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

I think I was a year behind Julie in school and maybe a year ahead of Mark
 
I was between the two of them in age but ran in enough of the same circles that I knew both of them. Got along with both pretty well.
 
I live in California, where my presidential vote doesn’t have much impact, so I focus on encouraging friends in North Carolina to vote. I just got off the phone with a childhood friend there who initially planned not to vote for either Kamala or Trump, only down-ballot candidates. I asked him, as a personal favor, to consider voting for Kamala, and he agreed. He even said he’d post on social media to share his change of heart. Plus, he plans to drive around eight unlikely voters to the polls, encouraging them to vote alongside him.

In short, he used to believe that any drastic actions Trump might take as president would be kept in check by the system. But after our conversation, he now sees the potential risks more seriously and recognizes the threat these actions could pose to our country.
 
I have a question. When I voted I had one of those blue Democrat ballots in my hand as I was checking in. The poll worker told me to put it in my pocket until I actually got to the voting booth.

In the dozen l times I have voted with a sample ballot, I never been told to do that before. Is that normal? I wasn’t campaigning. For all anyone knew it was just a blue piece of paper.

I was seriously thinking of telling the guy that I wasn’t going to do it.

Anyone else have this experience?
 
ChapelHillSooner said:
I have a question. When I voted I had one of those blue Democrat ballots in my hand as I was checking in. The poll worker told me to put it in my pocket until I actually got to the voting booth.

In the dozen l times I have voted with a sample ballot, I never been told to do that before. Is that normal? I wasn’t campaigning. For all anyone knew it was just a blue piece of paper.

I was seriously thinking of telling the guy that I wasn’t going to do it.

Anyone else have this experience?
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Weird. I always get a Dem and GOP recommended ballot and openly carry them to my voting table. Never have had a comment.
 
lawtig02 said:
I have a soft spot in my CONTIFA heart for Steve Troxler, but otherwise am right there with you.
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As the Alabama-based co-founding member of CONTIFA, I’m giving ‘em a big ol’ straight D on Tuesday, in-person.

Never gone straight ticket in my life, and hope to never have to do so again, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to reward one single Republican with a vote this cycle. None of them deserve it, because the ones that do aren’t on the ballot.
 
CFordUNC said:
As the Alabama-based co-founding member of CONTIFA, I’m giving ‘em a big ol’ straight D on Tuesday, in-person.

Never gone straight ticket in my life, and hope to never have to do so again, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to reward one single Republican with a vote this cycle. None of them deserve it, because the ones that do aren’t on the ballot.
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Hate to bear bad news, but you're going to have to keep doing it. Especially if you move back to NC. It's going to take a long time to flush this from MAGA. It isn't going to happen in a decade.

What we are seeing now is arguably the ugliest, most racist, most hate-filled presidential campaign since the Civil War. It is being waged in the name of authoritarianism, from a combination of a) the cruelty is the point people; b) people deluded by right-wing media and c) people have been wanting to put a boot heel on uppity minorities and women for long time and have been storing up the hate.

That isn't going away. There are no GOP leaders who will be able to stand up and lead the party back if Trump loses. They might even have to fold the party and start a new one. They have burned all their bridges.
 
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