Roll Call: Who is voting early? Who is waiting til Nov. 5 (and why?)

farce© said:
No. I voted absentee for many years (the business I was in had its conventions/trade shows in Las Vegas every year in late October/early November so for 30 years I was usually in Vegas for Halloween/Election Day) and I remember always stressing over how much postage was needed. Once drop boxes became a thing, I just used that to avoid dealing with the postage issue.
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That sucks. I voted by mail in 2020 and couldn’t remember if I needed a stamp. You’d think they would waive it for election mail, but I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that it’s harder than it needs to be.
 
Voted early today. Early voting only opened on Monday here. Polling place was very quiet, which is great news. My county is 50/50, one of maybe 7 or 8 in the whole state with a chance of going for Harris.

My congressional Dem candidate is going to get blown out but I have a chance of my state rep candidate winning. She lost by less than 300 votes last time. Other than that race and an amendment about casinos, not much worth writing home about.
 
I voted early this morning in Raleigh. The early voting spots in Cary still have huge wait times, but I had a doctor's appointment in Raleigh this morning and checked the wait times of the polling places near me after my appointment. Ended up driving just a few minutes out of my way and then I was in-and-out in 12 minutes. Feels good to have my vote banked.

I ended up going as follows in what I consider the key races:

Trump/Vance (POTUS and VP) - Republican
Josh Stein (Governor) - Democrat
Hal Weatherman (Lieutenant Governor) - Republican
Jeff Jackson (AG) - Democrat
Dave Boliek (Auditor) - Republican
Steve Troxler (Commissioner of Agriculture) - Republican
Mike Causey (Commissioner of Insurance) - Republican
Luke Farley (Commissioner of Labor) - Republican
Chad Brown (Secretary of State) - Republican
Mo Green (Superintendent of Public Instruction) - Democrat
Brad Briner (State Treasurer) - Republican
Allison Riggs (NC Supreme Court) - Democrat
Constitutional Amendment - "Yes" to must be 18 years old and a US citizen to vote
 
BubbaOtis said:
Rather than pay $1.77 to mail my wife's absentee ballot I decided to drop it off yesterday and vote early while I was there. I turned into Lake Lynn Community Center off of Ray Road and the traffic was backed up all the way out. I did a three point turn and left. Apparently 3:30 pm on a Tuesday isn't a good time to early vote. I may try again today.
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Wait, wait, wait!

North Carolina requires mail-in ballots to be stamped by the voter? Please tell me you are joking.
 
Calheel said:
Wait, wait, wait!

North Carolina requires mail-in ballots to be stamped by the voter? Please tell me you are joking.
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Can you expand on this a little? I’ve never voted absentee before but don’t fully understand what you mean.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
Can you expand on this a little? I’ve never voted absentee before but don’t fully understand what you mean.
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California has postage-paid return envelopes. I assumed every state did.

It never occurred to me that the government would make you pay a poll tax to return your envelope. You should just be able to drop your ballot in the mail and have the government pick up the tab.

Also, it just adds one more way for voters to screw up by putting the wrong amount of postage on the ballot.
 
I live in Alabama for, thank God, what will be the first and only general election (we move back to NC next summer). Alabama doesn't have early voting of any kind, because it's a third world country, so I printed off an application and mailed in my request an absentee ballot. I'm scheduled to be traveling on Election Day. I received my application *back* in the mail due to having "submitted it in the wrong-sized envelope." The envelope in which I submitted it was a run-of-the-mill standard, regular-sized business envelope, the same exact type as my wife had previously submitted her absentee ballot application a week earlier with no problems.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
I voted early this morning in Raleigh. The early voting spots in Cary still have huge wait times, but I had a doctor's appointment in Raleigh this morning and checked the wait times of the polling places near me after my appointment. Ended up driving just a few minutes out of my way and then I was in-and-out in 12 minutes. Feels good to have my vote banked.

I ended up going as follows in what I consider the key races:

Trump/Vance (POTUS and VP) - Republican
Josh Stein (Governor) - Democrat
Hal Weatherman (Lieutenant Governor) - Republican
Jeff Jackson (AG) - Democrat
Dave Boliek (Auditor) - Republican
Steve Troxler (Commissioner of Agriculture) - Republican
Mike Causey (Commissioner of Insurance) - Republican
Luke Farley (Commissioner of Labor) - Republican
Chad Brown (Secretary of State) - Republican
Mo Green (Superintendent of Public Instruction) - Democrat
Brad Briner (State Treasurer) - Republican
Allison Riggs (NC Supreme Court) - Democrat
Constitutional Amendment - "Yes" to must be 18 years old and a US citizen to vote
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Well, despite the fact that I find your positions on national politics incomprehensible, I appreciate that you voted for Dems in all the most important state races. It's really important in particular that Mo Green wins his race.
 
uncjhodges said:
Lived in Washington for 8 years and it’s automatic registration and mail voting. Never once paid for a stamp because why the fuck would i pay for a stamp to vote
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The PNW is definitely leading the way in voting for the rest of the country. My preference would be something more like Belgium, but baby steps are fine for now, when half the country wants us to be moving backwards.
 
272,000 here in Harris County, Texas after 2 days of early voting [total includes ballots received by mail]. 9 more days of early voting left.
 
rodoheel said:
Well, despite the fact that I find your positions on national politics incomprehensible, I appreciate that you voted for Dems in all the most important state races. It's really important in particular that Mo Green wins his race.
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Thanks for saying that, I guess? lol

Obviously Stein will win going away. So I have no concerns at all about that race. Robinson is cooked.

Unsure about Jeff Jackson and Mo Green but I am optimistic about both. The only issue there is I feel like the average person knows Mark Robinson is crazy, but you need to be at least somewhat plugged in to know that Michelle Morrow is crazy. And then I have nothing particularly bad to say about Jeff Jackson's opponent (Dan Bishop), but Jackson to me is just the rare politician that actually draws me in and makes me feel like I am voting for someone instead of against someone. Literally in every other election, I am voting against Kamala Harris, Mark Robinson, Michelle Morrow, etc., but in that one I'm voting for Jeff Jackson.
 
uncjhodges said:
Lived in Washington for 8 years and it’s automatic registration and mail voting. Never once paid for a stamp because why the fuck would i pay for a stamp to vote
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The whole process of voting via absentee ballot is more cumbersome than just going to the polls to vote. I understand it for people who will be out of town or out of the country, etc and legitimately can't vote through the more normal channels. But to plan to vote via absentee ballot when you won't actually be "absent" is just weird to me.
 
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