Poll: How many of you did early voting?

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Did you vote early this year?

Poll ended at Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:46 am

 
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_Yoda

Poll: How many of you did early voting?

Post by _Yoda »

Early voting has been crazy this year. A friend of mine waited over an hour in line to early vote.

I sent my vote in via absentee ballot. With having my business in my home, and limited daycare, it was the easiest way for me to vote.

I was just curious who else got the "vote early" bug. ;)

I have to admit, no matter who wins the election this year, I'm going to have election news entertainment withdrawls after the election. LOL
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Re: Poll: How many of you did early voting?

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liz3564 wrote:Early voting has been crazy this year. A friend of mine waited over an hour in line to early vote.

I sent my vote in via absentee ballot. With having my business in my home, and limited daycare, it was the easiest way for me to vote.

I was just curious who else got the "vote early" bug. ;)

I have to admit, no matter who wins the election this year, I'm going to have election news entertainment withdrawls after the election. LOL
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Hi There Liz,

I voted here: ' Yes (This also includes Absentee Ballots)'.

Yes, I did already vote. I have already voted For John McCain and Sarah Palin.
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Re: Poll: How many of you did early voting?

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We don't have early voting in my state and I do not think we should have it in any state. Seems like it could result in abuse.
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Re: Poll: How many of you did early voting?

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I voted last Wednesday. My wait time was zero. I had sunshine that day, which I was uncertain about on election day. It is always a bit sad to be voting for mostly losing candidates in Utah, but with luck, some of them will win.
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Re: Poll: How many of you did early voting?

Post by _krose »

I voted Friday in Draper, Utah, and had about a two-hour wait reading my magazine. Good thing it was a thick one.

Jason Bourne wrote:We don't have early voting in my state and I do not think we should have it in any state. Seems like it could result in abuse.

Why do you think that? How does spreading out the process invite abuse? What's the scenario you have in mind? I would think that having more time to evaluate votes would be better than everything happening at once, with huge piles of votes and a rush to count them.
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Re: Poll: How many of you did early voting?

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Why do you think that? How does spreading out the process invite abuse? What's the scenario you have in mind? I would think that having more time to evaluate votes would be better than everything happening at once, with huge piles of votes and a rush to count them.


Not sure really. Seems like if there were faulty registrations like happened with Acorn someone could go vote more than once a lot more time if it is spread out then they could if it happens all in one day.
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