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ecstatic

(32,685 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:36 AM Nov 2020

What percentage of us are voting Election Day vs early /absentee?


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Voted (or will vote) on Election Day
8 (13%)
Voted Early (in person)
21 (33%)
Submitted Absentee Ballot (early)
34 (53%)
Submitted Absentee Ballot (on Election Day)
1 (2%)
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What percentage of us are voting Election Day vs early /absentee? (Original Post) ecstatic Nov 2020 OP
You need an option for those states that ONLY vote by mail, like Oregon. Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #1
Oops! I thought something was missing! ecstatic Nov 2020 #6
this is the way 0rganism Nov 2020 #9
got my mail in ballot . filled it out and went to our county recorders office AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #2
I somewhat regret dropping off my mail-in ballot frazzled Nov 2020 #3
I can relate... This was the most important vote ecstatic Nov 2020 #5
I just voted! Keth Nov 2020 #4
North WI here - I'll be voting within a few hours. Talitha Nov 2020 #7
Great! I think more than 10% of us will be voting today ecstatic Nov 2020 #8

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
1. You need an option for those states that ONLY vote by mail, like Oregon.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:43 AM
Nov 2020

I voted weeks ago, by mail, like all Oregonians.

AllaN01Bear

(18,159 posts)
2. got my mail in ballot . filled it out and went to our county recorders office
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:49 AM
Nov 2020

in person and dropped it off along time ago.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. I somewhat regret dropping off my mail-in ballot
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:03 AM
Nov 2020

several weeks ago. It feels a little anticlimactic. In pandemic time it feels like months ago. And it all seems so ineffable compared to voting in person, like your vote disappeared into the ether, despite the assurance that your ballot has been accepted, reviewed, approved, and will be tabulated tonight.

Maybe I’ll feel better when I check in at the Board of Elections and see that my ballot has been counted, finally. It’s not like sticking that paper into the scanner yourself and seeing the vote counter click up a notch.

I did the right thing, but I don’t think I’ll do it again if I have the choice.

ecstatic

(32,685 posts)
5. I can relate... This was the most important vote
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:11 AM
Nov 2020

of my lifetime and I feel like I ceded a lot of control by voting by mail.

That said, I have a lot of confidence in my county. I just don't trust our governor.*

Keth

(184 posts)
4. I just voted!
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:06 AM
Nov 2020

Voted Biden Blue in Red Southern Missouri. Probably won't count towards the electoral college, but at least my vote will count in the Popular vote win for President Biden!

Talitha

(6,582 posts)
7. North WI here - I'll be voting within a few hours.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:43 AM
Nov 2020

I was anxious to go as soon as they opened this morning but decided to wait for it to warm up a bit outside. My rural township only has about 400 people though, so I'll be shocked if there's any kind of waiting line.

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