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I will or I have already voted in this election .
Yes I will. 6 (46.2%)
Yes I have already have. 4 (30.8%)
No I will not. 1 (7.7%)
I am undecided. 1 (7.7%)
I am too young to vote. 0 (0%)
I am not able to vote. 1 (7.7%)
Total Votes: 13
USA citisens ONLY , voting or voted ?
Topic Started: Oct 31 2008, 10:16 PM (226 Views)
somerled
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Admiral MacDonald RN
Are you , or have you already voted ?
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8247
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Apparently we look like this now
I already did. And, I voted for McCain/Palin.
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fireh8er
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I'm Captain Kirk!
Yes, I will be voting first thing Tuesday morning.
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Swidden
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At this point in my life it is practically a habit, so yes I will be voting.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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I shall be at my polling place right after I drop the monsters off at school. I should miss the crush of people who want to vote right at 7AM.
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somerled
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There will be a crush ?

Why not avoid this by making the polling day a public holiday or by making it happen on a Saturday ?

I've never ever had to queue or wait longer than a couple of minutes to caste my vote (we have polls on Saturdays BTW and we use and always have used a pen and paper system).
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Because our polls are open from 7AM to 7PM. This open and closing times coincide to the times when people travel to work and back. It is always busiest at the open and afte 5PM.

Why not have a public holiday? Why, do you? Think of the lost productivity.
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Swidden
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somerled
Nov 1 2008, 07:58 PM
There will be a crush ?

Why not avoid this by making the polling day a public holiday or by making it happen on a Saturday ?

I've never ever had to queue or wait longer than a couple of minutes to caste my vote (we have polls on Saturdays BTW and we use and always have used a pen and paper system).
Since the process only takes a few minutes, making it a holiday doesn't all that much sense to me. I certainly don't think it would do anything to increase voter turn out. Also, though the news of it may not be covered well in Australia, over the last several elections cycles there has been an increase in "early voting" alternatives. This usually involves county election offices, city halls, and other similar facilities making voting facilities available for those who wish to come in days/weeks prior to the actual date of election. Weekends are often used for this. There is also what we call absentee ballots, where you request a ballot be sent to you ahead of time and you fill it out (usually with a pen or #2 pencil) and return it to your county election office. Most often this is for those who expect to be unable to go to a polling place for some reason (i.e. travelling, elderly, convenience, or physically unable to do so).

Sometimes there is a case of not having enough volunteers to man election precincts. For the past several election cycles this has been the case with my particular district. As a result I am in a mail-in only precinct, therefore I am automatically mailed an absentee ballot. However, since I like the idea of actually going to the polling place on election day I take the envelope and fill out a form when I get there indicating that I am returning such a ballot to a physical polling place. Options and alternatives are available, it is just that for some of us we cherish the concept of the traditional election day.
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somerled
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Admiralbill_gomec
Nov 2 2008, 12:16 PM
Because our polls are open from 7AM to 7PM. This open and closing times coincide to the times when people travel to work and back. It is always busiest at the open and afte 5PM.

Why not have a public holiday? Why, do you? Think of the lost productivity.
We don't need to , polling days are always on a Saturday here , and most people need to only travel a short distance from home to vote.

I can't ever remember needing to queue or wait more than a minute or two to vote.
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Dandandat
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Time to put something here
I will of course vote on election day.
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Dandandat
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somerled
Nov 1 2008, 07:58 PM
There will be a crush ?

Why not avoid this by making the polling day a public holiday or by making it happen on a Saturday ?

I've never ever had to queue or wait longer than a couple of minutes to caste my vote (we have polls on Saturdays BTW and we use and always have used a pen and paper system).
Yea, ive been lucky as well, never had to queue to vote eather.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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somerled
Nov 2 2008, 09:33 PM
Admiralbill_gomec
Nov 2 2008, 12:16 PM
Because our polls are open from 7AM to 7PM. This open and closing times coincide to the times when people travel to work and back. It is always busiest at the open and afte 5PM.

Why not have a public holiday? Why, do you? Think of the lost productivity.
We don't need to , polling days are always on a Saturday here , and most people need to only travel a short distance from home to vote.

I can't ever remember needing to queue or wait more than a minute or two to vote.
Most, but not all. Most Aussies live near your coastlines. Most Texans don't.

My area of Texas is spread out AND heavily populated. I'm only three miles from the poll. My condo was half a mile back when. The new house? I'll have to check. We won't be moved until the end of November.

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Admiralbill_gomec
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Admiralbill_gomec
Nov 3 2008, 07:37 AM
somerled
Nov 2 2008, 09:33 PM
Admiralbill_gomec
Nov 2 2008, 12:16 PM
Because our polls are open from 7AM to 7PM. This open and closing times coincide to the times when people travel to work and back. It is always busiest at the open and afte 5PM.

Why not have a public holiday? Why, do you? Think of the lost productivity.
We don't need to , polling days are always on a Saturday here , and most people need to only travel a short distance from home to vote.

I can't ever remember needing to queue or wait more than a minute or two to vote.
Most, but not all. Most Aussies live near your coastlines. Most Texans don't.

My area of Texas is spread out AND heavily populated. I'm only three miles from the poll. My condo was half a mile back when. The new house? I'll have to check. We won't be moved until the end of November.

Voted this morning. Including the wait the process took a little over 25 minutes. Not bad. A few machines didn't work.
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Dr. Noah
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Voted by absentee.
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