Why I Vote on Election Day

[MineralMan]

1. I get to see my neighbors at the polling place.

2. I can check to see if any obvious hanky-panky is going on.

3. I get a cute "I Voted" sticker to wear.

4. I get to watch my vote being tallied by the optical readers.

5. I get to say "Thank you" to the poll workers.

6. It gives me an excellent incentive to watch election results.

7. Because I can vote in person on the day appointed for the election.

8. I can see how many people voted before me that day.

9. It gets me out of the house for the 6 block walk to the polling place.

10. Because it's so important to vote that I want to physically do it that day.

[Maeve]

1. I used to like all that, too

Even when there was a long line, I could think "Democracy in action!" and that was cool...

However, I'm now one of those poll workers and we appreciate you saying 'thanks!'

[MineralMan]

2. Thank you for doing that job.

It's a long day and often thankless work.

[LisaL]

3. Whatever rocks your boat!

As long as you vote, it's all good.
I was going to vote on election day at first but then got tired of waiting and voted early.

[Rocknrule]

4. "Obvious hanky-panky"?

Isn't a polling place a little too public for that?

[MineralMan]

5. The other definition. The song and dance.

You do the hanky-panky and you turn your self around.
That's what it's all about.

We changed the words when I was in school...
or

Simple Definition of hanky–panky
: sexual activity
: dishonest or suspicious activity
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Although, who knows what goes on behind those curtains?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Why I vote absentee.

I'm going to help out my mom who had a stroke earlier this year and has other medical issues. She's actually doing pretty well now, but I volunteered to be with her that day so I could have a legally valid reason to vote absentee.

This is my polling place:


The Rs set their tent up just to the left at the bottom of the stairs. They have 3 or 4 of them who then practically block the stairs and push their literature on everyone who passes. If you refuse, they may challenge you verbally. I was asked, "So, you like things the way they are now?!"

Twice I have spoken to the guys at the Dem tent, which is set up about 20 feet back from the stairs. Last year when I approached, a woman and her elderly mother were speaking to him. They were asking why the Rs were allowed to do that. The older woman said she felt intimidated. I spoke up and said I did as well.

The Dem guy said the Rs weren't doing anything wrong and there was nothing that could be done about it. I think that is ridiculous, but, I've emailed the local Dem committee about it and got no response.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I vote early and I get a cute "I voted early" sticker to wear.

Plus I can also thank the poll workers, see my vote tallied by the optical readers, pay attention to how others are behaving -- hanky panky check, see how many voted before me (not sure if it's that day only or so far in the early vote cycle at that location) and maybe see neighbors at the polling place.

Glad you like voting on the day itself, but everything most of your reasons likewise apply to early in person voting. Not mail-in, of course.

My early voting site is about four miles from me, so I don't walk. My regular voting site is two miles away in another direction, so I doubt I'd walk there, either. I only once had a polling place only a couple of blocks away. You are very fortunate that yours is so close.

I personally like early voting because I don't need to worry that something weird might happen to keep me from getting to the polls on the day itself. That's just me.