
Ligyron
(7,981 posts)Didn’t waste any time.
Go Blue!!
democrank
(11,832 posts)VOTE to kick the fascist out of the White House.
GOPBasher
(7,403 posts)
Neema
(1,181 posts)that it was received and counted 2 days later. The line for early voting looked to be about 70-90 minutes long, but I walked right up to the drop box.
txwhitedove
(4,238 posts)MissLilyBart
(124 posts)Mr LilyBart and I dropped our ballots off at the county board of elections, the day after we got them in the mail. The state voter info portal shows them as being received, and we've also gotten postcard 'receipts' for the ballots.
MrScorpio
(73,760 posts)PatSeg
(51,115 posts)and ballot received.
Jersey Devil
(10,511 posts)Dropped off our ballots at the board of elections and verified they were accepted.
live love laugh
(15,977 posts) 
momto3
(662 posts)Old Okie
(220 posts)Our household dropped off 3 vote-by-mail ballots at county dropbox last Monday and then confirmed they had been received on-line.
greblach
(286 posts)Yep...
pacalo
(24,822 posts)I bought a pair of pink Chuck Taylors in honor of Kamala.
zed nada
(60 posts)Straight Democratic ballots last month.........carried the down to the voting precinct headquarters, and here in FL they're already counted....
58Sunliner
(6,145 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)And confirmed its receipt this morning.
This mail-in (or drop-off) voting really isn't that difficult.
ga_girl
(205 posts)Hasn't been registered as received.
ailsagirl
(24,284 posts)And verified my vote was received and will be counted. 
cp
(7,950 posts)September 25. Received by municipal clerk September 28.
deek
(3,416 posts).
sop
(16,440 posts)usaf-vet
(7,717 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)Two more Biden votes from the great state of California.
So, pretty much meaningless votes I suppose, but I’m proud to support him.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,905 posts)It was a 3-4 hour line but we did it! I don't know that it means much here in Indiana but hopefully his margin will be less than in 2016 (his poll numbers here are reading dramatically lower here than they were in 2016)
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)nt
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Stroudsburg, PA drop box. Forgot to ask for the "I VOTED" sticker... 
Got our email confirmation.
Other than FINDING the drop box, it was "nyet problemski".
Biden/Harris + 2, Trump/Putin - 0
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Our kitty cries discrimination because she couldn't vote to kick Trump to the curb.
budkin
(6,849 posts)4 votes for Biden/Harris!
MineralMan
(149,944 posts)My ballot was received, accepted, and has most likely already been counted, since Minnesota counties are tabulating absentee ballots ahead of Election day. Results will be released when the polls close.
prairierose
(2,147 posts)full week of early voting. My brother voted 3 weeks ago.
Nitram
(26,544 posts)ooky
(10,582 posts)
wildman76
(292 posts)
mgardener
(2,195 posts)In and out in 20 mins.
We had gotten mail in ballots because I may have back surgery and was not sure when. Those ballots were destroyed in front of us after we voted. No chance of them being "used".
I heard early voting is going well, first time we were able to in NY.
traladeda
(48 posts)and I checked on its status on the SOS site. Good to go. I will miss voting in-person (Election day is my Christmas. I look forward to it the way other people look forward to holidays.) But being able to mail in and check on my vote status is reassuring.
0rganism
(25,354 posts)the rest of the fam finished voting and dropped off their ballots on Thursday
fwiw, i'm glad Oregon is not a swing state
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I was happy to finally vote for Biden/Harris.
crickets
(26,158 posts)Finally, and it felt so good to get it done.
Signs on entering the building required masks, no electioneering or campaigning, no political clothing/hats allowed. There was a steady stream of people coming and going by ones and twos, but no waiting. Communal cup of pens (*bzzt*) for signing paperwork but plenty of hand sanitizer available. I wore gloves.
For all the care taken to move from the usual room to another larger room, the extra space was not effectively used. Half a dozen machines were available, but they were not spaced six feet apart or staggered into separate rows. The check-in table and machines were all crammed to the side of the room, leaving most of the normal furniture (large tables at the front for city council, rows of chairs for attendees) unmoved. People, what was the point? 🤦♀️
Voting was easy, my ballot registered everything as I wanted and printed fine, and it went into the box and showed I was voter number 6,654. Whee! More hand sanitizer and a sticker were offered on the way out. My gloves and I declined the sanitizer but kept the sticker. I came home and put on my new favorite t-shirt, woohoo!
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)
Niagara
(10,914 posts)
Ford_Prefect
(8,455 posts)We put them in the official box and collected our stickers from the ever so friendly staff.
I wish that everyone going to do the same has such an easy ride and a warm reception. Despite the reputation of Montana militia types there were no guns on display and none likely to be.
I know this will not be true for everyone else. I have seen the ugly we all fear on display when I lived in North Carolina. I have seen it here in Montana too.
I wanted to celebrate the idea that it does NOT have to be that way. I also wanted to say that the divisions and anger that push the Dangerous and the Ugly forward are not natural phenomenon nor are the the American Way.
My brother and I voted today to help move our world and yours closer to the truth.
logosoco
(3,210 posts)absentee, in person. Our county (a purple county in Missouri) set up a great satellite polling place at the health department, which happens to be pretty close to where we live.
I had planned on going to to polls on Tuesday (with a rollator i was going to borrow from a neighbor because I can't stand in lines very long) but when i saw this option I said let's go for it.
Took my selfie afterward in my mirror aviator sunglasses that Biden sometimes wears, even though it was cloudy.
Sure is great to have that vote in! I fear Missouri will go for trump, but I and my family are doing our part to get some votes in for Biden and Harris.
countingbluecars
(4,771 posts)in Loudoun County, Virginia.
MoonlitKnight
(1,585 posts)Florida
ARPad95
(1,672 posts)
TheFarseer
(9,686 posts)and the website says they've been counted. We voted for Biden. Who'd you guys vote for?
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)She had to wait a little over an hour in line
ellie
(6,974 posts)We voted a week ago here in Colorado and we dropped off our ballots in the local drop box. We received notice that our votes were received and counted.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Hubby and I voted for Joe ..took our ballots into city clerk office.day we got them...in Oct....
😎 Go,Joe & Harris....Michigan
rgbecker
(4,889 posts)
Ms. Toad
(37,874 posts)I took RGB with me. Several people appreciated it.
Only three fools without masks - fanastic, considering that a little over 2 hours of it was spent outside in line. Unfortunately, as we were going through the snake under the tent, I kept encountering them couple and the single person at the same time, so I couldn't slide away from one without slding closer to the other two. 5 times in the snake. Bummer.
A pollworker trying to be funny asked one person where they slept last night. He took them literally and gave the address where he slept last nignt - which was not where he lived. He almost didn't get to vote. Not cool (generally). But since my daughter has a homeless friend of hers living in her car . . . even more not funny. We've been strategizing about how to get ID since where he slept last night sn't his address and can't easlly be wrangled into obtaining an ID - since only family or a licensed agency can provide a person without housing with a non-residential address for their ID.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)A capital T!
Ms. Toad
(37,874 posts)I have a 15 hour shift of voter protection on election day, as an observer for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.
At least at the moment, fortunately, I'm assigned to be the inside observer.