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yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:01 AM Oct 2016

I VOTED today! (how about you?)


I received my ballot in the mail, here in San Francisco California, yesterday. Have completed the ballot. It will go out in the mail as of Wednesday!

I voted for Hillary Clinton.
I also voted for Marijuana to be legal in California!

One small step in the defeat of Donald J. Trump! Yay!
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I VOTED today! (how about you?) (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2016 OP
Woot! sarae Oct 2016 #1
Yes it was great to make my voice heard yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #9
Ours went in the mail yesterday! Granny M Oct 2016 #2
I hope the Marijuana thing passes... yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #10
I'm an expat, living in Ireland. Granny M Oct 2016 #23
Landslide coming Coolest Ranger Oct 2016 #3
I sure hope so but yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #18
As someone who is Coolest Ranger Oct 2016 #29
Congrats! And thank you. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2016 #4
Hey! yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #11
Good job! rurallib Oct 2016 #5
Yes indeed... yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #17
Sent ours out on Saturday n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2016 #6
awesome possum!! yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #12
Mine is in the envelope ready to mail. Lunabell Oct 2016 #7
We have medical Marijuana legalized here but yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #14
saw the california voters pamphlet allan01 Oct 2016 #8
omg yes, you could hit someone on the head with it yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #15
I'm in California zenabby Oct 2016 #13
hERE CHECK THIS OUT!! yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #16
Excellent! NastyRiffraff Oct 2016 #19
great, I wish more states had yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #20
I was going to vote yesterday, but found out no early voting here till Oct. 24th. :( nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2016 #21
Yup. Just did early voting today in Maine. RBInMaine Oct 2016 #22
In Montana our mail in ballots were delayed because a Libertarian candidate died Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #24
Great to hear ... BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #25
I sent in my MD BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #26
My absentee ballot lillypaddle Oct 2016 #27
Sent absentee ballot in yesterday, and got a mail receipt confirmation. Not waiting for long lines, Hoyt Oct 2016 #28
Voted last week ananda Oct 2016 #30
I sent my Colorado vote via a Colorado web site over a week ago from Canada awake Oct 2016 #31

sarae

(3,284 posts)
1. Woot!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:30 AM
Oct 2016

Doesn't it feel good? Since I can't actually punch Donald Trump in the face, sending in my ballot for HRC was the next best thing...


yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
9. Yes it was great to make my voice heard
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:01 PM
Oct 2016

and expressing my displeasure of Donald Trump and all he stands for.

Granny M

(1,395 posts)
2. Ours went in the mail yesterday!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:52 AM
Oct 2016

Also California, Sonoma County.

I know the State is safe, but I'm hoping for a mandate for Clinton and winning back Congress.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
10. I hope the Marijuana thing passes...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:01 PM
Oct 2016

I really do want to have access to this... to deal with my depression.

Granny M

(1,395 posts)
23. I'm an expat, living in Ireland.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 02:45 AM
Oct 2016

We can only dream that the government here will allow medical cannabis. They finally just allowed oil for kids with epilepsy, but tightly controlled on the THC amounts, possibly not even adequate. Frustrating.

Here's to more enlightened times. California, lead the way!

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
18. I sure hope so but
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:10 PM
Oct 2016

I really hope we pass the marijuana legislation because that is something I think would help me in so many ways!

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
29. As someone who is
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 06:51 AM
Oct 2016

always in pain, I feel you. I've learned to listen to my feelings on matters like this and they are usually right

rurallib

(62,387 posts)
5. Good job!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:57 AM
Oct 2016

lots of folks voting early this year.

Now you can spend election day harassing those who haven't voted yet to get out and vote!

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
17. Yes indeed...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:09 PM
Oct 2016

This morning while walking to the Mail Box on the corner, I saw my neighbor and said, "I am voting today" and he said, " Oh gosh, I have my ballot, I will fill it out today!" ...pretty sure California is totally going for Hillary, but there are other places in the nation that needs to get behind her quickly with early voting!

Lunabell

(6,046 posts)
7. Mine is in the envelope ready to mail.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:54 AM
Oct 2016

Hillary and blue down the line. Voted yes on Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization, Amendment 2 (2016). It is a step in the right, er correct, direction.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
14. We have medical Marijuana legalized here but
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:04 PM
Oct 2016

For some reason, I can't get a prescription. Once its legalized fully, I intend to indulge myself fully!

allan01

(1,950 posts)
8. saw the california voters pamphlet
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:03 AM
Oct 2016

the things the size of my local telephone directory. !!!!! alot of the measures are from mostly those people who stand in front of walmart and badger peolple for signatures . they get paied per sig . im going to vote to make m.j leagel in california too.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
15. omg yes, you could hit someone on the head with it
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:05 PM
Oct 2016

and probably kill them! I mean its HUUUUUUUUUUUGGGE!

zenabby

(364 posts)
13. I'm in California
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:04 PM
Oct 2016

and have not got the vote by mail ballot yet. when is early voting starting here - can I go to a polling booth?

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
19. Excellent!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:15 PM
Oct 2016

I have to wait till Oct. 27 for early voting in Maryland, but I can't wait to vote for the FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT.

I may have to wait till Oct 28; I'm an election judge and have to vote early but I'm judging for early voting as well as election day. But I'm excited! I'm WITH HER!

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
20. great, I wish more states had
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:19 PM
Oct 2016

vote by mail, its a great option to have. And, its a paper ballot. I would never trust electronic voting as there is too much of a chance to have the numbers tampered with.

Maru Kitteh

(28,320 posts)
24. In Montana our mail in ballots were delayed because a Libertarian candidate died
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 02:48 AM
Oct 2016

They will be mailed out on Friday. By this time next week - 3 VOTES FOR HILLARY in our house and ALL down-ticket Dems too!

BlueMTexpat

(15,365 posts)
26. I sent in my MD
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 04:43 AM
Oct 2016

absentee ballot last Friday. I will check the tracking app tomorrow because it should have arrived by then.

In MD, my vote will likely be only a tiny drop in the sea of blue for HRC! But it will count nonetheless.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
28. Sent absentee ballot in yesterday, and got a mail receipt confirmation. Not waiting for long lines,
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 05:34 AM
Oct 2016

bad weather, maybe illness, last time I stood in line it was with a bunch of loud mouth white wingers, etc. My lady friend did too. Voted for Democrats. I live where there are a bunch of unopposed GOPer incumbents, didn't even vote for those.

Nowadays, there are so many ways to vote, that there really is not any excuse.

awake

(3,226 posts)
31. I sent my Colorado vote via a Colorado web site over a week ago from Canada
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 07:35 AM
Oct 2016

No line no wait, I can not understand why everyone living in Colorado is not allowed to use the same system as overseas votes get to use.

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