Once you have voted – in person, by mail, drop box, whatever – please add a comment with voting method!
It’s like a paper sticker, only better.
Add your nyms and your voting methods below, please.
Once you have voted, you get one of these stickers in your comment.
We’ll keep this as a running thread in the sidebar, and I’ll re-up the thread occasionally over the next 15 days.
*As always, thanks to MazeDancer for the stickers!
WaterGirl
I voted by mail, and I received the email acknowledgment that my vote has been received and accepted.
japa21
Voted in person yesterday. #4 please.
TaMara
I voted early, went to drop my ballot off at my neighborhood dropbox and it was closed for repairs (?!), so I put two stamps on my envelope and mailed it.
I worry that some shenanigans are going on with the ballot boxes…we may be deep, deep purple-blue, but we still have our share of nutjobs.
I’ll take the puppy sticker. Please and thank you!
Leto
Avalune and I voted by mail. Straight D all the way. Puppy please!
SiubhanDuinne
I voted early, in person, last Friday. I think Stacey Abrams and Raphael Warnock would like me to select the sticker with the cute patriotic dog, so that is my choice.
Bobby Thomson
My mail-in vote has been recorded, as have those of the other two adult-age members of the household.
AxelFoley
Just got back from voting in person here in Virginia Beach. Straight Dem, of course, with Elaine Lauria at the top.
Starfish
I voted early, and in the email that said my ballot had been counted, they sent us an “I voted” png file. I am going to send it to you.
Kropacetic
Voted early in-person Saturday. First day in Massachusetts.
HeleninEire
I voted by absentee ballot (still allowed to use the COVID excuse) and I dropped it off at the county Board of Elections office which is just across the street from my office.
ETA: I’ll take a puppy!
Jinchi
I dropped off our ballots yesterday. I would have voted a week ago, but got slowed down researching local races. I really like the universal vote by mail system in California, since it gives time to think through and research every question, especially since the ballot-constricted wording on propositions can be misleading.
WaterGirl
PSA:
Tonight is our second postcard writing party. You can:
– join the thread to write postcards
– join the thread to share music links for entertainment
– join the ZOOM to help provide sparkling conversation for folks who write postcards (just audio or video, your choice)
Send me an email if you want the zoom link.
rikyrah
I voted Early last week.
And, I took my sister’s Mail Ballot and put it in the Dropbox.
WaterGirl
@Starfish: What state are you in?
Mousebumples
My mail vote was received last week. Won’t be counted until election day, per our state laws.
And today is the first day of Early, In Person Voting in Wisconsin. (this includes weekend voting, though it’s not available on the Monday before the election)
ALSO – Come write postcards with us tonight! Get more Dems to the polls!
(Early Voter sticker, please 😊)
Planning to post to on Facebook daily for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully, it nudges someone to vote who wouldn’t otherwise!
JanieM
I voted at the town hall on Friday. Technically absentee, I think, but you can just do it on the spot and hand it back to the town clerk. Puppy please and thank you. :-)
Jinchi
In California, ballot return envelopes are prominently marked “no postage necessary”. Isn’t that the case in most states?
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: You didn’t say what sticker you wanted! I can change it out if you want.
Motivated Seller
Dropped my ballot off just this morning.
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: Anyone can drag any of these images to your desktop, or click on them to get the URL and then save them that way.
It’s fine for everyone to use these on social media or wherever you like.
WaterGirl
@Jinchi: That’s true here in Illinois, too.
Jeff Del Papa
By mail last week. And as a Mass resident, didn’t even have to cough up stamps.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
My wife and I voted via dropbox yesterday. No gun-toting patriots patrolling the dropbox in PA, thankfully. At least not in our tiny corner of PA.
I’ll take the puppy dog.
Kent
We got our mail-in ballots on Saturday. Washington is a 100% mail-in voting state.
I dropped off all our ballots at the big red drive-through elections drop-box at the local transit center on the way to work yesterday. I don’t trust the mail anymore.
TaMara
@Starfish: That’s so cool – I think one of the biggest “complaints” the CO election board gets about mail-in, is people miss their stickers. Glad to see them address that!
Icedfire
Husband voted in MN by mail and I voted early in person in Minneapolis, right before we moved to Maryland.
The statewide DFL candidates in MN and Mary Moriarty for Hennepin Co Atty needed our votes more than anyone in MD did this year!
TaMara
@WaterGirl: Colorado – that’s a take on our state flag.
ETA: Which I just copied and used on my FB profile
TaMara
@Jinchi: Nope…and in the states where it’s required, they have to remind people if it takes 2 stamps (why they can’t print that on the envelope is beyond me).
I wasn’t sure if this year was a 1 or 2 stamp, so I splurged on the extra 60 cents.
WaterGirl
@TaMara: Would you like the CO sticker, also?
TaMara
@WaterGirl: As long as I get to keep the puppy. 😁
Scout211
Mr. Scout and I filled out our mail-in ballots and dropped them in our local drop box on Friday October 14th. We both received our email from BallotTrax on Monday October 17th that our ballots were received and counted.
ETA: #1 or #2 early voter sticker is fine.
WaterGirl
@TaMara: Nice!
WaterGirl
@TaMara: That’s why I ended my comment with “also”. :-)
Ken
I mailed in my ballot last week, do I still qualify? If so, I’ll go for sticker 2.
Jinchi
Has anyone here had experience with that? It’d be nice to know what the local official reaction is.
SkyBluePink
Early voted in person the first early voting day-10/20
ETtheLibrarian
I put my ballot in one of the DC collections boxes on Saturday!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Mr DAW and I both voted by mail. Our votes have been received and will be counted.
WaterGirl
@Ken: Yes! Anyone who has voted in this 2022 election qualifies! This is catch-up time since the post wasn’t up on the first day of early voting.
Expletive Deleted
“Faxed” in my overseas ballot on Saturday, and the sticker is the bit I miss the most (second to polling place cookies) so #1 for me please and thank you!
evap
I voted early on Sunday, in Atlanta. Puppy sticker please!
Front page article today about record early voting turnout in GA, with more women than men voting. A couple of days last week had better turnout than early voting in 2020! Good news for Democrats, I hope.
MattF
As I’ve posted previously, I voted by mail about two weeks ago and got a confirmation from the Maryland Election Board middle of last week. ‘Early Voter’ sticker, SVP.
Edmund Dantes
@Jinchi: nope. Some even went backwards I think to make it harder. I know Ohio at least it isn’t postage paid. Seems stupid.
Both adult members of my household have our vote in and counted according to the text we received. Dog sticker
Jackie
I voted early and dropped my ballot in the drive up drop box at City Hall Sunday. The great thing was I’ve never been in a line all the years I’ve used this drop box. A car was ahead of me and as I pulled up to the box, two cars were behind me! I took that as a great omen for this dark red county!🤞🏻🤞🏻
Also, the thing I miss most about not voting in person is not getting a “I Voted” sticker, so last night I sent an email to our SoS requesting a voting sticker be included with each ballot mailed out. We shall see…
For my sticker, I’d like the top one, please!
Edmund Dantes
@TaMara: yeah was really happy to see California now sends stickers with the ballots.
SiubhanDuinne
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
At first I read that as “gun-toting parrots” and was so confused.
I really must remember to put on my glasses before reading BJ.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: What state are you in that can actually count your ballot before election day. In Illinois, they say “received and accepted” but they aren’t counted until a certain time on election day.
I really think some of this stuff should be regulated across all states – as a minimum which individual states could add to if desired.
Scout211
At least for my county in California, our ballot package included a stub with “I voted” printed on it. It wasn’t a sticker but that was the first time that I remember the ballot included that.
Leslie
I voted by mail in California. They send you a sticker with your ballot, and yes, I did peel it off and put it on my shirt when I was done. I’ll take a puppy, please!
Salt Water
In Washington State all ballots are delivered by USPS. You can return it by mail – no postage required – or drop box. We’ve been doing it like this for *years* and Oregon’s been doing it longer than us with no problems. I’m pretty entrenched in my blue bubble, so I was taken aback by the uproar in 2020 about voting by mail. I missed going to the polls initially, but now I prefer this system.
Voted yesterday by mail. Pupper please and thank you!
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: I couldn’t read BJ at all without my glasses!
WaterGirl
If I miss anybody, please speak up. I promise it’s not personal. :-)
Faithful Lurker
2 more ballots in the Library’s drop box. Mr FL and I voted Saturday. We don’t have a notification process, small county, but I’ll check on line to get verification. I’d like the frist sticker, please.
WaterGirl
I have to take my car in for my guy to fix something while I wait.I will be back later to sticker everyone!Never mind, it’s raining. I will do that tomorrow. :-)
Honus
I voted early a month ago in Virginia. Of course Glenn Youngkin has wrecked the elections commission and republicans will reverse all the reforms them democrats put in three years ago to make voting easier if they retake the General Assembly.
So awful. Here’s a pup to comfort you. (WG)
FastEdD
I voted early by dropbox-they were having a community event in the park and it was surrounded by cops, so, yeah, it was safe! My dear partner of 20 years, Ginger passed away last Thursday, but we made sure her ballot got to a dropbox first. She was a devoted Democrat. Cancer sux. It has wrecked my family.
TheOtherHank
Early voter in CA. Dropped off my ballot at one of the drop boxes in town. I’ll take an Early Voter sticker, please
Matt McIrvin
Voted early in person, at City Hall on Saturday. This has become a pretty streamlined process here, similar to Election Day voting but with a few differences. When you check in, they give you an envelope to put the ballot in after filling it out in the voting cubby, but the envelope has a preprinted sticker with your name and address– you just sign the outside with an affidavit that that’s you (this is to sort them by precinct, since in some elections, not everyone in the city may get the same ballot). They tape the envelope shut and you stick it in the box.
Sorryforlaughing
Mother, brother and I voted early in person in Indiana. The puppy sticker, please!
Chris Gerrib
I voted by mail (Illinois)
WaterGirl
@FastEdD: I am so very sorry. tears
WaterGirl
@FastEdD: Do you have a sticker preference? Maybe the one she would have liked, in her honor?
opiejeanne
I have filled out my ballot but my husband is waiting until we get back from Portland on Thursday, which is driving me nuts. We’re heading to Portland, Oregon this afternoon because our pregnant daughter-in-law is having labor induced this evening. She’s checking in at 7pm, which seems odd to me. I think, with luck, the baby will be born about 4 hours after they actually get her hooked up and turn up the juice, so 2am-ish Wednesday?
This is our first grandchild who is supposed to be a girl but I am just hoping for a healthy baby.
I’m going to run some errands this morning, so I may drop off my ballot then. I’m told I’m being very calm about all of this. DIL wants me in the labor and delivery room with her and my son, so my son doesn’t faint. (massive eyeroll).
I’m feeling a bit grim about being asked to be a labor coach since she didn’t bother to take a birthing class of any sort, not even for my son’s sake because this is his first child. DON’T PUSH YET!!! is my battle cry.
opiejeanne
@FastEdD: I am so sorry. May you find comfort in her memory and, may I say, FUCK CANCER!
WaterGirl
@Chris Gerrib: I didn’t know you were in Illinois! Not sure that you have puppies in your books :-) so I went with something different.
PST
I voted yesterday in person in Chicago. I know mail and drop boxes both make good sense, but I still like going in person and seeing the printed ballot slide into the locked box that claims it has been electronically scanned and counted. In some ways this is very familiar, but we didn’t have quite the technology when I first started voting half a century ago. Puppy badge, please.
Jackie
@Jinchi: Until a few years ago, WA mail in ballots required a stamp. I took offense – took the position of that being akin to a voting tax – so I always used the nearby official drop box. Now stamps are no longer required, but I still use the drop box as my county is red and I don’t want my ballot *lost in the mail.
WaterGirl
@opiejeanne: Come back to the thread as soon as you get your ballot in the mail.
Congratulations and stick to your guns in the delivery room. :-)
Matt McIrvin
Oh, and I just confirmed that although the Massachusetts “Track My Ballot” site says it’s for mail ballots, it works for in-person early voting too. They say my ballot was accepted.
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/TrackMyBallot
Hoosierspud
We got our Washington mail-in ballots at the end of last week and put them in the dropbox Sunday. Surprisingly, no Eastern Washington or Idaho goobers hanging around the library harassing voters.
Elma
I mailed in my ballot on October 19. According to http://www.myvotewi it has been received.
WaterGirl
@Matt McIrvin: Receiving that notice always makes me feel better, too.
Scout211
@WaterGirl: California. The ballot really isn’t counted yet so I don’t know why BallotTrax states that every time. It should say “will be counted” and I am not sure why it doesn’t.
The counties can’t start counting until after the polls close.
geg6
No excuse absentee by mail. It’s been accepted at the local BoE.
catclub
Mississippi has the least possible vote by mail options. Their elections for governor and state offices are in odd numbered years. Anybody wonder why?
WaterGirl
@Jackie: I don’t really trust the mail anymore, either.
opiejeanne
@Salt Water: We always drive to the nearest drop box to deliver our ballots, I think because we miss going to the polls like we did in California. We’re halfway between the one at the Woodinville library and the one at Redmond City Hall. There were cops hanging around at the Redmond one in 2020, I think because of a threat.
Jesse
Voted early by mail. (I’m abroad, and for CA your options are mail or fax. Good luck with fax.)
dkinPa
I received my mail-in ballot this past Friday. Filled everything out, straight Dem of course, and then drove over to my county elections office, and handed it over. Noticed a couple of people filling out ballots in the waiting area (you can do that in PA — go to the local elections office and request a ballot and fill it out on the spot). The nice lady glanced at the back of the envelope to make sure I’d signed and dated it (stupid rule) and asked if I wanted an I VOTED sticker — yes!
Pup sticker please! Thank you!
Eunicecycle
I voted early, in person, in Ohio
Puppy sticker, please!
dkinPa
@geg6: I was mildly jealous of you — you got your ballot a good week or two before I got mine!
Waves from Zeli.
Expletive Deleted
@Leslie: I love that they send a sticker now! I am endlessly braggy about California’s voting mechanisms, this is one they’ve added since I moved :) #yavote
WaterGirl
@Eunicecycle: We have raised $6,500 so far for your 3 women running for the OH Supreme Court (on running for chief justice) through our Election Protection thermometer.
I think there are only 4 days left for candidate donations where they can make any difference.
Fingers crossed.
Three-nineteen
I put my ballot in the mail Tuesday, Oct 18th. On Friday Oct 21, Track My Ballot told me my ballot was received.
I won’t get to know if my vote actually gets counted until after the election.
Matt McIrvin
@WaterGirl: To me this is the main point of early voting–you can get confirmation that your ballot will be counted BEFORE Election Day, and if anything goes wrong, you have time to deal with it and vote a clean ballot instead of getting stuck voting on a provisional ballot.
Aurona
Wa state voter here, postage paid envelope for returning through the mail system – I handed mine to my regular mail man (f he’s there working, I give it to him), otherwise I drop off. Frankly, I was hoping you had a photo or drawing of a sunflower seed packet that a woman has gently placed in a Republican pocket for ‘future growth’ but alas, something that denotes dancing on their theoretical grave works for me.
rylen
Dropped off mine a few days back.
Reboot
Early voting in Virginia started September 23–I voted about a week after that. Pup, please!
TaMara
@FastEdD: Deepest sympathies. Fuck cancer
WaterGirl
Tonight is our second postcard writing party. You can:
– join the thread to write postcards
– join the thread to share music links for entertainment
– join the ZOOM to help provide sparkling conversation for folks who write postcards (just audio or video, your choice)
Send me an email if you want the zoom link.
DarbysMom
Darby’sDad and I dropped off our ballots yesterday here in sunny San Diego. Don’t tell him I told you, but I’ve completely converted this former Repub. Straight ‘D’ all the way for both of us.
I’ll take a puppy, please!
Marmot
Voted early yesterday—FOR THE WIN! I’m in TX
Straight Dem!
Jackie
@Hoosierspud: That’s because in eastern WA, you’re assumed to be MAGA red! It’s the Blue areas that *require monitoring* because ballot stuffing🙄
opiejeanne
@WaterGirl: Oh, I will be back once I get that ballot posted.
Heh. The difference the modified Lamaze classes made in my deliveries was night and day. Nothing for my son when he was born, back in the Dark Ages when only barefoot hippies used Lamaze. Then, for my girls there was this great education about how to make labor easier, how to be a labor partner (the husbands/supportive relatives), and a lot of saucy commentary from the two nurses* who gave the classes. Kaiser had a rule then that the daddies couldn’t be in the delivery room unless they had taken the classes, all four of them. mr opiejeanne had to attend one by himself because I had the flu.
*The two nurses were Mormons which surprised me, because of the naughty and hilarious commentary in that final class. The Mormons among my family and friends did not talk like that.
Cjcat
Voted in person on the 20th in Dawson County Ga. This is a very red district and they keep playing games of reassigning our district to keep it that way. It is a small county population too and the poll workers said they had over a thousand early voters on Monday and Tuesday. I am not sure if that is good or bad for our team. I will take the cute dog. Dawson county is shaped like a Scottie and that is our county mascot. It is on all our signs.
brendancalling
Voted early, by mail. Just got confirmation from the state that my ballot arrived and was tallied.
Strypgia
Filled out my mail-in ballot last night and put it my mailbox this morning. Felt good to vote for Maryland’s cannabis-decriminalization amendment.
WaterGirl
@Aurona: Sorry to disappoint!
Hopefully we get to dance on Republican graves (metaphorically speaking) very soon.
WaterGirl
@Strypgia: Don’t let the pup get into your stash. :-)
Betsy
I voted early on the second day of the early-vote schedule.
Voted the whole ballot as I think we all do. Votes in the bank!
I like the puppy :)
FredW
Los Angeles here, and I dropped my ballot off at drop box (library branch) last Saturday. No suspicious characters were sighted filming, and the only “tactical gear” I saw was lots of spandex — the library is right on the beach bike path :)
And I already received a text that my vote was received and will be counted. I also got one telling me the ballot was on its way in the mail. I love living in a functional state…
Ajabu
Mrs. Ajabu and I voted on 2nd day of early voting in metro Atlanta last week. It was a walk in the park (at our local library). Needless to say, straight Democratic!
Seems like the puppy is the official GA sticker. Do that one…
FastEdD
@WaterGirl: She loved animals-we had 5 chickens, 2 turtles, one cat and 2 dogs. So, a doggo, I suppose. We never “said our vows” but we were together for 20 years. Thanks, WG.
FastEdD
@opiejeanne: Yes, indeed.
Amy!
I voted in person yesterday (North Carolina). To celebrate, I contributed to Cheri Beasley’s campaign for Senate (really hoping she can pull it off, because her opponent is a despicable, oath-breaking, dishonest toerag; he also used to be my representative in the house (but only briefly; we’ve been gerrymandering and re-mandering and so forth and so on so often that I’ve been in four different house districts in the last dozen years, without my house moving at all)).
counterfactual
Voted Oct 12 in Ohio, in-person at the board of elections.
A pupper sticker please
BRyan
Voted yesterday, dropped the ballot in the mailbox in front of the supermarket. (The “Open 24/7 post office lobby — mail drop boxes and self-serve mailing kiosk —was locked. No sign/explanation. ‘Tis a puzzlement.)
Postage required here (Ohio); a 1-pg ballot = 1 oz, 2–3 pg ballot = 2 oz.
Kristine
Voted by mail here in Illinois. Filled out the ballot a few weeks ago, but didn’t drop it off at the City Hall drop box until last week. Received a text a couple of days later that it had been received and would be processed soon.
I’ll take the puppy sticker!
H.E.Wolf
Voted by mail last Friday. Per our county online system, my ballot has already been received, verified, and counted… leaving me with plenty of time for doing virtual GOTV from my remote lair. :)
ETA: May I please have sticker #4? Thanks!
LordAvebury
Voted by mail here in WA (because all voting here is by mail). #1
Kelly
Mailed Mrs. Kelly’s and my ballots yesterday
ETA: Vote by mail in Oregon includes a postage paid envelope.
peter
My wife and I voted by mail here in northern VA. Ballot Trax told us that the ballots were on the way, that they’d arrived, and (Saturday) that they had been counted. It’s a great system.
AliceBlue
My husband and I voted early in Georgia a week ago–straight D of course.
I’ll take a puppy sticker. He looks kinda like Patron!
evodevo
@WaterGirl:
Mr. Evodevo & I voted by mail before leaving town. We have a repub County clerk but she has been honest and competent so far and we have a large enough contingent of dems (though increasingly in the minority) that I am confident in the integrity of our election. Other ky counties, maybe not so much
Hungry Joe
Six heavily armed anti-voter-fraud Proud Oath Boy Three Percenters were guarding a drop box, keeping at bay anyone without a MAGA cap, but I distracted them with some simple coin tricks. Ms. Joe slipped our ballots in just as I was making a quarter disappear.
Or, we mailed them last week.
Puppy sticker, please. Make that TWO puppy stickers.
WendyBinFL
My husband is a registered Republican — we used to kid about our “mixed marriage.” Donald Trump, and the increasingly deranged behavior of other Rs, convinced him to abandon the Dark Side. We took our straight-D Florida mail-in ballots to the post office on October 11th. I’ll be happy with the least-requested sticker. Share the love!
WaterGirl
@evodevo: You are lucky!
WaterGirl
@WendyBinFL: How great for both of you! And for the country. :-)
FelonyGovt
I voted last week using our vote-by-mail California ballot, and put it in the dropbox down the street. Los Angeles County texted to advise me that my vote has been received and counted. Early Voter sticker please.
FelonyGovt
AND just posted a sticker to Facebook, my first post there in eons. If it gets even one of my lazier Democratic friends to vote it’s worth it.
Joe Falco
I voted in person this past Saturday. It was at a nearby rec center in the Metro Atlanta area. There wasn’t many people there voting, but a slow trickle of people that came before and after me to vote. Voted straight party ticket because there are no good Republican candidates!
I’d like the puppy sticker please and thank you!
Scout211
WaterGirl,
Um, did you forget our stickers at #31?
Please and thank you? 😊
Jeffery
Mailed my ballot Sunday morning. Am checking my status online daily to see when it is received.
flitterbic
I, and my voting virgin 18-yr old son, proudly cast our votes in person yesterday for Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams & Charlie Bailey plus all the other D’s on the ballot. Surprisingly strong turnout for a Monday afternoon in Gingrich’s old district. Fingers crossed!
WaterGirl
@FelonyGovt: Absolutely!
I hope tons of BJ peeps put a sticker on twitter, facebook, etc.
StringOnAStick
Oregon is all mail-in ballots; we got ours Saturday, filled them out that day and waited until Monday morning to put them in the mailbox, just in case. No postage required for ballots in Oregon, and the voter guide we got over 2 weeks ago is comprehensive with statements written by groups for and against each measure; just check you is supporting what and then it’s easy to decide which way to go, especially when the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood, and the Oregon ACLU sign their statements.
I’m up to 140 postcards so far, with another 30 addressed and waiting for me to write the messages. I WILL use up all 200 postcards I bought and make more if needed.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: I did forget, so sorry!
Remedied now. :-)
WaterGirl
@flitterbic: The Georgia peeps all seem to be asking for the puppy, so that’s what I gave you.
zhena gogolia
No early voting in my state. I’ll have to find the time to schlep to the polls on a work day.
Diceros bicornis
I voted from abroad! Ballot mailed, received, and counted!
And helped a few hundreds of my fellow citizens around the world too. Vote from Abroad was on fire this year!
WaterGirl
@StringOnAStick: For all this postcards, you get all the stickers!
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: No early voting? No absentee voting? Nothing?
That makes me want to give you a puppy for consolation.
WaterGirl
@Diceros bicornis: Will you tell us what you did to help a few hundred voting abroad peeps?
TMinSJ
Returned my CA mail ballot to a drop box last week. Here in the Bay Area they have drop boxes everywhere, very convenient! I did wear my “I Voted” sticker around the house the day I voted. I already have confirmation that it was accepted.
I made my sister do her ballot on Saturday, and I have 2 friends who are historically infrequent voters that I strong arm to get their ballots in, so I still have some work to do there.
Any sticker is fine!
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Nothing. Absentee only if you’re truly going to be absent.
Matt McIrvin
@WaterGirl: It’s remarkable how recently Massachusetts had none of this. I think no-excuse early and mail voting were introduced for the 2016 general election, and until recently only the “big” elections had it.
Amalthea1
Voted via mail in Florida, straight “D” ticket! I mailed it last Wednesday and checked yesterday, and my ballot has been counted. One more vote against DeSantis!
cope
Dropped both our mail-in ballots off yesterday (first day of early voting) and got text and email confirmation today that they had been received and counted. Kind of disappointed I didn’t have to run a phalanx of heavily armed/armored/masked “patriots”.
I’ll be happy with whichever sticker needs some love, thanks.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: What state are you in?
Bhaall
Voted by mail (in California).
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
@Matt McIrvin:
Sadly, blue NE states have tended to do a bad job when it comes to voting flexibility. There’s no evidence that it’s designed to suppress votes like in other states. But it’s a bad look when we’re trying to fight voter suppression in other states.
geg6
@dkinPa:
You’re in my neck of the woods! We should have a Beaver County/Butler County meetup!
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: CT.
Sister Golden Bear
Dropbox.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: I can’t remember the details, but my understanding is that somehow the Repubs manage to block it here.
West of the Cascades
Voted early by mail in New Mexico!
Eunicecycle
@WaterGirl: that’s fantastic! I have seen some billboards with all 3 Supreme Court justice nominees on it, as well as some mailings and internet ads. It seems they are advertising as a group, which seems smart. I have yet to see one sign or ad for the woman running against Emilia, and I live in her home town!
jhwbiz
Early in person purple Northern Virginia.
PaulWartenberg
I am a privileged white boy who works the Tuesday evening shifts at my library, so I tend to vote on Election Day itself. They also relocated my precinct to a new location, so I am curious what’s inside THAT church (this is Florida, nearly every precinct is a bloody church). So I am waiting…
Bex
Voted in person last Wednesday (IL). The small polling place was busy at 10 a.m. I’d like the puppy sticker. He looks a bit like Patron…and Patron is one of the MANY reasons to vote D, and to be sure we continue to support Ukraine.
eachother
I voted Early. Ten minutes ago. At the County Court House. Seven of us there. No wait.
Mousebumples
Still getting glossy mailers under my maiden name from Americans For Prosperity. 😅 It’s going in the trash, but, yes, please keep wasting your money on me, Republicants…
2liberal
voted early in AZ by mail, ballot received and signature accepted.
Drunkenhausfrau
Voted last Thursday, in person, at the courthouse. Was in and out in 5 minutes. No wait.
dkinPa
@geg6: Yes, I am! When my mom was alive, we lived in the northern part of Beaver County. After the election, we should meet up to commiserate or, fingers crossed, celebrate! 😊
rikyrah
@Jackie:
For those of you who have a Mail Ballot…
Get it in EARLY.
And, if you are not able to avail yourself of a dropbox..
TAKE IT TO THE POST OFFICE AND WALK IN AND WATCH THEM PUT THE DATE STAMP ON IT.
I can’t tell you how many ballots are rejected because they don’t have a date stamp on them.
IF you know Seniors and they trust you, offer to do this for them. A lot of Seniors give it to the Postman…and, something has changed. The Post Office used to be much better about putting the date stamp on Mail Ballots.
Skippy-san
Hawaii votes by mail. Dropped my ballot off at a drop box. Contrary to what the GOP says their system works very well.
PDXBob
Voted by mail
As others have noted, here in Oregon, it’s all vote by mail.
And, as all the Rs are saying that this type of voting is wrought with fraud, I think it’s relevant to point out that in the last 20 years, Oregon has seen only 16 prosecutions for some form of election fraud. One of which was a republican election official that was caught marking ballots during the ballot review process on ballots that did not have a candidate marked for some races.
In those 20 years, there have been a total of 35,116,390 votes cast in Oregon.
Matt McIrvin
@Baud: I think the fact that these weren’t swing states in presidential elections reduced the pressure and the scrutiny. But it’s not as if we never have close elections here–nor are vote-suppression efforts in Massachusetts unheard of, though it’s generally not the government doing it. It was shameful that a lot of much more Republican states beat us to these innovations. And the attitude that “Presidential elections are the ones that really count” is part of the problem.
Eunicecycle
@WendyBinFL: I converted my husband, too! He is a pretty devout Catholic but I was able to convince him Rs weren’t pro-life they were only pro-birth and don’t do anything for the poor. He was always pro-birth control (as are 90% of Catholics) and is appalled at what the R party has become in the last 30 years. So it wasn’t too hard.
Ohio Mom
@FastEdD: There’s something very inspiring about Ginger using some of her last moments helping to insure a better future (through her vote) for all she was leaving behind.
My condolences on this terrible loss. Be gentle and kind to yourself as you adapt to your new life on your own. Keep us posted!
thruppence
Dropped my ballot in the appropriate Colorado dropbox, awaiting confirmation, they’re usually pretty quick. Only watching DVRd TV so I can fast forward through all the sickening toxic political commercials.
Almost Retired
I voted! And in the most Balloon Juice way possible: a Drop Box at the dog park.
Got to vote for the awesome Ted Lieu – and got to vote against the execrable Los Angeles County Sheriff, who will hopefully soon be a bad memory.
Matt McIrvin
@PDXBob: I do wonder how much of that is because Oregon is a generally Democratic-controlled state that generally cares about democratic procedure–presumably if a state doesn’t, they could find plenty of ways to mess with it. But they’ll do that with any voting method.
Diceros bicornis
@WaterGirl: VoteFromAbroad and Democrats Abroad phonebanked, textbanked, staffed online help lines and zoom rooms to get Americans registered and help them access and return ballots. Folks around the world vote from their “last residence” states so we end up helping folks from a lot of different states and many counties…all with different processes and procedures. It’s been a massive effort especially with more and more restrictive laws, obstructions, barriers. Some intentional, some not, but the end result of discouraging voters is essentially the same…
Anotherlurker
I voted already. California mail-in ballot.
Kim Walker
My husband and I voted in the PA election from abroad. Their vote-by-mail system is very bad. The download package came with 2 sets of conflicting instructions, with any deviation invalidating the vote. Had to go to their voter registration/elections website to check which instructions to use. “Precincts” are designated as “districts” on the form. We won’t be able to see if they have received the ballots or count our votes until at least election day – and maybe even after that.
Fiona
I also live in CT, and thus voting on E-Day.
There is, however, a referendum to add early voting to the CT constitution on the ballot that will hopefully pass.
The only reason the legislature hasn’t done it by itself is that it has to be done via constitutional amendment referendum. It failed to pass in ’14
mac
I voted in Ohio early last week in-person at my board of elections. It was very easy and streamlined, with a decent sized lunch crowd and Dem. volunteers handing out voting guides outside.
dougcb68
I voted in California via Military/Overseas voter system. Sent ballot by FAX and have confirmed that it has arrived and been counted.
Salt Water
@opiejeanne: Yikes! Don’t recall threats in Redmond at the drop boxes. We used to live out Carnation way (in the 70s), so can’t say I’m particularly surprised.
I used to go to the drop box on election day when I was going through withdrawal from going to the polls. Now I’m a HUGE proponent of vote by mail.
Munira
Filled in my mail-in ballot and put it in the drop box. Thank you Washington state for making it so easy to vote. Sticker #1 please.
coin operated
Nevada checking in. Mrs. coin picked up our ballots from the PO box this morning. Nevada got universal vote-by-mail during the pandemic and made it permanent last year. You can opt out and vote in-person if that’s your thing, but I love the simplicity of voting by mail.
We’ll attend to our civic duty sometime later this week. Mrs. coin turns the big 6-0 today and we have other plans this evening.
ComradeCarter
We, my wife and I, both voted early by mail, and both voted for Tony Earl and Mandella Barnes… and the entire ticket.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m exhilarated by all the jackals who have voted.
skerry
Put mine in the drop box today.
Puppy sticker, please.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
Cripes, I can’t recall how many weeks ago I printed out and filled out my ballot and put an international airmail stamp on it and dropped it into the international mail box. (The printed envelope was clearly marked “no postage necessary”, but that only counts within the US.)
Who’s the dog on that one button? Not Patron the Ukrainian minesweeper?
surfk9
Both me and my wife voted and have been informed that our ballots have been received and counted.
JaneE
My husband and I voted putting our ballots in the same Dropbox we have used for the last two years. We haven’t gotten a received message yet. If I don’t hear by next week I will enquire
FelonyGovt
@Almost Retired: Yay! Ted Lieu and against the execrable Sheriff for us as well! (3 votes from my household. My normie husband and daughter copy my ballot and vote the way I do.)
WaterGirl
@Diceros bicornis: That’s really great thank you for doing all that!
WaterGirl
I am at in the car at the groomers but when I get home stickers will be coming again!
edit: not that kind of groomer! :-) Henry has to get a medicated bath every week for his allergies, and I am allergic to the medicated shampoo.
Jackie
@Salt Water: I used to do the same! Drop off my mail in ballot at the County Auditor’s office on election day LOL I really missed in-person voting on Election Day. Now I appreciate getting my ballot early so I can take my time voting in my jammies and coffee and vote EARLY!
Msb
Sent my absentee ballot by registered mail on Sept. 27.
LNNVA
@AxelFoley: Thanks you for voting for Luria. I have written over 250 postcards for her. My spouse and I voted in Albemarle County, VA, three weeks ago. Both votes are in and processsed already.
realbtl
Just dropped mine at the PO main desk.
MarySNJ
I mailed in my ballot on Saturday (10/22); NJ Twelfth, straight D.
WendyBinFL
WaterGirl, thanks for your kind words.
Eunicecycle, glad your husband has “seen the light,” too!
My honey was registered R before we met, and we simply agreed to disagree about our political differences. Guess it worked — we celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary tomorrow! (Of course, it’s even sweeter now that we’re totally on the same wavelength!)
Jeffery
@Kim Walker: You might try this site to see where your ballots are.
https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/ballottracking.aspx
tokyokie
The spousal unit and I voted this morning over in Forest Hill, a predominantly Black suburb of Fort Worth that the GOP appended to a +8 Republican district that runs south along the west side of I-35 all the way past San Marcos, and it was surprisingly crowded for the second day of early voting. I came home and put the “I Voted” stickers on the cats’ heads, but Franco quickly removed his, then removed Marvin’s as well. Dammit. I’ve raised a Republican cat. As usual, I voted for everybody with a “D” after their name, nobody with an “R” or even an “L.” Sadly, the good guys didn’t field a candidate against the gerrymandered incumbent congressasshole.
Starfish
@WaterGirl: I am in Colorado.
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
Voted on Friday in person. One of the nice things about living in Georgia is that we get to vote for Stacy Abrams.
Fourth sticker please? And thank you!
BCHS Class of 1980
My wife and I by mail in HillCo FL. Although FL election laws suck in general, Hillsborough is pretty good about things. I think we may have to re-up our mail preference after this election though due to another sucky FL law.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Oh my. That innocent phrase nowadays fraught with baggage.
//
TJC
I voted absentee in Ohio and confirmed it was accepted. Can I please get the puppy sticker?
i was also inspired by many here to start writing postcards again. Just dropped off a stack for the Ohio Supreme Court…
misterpuff
I voted early in Cali. Drop boxed on last Tuesday and tracked to vote counted on Thursday. Banked!
Dog in a Top Hat please.
WaterGirl
@eachother: Let me know if you wanted a different sticker. Looks like you tried to add one (but only front-pagers can add images.)
WaterGirl
@thruppence: I know! I have Tivo so I fast forward through commercials, and I see CORRUPT! and all sorts of other crap, have no idea whether it’s Dems pointing out R corruption or if the Rs are just lying.
I am voting straight Dem so I don’t have to care!
Ann
I voted by mail last week. #4, please!
WaterGirl
@Bruce K in ATH-GR: That’s a jack russel terrier. Could be Rosie, could be Patron. It can be whoever you want it to be. :-)
David Fud
I voted absentee that was dropped inside an election site box while others were waiting in line to early vote. No QR code on my ballot! All black bubbles. All Democrats. The state absentee voter web site indicates it has been counted.
WaterGirl
@Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA): You are clearly a rebel – most of the GA peeps asked for the pup. :-)
WaterGirl
I find it heartening to see the comments from folks who have voted.
AnnaC
I early voted in person yesterday and I was very happy to see that it was busy! I also brought a first-time voter to the polls with me. Voted straight D down the line! Sticker 1 please.
Sandia Blanca
Another Texan here. Voted by mail a couple of weeks ago, and the county ballot tracker tells me they received it over a week ago. Husband will vote early this week. I just love reading these comments!
Second sticker please!
WaterGirl
@AnnaC: Great job on bringing a first-time voter along!
Ryan
I voted early in NC. Not a single longgun in sight. I feel cheated!
zzyzx
Wa state. Voted on Sunday and dropped it off. I’m more of a cat person but bow ties are cool so puppy me please!
hells littlest angel
NY, absentee. Made my probably final campaign contribution yesterday, so it’s all over but the waiting.
WaterGirl
@zzyzx: We clearly missed the opportunity to use M4’s kitty Samwise in a bow tie.
Ruckus
@Scout211:
Just checked my CA ballot and it has a round I Voted spot on the front that looks printed but is actually a sticker.
Ruckus
@FastEdD:
My condolences for Ginger.
And yes cancer does suck. 3 of the 5 in my family have had it, including me, and one of us passed away from it.
RevRick
My wife and I voted by mail and have received confirmation from the county election bureau that our ballots are in.
Ruckus
@opiejeanne:
A seasoned nurse is going to have seen it all and that is going to change the way you speak and think, no matter what they believed before. Most things are no big deal but there are a enough situations, like a birthing nurse, that really are going to put one in a different level of humanity, and likely a far better level. Having seen the worst makes everything else seem just a bit more like life. And I’d bet that being a birthing nurse, one would have heard everything by the end of the second week, at the longest.
Peej01
I voted early by drop box and went online to see that the ballot was accepted. There weren’t any loonies around the box, thank goodness!
Dan B
Voted by the only way to vote in WA – Mail. Put in drop box 6 blocks from our house.
Rob Siberski
Voted last week by mail, and just called the Supervisor of Elections Office to confirm receipt.
Ballot received, good to go!
Sticker #4 please
Luigidaman
I voted and my adult daughter voted early via mail. We are in northern Ohio. Straight Dem bill. Also voted against the 2 Republican-instigated State Issues (1 & 2).
WaterGirl
We have some new stickers:
WaterGirl
@Luigidaman: Let me know what sticker you would like. I gave you the pup in the meantime.
ColoradoGuy
Partner and I voted on Sunday by mail, and deposited the ballots via drop-box on Monday (first day for drop box opening). Voted D, of course, but spent a couple of hours puzzling out the pros and cons of our town of 32,000 adopting Home Rule. Voted for psilocybin legalization for PTSD treatment (statewide) and other progressive measures.
Doggie sticker, please!
TXSwede
Voted yesterday, here in very purple Tarrant County, outside of Ft Worth, TX.
32 contested races. Straight Dem.
Sadly there was a page and a half of uncontested Republican “awards”, and only five uncontested Democratic seats.
(cat sticker, please)
Ruckus
@Almost Retired:
Villanauseous is about as bad as I’ve ever seen it anywhere. He seems to have worked at being far worse after winning. I hope he loses massively.
Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride
Voted by dropbox (conveniently located inside a branch library, so I got to check out books too).
Grumpy cat sticker, please.
H-Bob
No “I voted Often” to make the MAGAs go apoplectic ?
WaterGirl
@H-Bob: Yeah, maybe not!
And I grew up in Chicago where the motto was vote early and vote often.
Don K
We received our ballots 9/23 and I dropped them off in the drop box at Town Hall 9/26. Filled in the Straight Dem box and followed the local club’s endorsements for judgeships, school board, library board (could be important!) and miscellaneous other positions. Voted Yes on all of the statewide proposals and for various local or county tax proposals.
hueyplong
Voted in person yesterday in NC early voting program.
The woman who gave me my ballot said she’d never seen such a crowd, including in presidential election years. Some abhorrent pseudo-humans on the ballot and it was a pleasure to vote against them.
planetjanet
I voted early in person. I was volunteering as a poll greeter at our early voting location. The DMV was closed, for Indigenous Peoples Day, but we still persuaded a few people to vote now since they were already there. After my shift was over, I realized I should probably vote as well, for the same reason. May I have a puppy?
lol chikinburd
In-person absentee, minutes ago, Patron-lookin’ dog.
J R in WV
When we first moved out here into the country, our voting was at abandoned school houses, then was moved to a large high school gym. then a new high school was built in the county seat and the school was converted to a middle school.
But recently the building was declared structlurally unsound, and the voting was moved to the VFD building just a couple of hundred yards away. Since Covid started we voted early at the county seat, and I missed seeing the same elderly volunteers at the local location.
We haven’t decided whether to vote early in the county seat or wait to vote at the VFD.
You used to be able to vote a straight ticket with one mark at the head of the paper ballot, but now you have to go through the list on your e-voting machine and pick one of the candidates (except for the vote for more than one races). These machines print out a completed ballot with your candidates marked, which you then run through a scanner that counts the votes, so at the end of voting, the totals are available almost instantly.
I also miss the crowds of electioneer folks at the county courthouses until the wee hours getting local totals called in. It was a big deal, and that’s all gone now here. Will let you know when we vote, early voting starts in a few days.
Wife tells me her PT guy, formerly an R, is now disgusted by the Rs and he will be voting mostly Democratic… good for her!!!
Wolvesvalley
We put our Pennsylvania mail-in ballots in the mail on Friday and got confirmation of their receipt at the courthouse yesterday. So, yay! May I have sticker number 4, please? (I hope it comes true.)
I’m debating with myself whether to watch the Fetterman/Oz debate tonight (8 pm). It wouldn’t affect my vote even if I hadn’t voted already, but I don’t know if I can stand watching that asshole Oz strutting his stuff.
WaterGirl
@Wolvesvalley: I hope it comes true, too.
As for the debate tonight, I am going to have a link in the postcard writing thread. So you won’t have to watch it if you can’t bear it, someone will be watching and can tell us about it in the comments.
It’s going to be a combo of:
JMG
Voted early this afternoon. Would have done it this morning but a part of our furnace went south and we had no heat, so had to stick around for our (wonderful) plumbing and heating man. An easy Mass. ballot except for Question 2. Finally voted yes. Decided I’d rather get directly screwed over by the dentist than by some impersonal insurance company.
WaterGirl
@JMG: Good for you, voting in the middle of a screwed up day. That’s one part of why early voting is so important. Stuff happens, and if you leave voting to the one magic day, and that’s the day that shit happens, you don’t get to vote.
middlelee
I voted. I’d like that cranky looking cat, please.
beth
I voted early this morning in South Carolina – second day of early voting. The poll workers said yesterday was the busiest early voting they’ve seen and they had to call in more help. I was sad to see that most of the down ticket races had no challenger to the Republican candidate.
jnfr
We voted early by dropbox, and Colorado already emailed to say my vote was received and accepted.
I’d like a raised fist, please, I’m feeling feisty.
ChuckInAustin
Voted! Go Beto!!
OHJo
Voted in person last week at the Hamilton County BOE! (Cincinnati. Oh)
WaterGirl
@middlelee: Who knew that grumpy cat would be so popular?
WaterGirl
@beth: That is sad!
Unless you are the beth who does the pet calendar, with an email address I have never seen her use, there are now two lower case “beth” commenters.
WaterGirl
@ChuckInAustin: I really want Beto to win this.
You get all the stickers! (at least the first 4) Which sticker did you want?
denimull
I voted by Absentee Ballot (disabled) and thoroughly enjoyed filling out every individual Blue bubble on the sheet! Fingers crossed that turnout turns Indiana Blue.
the pollyanna from hell
Early voting in Rome GA. I have seen one Kemp sign against a dozen Abrams in the poor neighborhoods I frequent. Herschel’s bus showed up the same Monday morning. The crowds were not big.
Jaybird
I love Oregon. We voted by mail this morning.
Percysowner
I voted in person last week. Straight Democratic ticket, of course.
hedgehog mobile
Voted in Colorado via drop box. I’d like the kitty, please!
WaterGirl
@hedgehog mobile: I gave you the Colorado sticker, too, as a bonus.
Kim Walker
Thank you Jeffrey. It worked, my vote will count!
Czar Chasm
I voted early, in-person, striding into the voting booth like a Visigoth warlord.
SectionH
Last comment was only 11 minutes ago, so I’ll risk posting here. Mr S and I wrangled our ballots yesterday, and dropped them off at the San Diego Co. registrar of voters office this afternoon. Yeah, we could have taken them a few blocks away to our local library branch, but since we had to be up that way today anyhow, we thought we’d save them a step. Guys asked if we wanted I VOTED stickers, we said No thanks, we have the ones with our mail ballots.
SectionH
I was warned about a duplicate comment, so I’ll just add a request for the Persian with the bandana for my BJ sticker, if that’s OK. Thanks!
NWO Joe
Got’er done a couple of days ago, and drove to the courthouse to put it in the box. Straight frickin Democratic, particularly for Kotek. I was joking with friends I was going to vote so damned hard I’d out a hole in the paper and have to ask for a new one.
tybee
i voted, along with whatsername, in person.
Jackie
Just checked my ballot status: received and accepted!!!
NOW maybe I’ll stop getting texts asking me to vote for________.
RaflW
I early voted today here in MN! Glad to get that in and set. We’re truly absentee this time, will be in WI — biting our nails and, perhaps, attending an election night party for our friend Brienne (Brown for WI Assembly 31!!).
Even managed it despite being awake for approximately 28 hours in a row traveling home from Greece and falling into bed last night at 3am local time. The 8 hours in Newark airport? Blech. (The airport is fine. But the layover ended up being 3 1/4 hours longer than planned — and the planned layover was longer than desirable. Oh well, the previous 17 days were amazing.)
Mike in Oly
I voted early by mail in ballot! Love living in WA State where we have sensible voting practices!!!
Kitty and/or rainbow flag please.
WaterGirl
@tybee: Hoping whatsername finds that amusing. :-) If not, that sticker is for them.
hedgehog mobile
@WaterGirl: Yay! Thank you.
WaterGirl
If I missed your sticker, let me know in the comments. I’ll be back in the morning to sticker some more.
I haven’t tracked it, but it does seem like Oregon is highly represented in this thread. Proof positive that all states should have vote-by-mail. :-)
Joy in FL
I filled out my Florida mail-in ballot this afternoon and drove to my local post office (a whole 5 minutes away) and put my ballot in the mailbox inside.
I would love the dog sticker, please.
La Nonna
Voted by mail on Tuesday, we use a courier to track from Italy, as the Posta Italia can be unreliable, haha. Looks to be delivered Friday, D all the way. Any sticker, grazie
grandmaBear
I voted early in person before my trip to Italy. Waving hello from Lucca! Grouchy kitty button please.
scav
Mailed it yesterday. So, of course, Mr iPad types it as Nailed it yesterday, so I think we have approval. I’ll fly the flag please.
featheredsprite
Strait of Juan de Fuca, WA
Just dropped ballot off at the post office.
P.S. The world needs Beto to win this!
Grumpy kitty, please.
Karen H
Husband and I voted early in person today in San Antonio. Beto and all Dems for the win!
Cat sticker please.
JaySinWA
We voted yesterday by drop box north of Seattle.
WaterGirl
@featheredsprite:
Yes it does!
WaterGirl
I am still stickering, checking in every few hours.
prostratedragon
Just dropped my ballot in USMail, Chicago. They will email me updates until it arrives and is checked in.
VFX Lurker
I dropped off my ballot at the nearest ballot drop box last night. Hope to see a message from BallotTrax soon. I’d like a cat sticker, if possible. Thanks!
greengoblin
Dropped my ballot in the collection box Tuesday after work. Voted straight Dem and yes for schools.
Would like the voted early fist, please.
WaterGirl
@VFX Lurker: @greengoblin: For some unknown reason, it will not let me add images to your comments. I thought maybe the emojis were interfering, but that wasn’t it.
I will see if the next comment (that will be #274) will allow me to add them.
steve g
Yay Oregon Vote By Mail. Signed, Sealed, Delivered. I’m Yours. – Stevie Wonder
BallotTrax says “Your ballot has been accepted and counted.” Not sure if they can really count them till closer to the election. But whatever.
ewrunning
I voted and deposited my ballot at a drop box near our public library branch here in Seattle. No sign of the creepy “this box under surveillance” signs some clowns put up during the August primary, though there was a white van parked nearby that could have had someone lurking in it.
Kyle Rayner
Finally filled out and dropped off my mail-in ballot! I had School Board members to choose from, in the oft-nationally-discussed good ol’ County of Loudoun. Boy, oh boy! I’ll take a pride sticker :)
opiejeanne
We voted today. You can choose a sticker for me.
ETA: I just saw the kitty sticker. That one. please.
NeenerNeener
I just voted in NY today. The machine producing the paper ballots seemed to have forgotten all about District 41, where I live, so I had a good 10 minute wait until they figured out why.
May I have a sticker with the dog, please?
rekoob
Just got back from early voting at the Lewes Fire Station in Sussex County, Delaware. Lively turnout, no wait. Electronic voting with paper receipt, and it was easy to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Mailed postcards for Elaine Luria in Virginia and Emilia Sykes in Ohio.
Perhaps I could have the puppy sticker when you get a chance.
Sure Lurkalot
Dropped off my and spouse’s ballots on Wednesday. It’s easy peasy to vote in Colorado, as it should be everywhere. Ballot has been received but not yet counted…yet!
Rainbow flag, please!
wmd
Voted at a mobile early voting site this afternoon. Couldn’t find the ballot I’d been mailed so they printed one for me after checking my registration.
Argiope
Voted early in Ohio yesterday and started reminding (ok, pestering) my personal youth (kid, niece) about their plans. I’d love a rainbow flag please!
Josie
I voted early in Texas today and bullied my youngest son to go with me. Two straight Democratic tickets. We have a new method in Harris County (Houston) – the machine prints out your ballot which you then feed into another machine. I’m assuming the ballot is kept as paper proof of your vote. Puppy sticker please.
SuzieC
I voted early at Franklin County (Ohio) Board of Elections. The facility is huge. well-organized, and efficient. I didn’t have to wait in line, but from what I saw, every voting machine was occupied. And all the poll workers wore Halloween costumes. Fun! Franklin County has become Ohio’s largest source of D votes, overtaking Cuyahoga.
SuzieC
Cat sticker please!!
randy khan
Voted today. Very complicated ballot (not!) – just our safe Congressional representative in our very blue district.
For the sticker, surprise me!
bbleh
Voted early in person. (They wouldn’t let me use my phone, which had my cheat-sheet on it. I made e’m give me a piece of paper and scribbled everything down, and THEN I was allowed to vote. 🙄 ) #6/flag please.
UncleEbeneezer
Voted early the other day, dropping off ballots at drop-box. No problems. I’ll let you surprise me with whichever sticker you like
(Though I’m Cis Het, so not sure if rainbow flag is appropriate- I don’t want to offend anyone in LGBTQ community)
JeanneT
I dropped off my ballot at my neighborhood drop box this morning: now waiting for the confirmation it was received. Gimme a sticker (please!).
NiskyOma
Daughter and I voted early in person in blue upstate NY district. So many important problems face us but R’s focus on non-existent litter boxes in schools and making life miserable for as many people as possible. And they lie, lie, lie. Scary times.
An “Early voter gets the win” sticker please
WaterGirl
@NiskyOma: Congratulations!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
I dropped off my absentee ballot to my BOE drop box on Friday. Straight ticket Dem! I’ll take the “Early Voter Gets the Win” sticker please : )
Brachiator
Sometime Saturday, I think, I received a nice GOTV message on my answering machine. The caller was advising people that rain was expected on Monday and Tuesday in Los Angeles County and voting centers were open over the weekend.
So I went to my nearest voting center Sunday afternoon and cast my ballot. All done.
Sticker please.
mrmoshpotato
Dropped off my mail-in ballot last night at a local polling place. Then celebrating with an Italian beef and fries.
And happened to run into a friend who I hadn’t seen in years.