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Started 6 months ago by Kodie
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Kodie
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1. I tried about 3-4 weeks ago to find out about my ballot and finding no information, assumed I had only 2 officers and 3 questions (which I received info in the mail) and now I find that I have about 10 officers to vote on in my district, so I am reading that now.

2. Last time I voted was 2004 and I went early and was out in 5 minutes. It's a short walk and I don't want to wait on line so I think that's a plan.

3. I might throw up but I'll wait until I get home.

4. I have therapy, so I have to go do that.

5. I have some inclination that I want to bury my head in the sand all day until someone tells me it's going to be ok, but I'm afraid to watch as it unfolds. If Sheff loses Governor's Council, I'm moving to Norway.

6. I have ice cream if I feel like eating at all. I might pick up something stronger.

Sounds like it's picking up to be an ordinary Tuesday, actually. What are your, if any, special plans?

Posted 6 months ago #
Noelle
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1/2 day work, yay! Annual eye exam, order new contacts, few errands at the store, lunch, long drive to the polls 'cause I live in the sticks. There are 6 proposals, only one of which is a good idea. So yes, nox5. There's some township council drama that no one but the barely literate members of the council who typed out and mass-mailed long passionate pleas to everyone in the township to care and vote their way. But my aversion to all-caps and too many exclamation points made it impossible to read those letters. Wash dishes, scoop cat boxes, pick up kid for dance class. Husband's cooking dinner. Ham and au gratin potatoes on the menu. TV.

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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Now that that's over (for me), it occurred to me that Mitt Romney is voting over in Belmont as former governor of our fine Bay State. I don't understand home states of politicians who are no longer in office - for example, the Bushes have residence in Maine and Texas, and I guess Florida if they want to? Romney's own vote for himself won't count because Massachusetts is bluey blue blue. I don't really know how he came to be from here since I thought he was from Utah or Michigan.

Posted 6 months ago #
julie42
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I was just looking around my apartment and realized that even though I signed up to vote, they never sent me my voter registration card. I've gone over it in my head so many times and I don't remember ever receiving one in the mail. So I guess I won't be voting in my first election...I sent them an angry email, but it's obviously too late.
I'll look around one more time when I get back home today, but I know it's not here. Fuuuuucccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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I don't know what a voter registration card is or what state you live in and what you are required to vote, but here your name is on the list when you registered and you tell them your address and name and they just check it off. I'm not saying it's like that in your state, but I would try going over there to see if your name is on their list, and bring phote/address ID. It shouldn't be necessary but in some states apparently it is.

Posted 6 months ago #
UrsaMinor
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Here in NYS, we don't have voter ID requirements. You just have to register in time for the election (a few weeks ahead, I believe) and your signature has to match the one on the registration at the check-in desk. They have a big book of them.

In and out, ten minutes. I was a little miffed at the venue, a church recreation hall plastered with posters screaming GOD! and urging me to join the ministry.

Posted 6 months ago #
Noelle
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In MI, we need some form of ID. A driver's license works fine. I think that's new in the last 4 years though, because before they just checked us off the list. I have no idea where my old voter card is and no one's ever asked for it. I miss the days I could walk to the polls. But I do prefer living in the middle of nowhere, so I'll take the minor inconvenience.

Posted 6 months ago #
kessy_athena
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Julie, you should definitely go to the polling place and ask the people there. Even if you didn't get the registration card, you may still be on the list. And even if you're not, you may still be able to cast a provisional ballot. You should take ID and any forms or correspondence you might have about registering to vote. The worst that will happen is that they'll turn you away, so it's worth trying.

Posted 6 months ago #
Elemenope
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Some states even allow registration-at-the-polls.

Posted 6 months ago #
Noelle
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Julie, I just realized this is your 1st presidential election for voting. Congrats! Mine was 1996, Clinton vs. Dole. I was a jr in college. Fun times for a presidential race.

Posted 6 months ago #
UrsaMinor
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Election-day registration is offered in Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Washington DC, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Generally it requires photo ID (driver's license or passport), and some proof of residence like a utility bill or bank statement.

Posted 6 months ago #
Sunny Day
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I voted before work. I hit the sweet spot @ 10am where everyone has gone to work and its too early for lunch.

I'm going to be here till 8pm and it will hopefully be tranquil here (Tech Support Rep) as all the attention will be focused on tv's tonight. I'll go home catch up on some Recorded TV and go play Borderlands 2.

I'm kinda sick of hearing about how close the race is because it just boggles my fuckign mind that it could be that close. One candidate if given the chance would downgrade the rights of every single human being on the planet. Has a plan to "save" the economy but will not give any details. How does that fucking make any sense?

Many states allow you to vote at the polls even when they haven't sent you your Official registration, hit their website to find out if you need any proof of residence.

Vote Early, Vote Often. :)

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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Sunny Day come to the forums more.

Posted 6 months ago #
julie42
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My boyfriend told me he went to vote and they didn't ask for his card, but when I looked up online where I'm supposed to go to vote and entered my name and zip code, they didn't find my information. I entered my zip code, my previous zip code, and the zip code of the DMV where I registered...nothing.

Posted 6 months ago #
Elemenope
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FWIW, the Secretary of State's website in my state couldn't find my registration either despite having voted in every election since I've been eligible. Sure enough, when I actually went to my polling place, they had it same as always. It must be because I have one of those damned hyphenated names. :)

Posted 6 months ago #
kessy_athena
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@Sunny Day: Personally, I take the polls and conventional wisdom with a grain of salt. I don't make predictions, and the final say is with the voters, who have a nasty habit of not doing what you expect them to. I'd be surprised if today turns out to be a landslide one way or the other (something like a 10 point gap in the popular vote) but beyond that, I have no idea what's going to happen. It's entirely possible it won't turn out to be close at all.

As for why public opinion reacts the way it does to various events, I gave up trying to figure that out ages ago.

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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Deciding whether to watch results or put Cast Away in the DVD player.

Posted 6 months ago #
kessy_athena
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I've promised myself that I'm not turning on CNN until 8PM EST. Must... resist... clicker...

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
Member

I've been made uncomfortable by Brian Williams' suggestion to get comfortable.

Posted 6 months ago #
Sunny Day
Member

Kodie, Cast Away sounds like a winner of a way to spend 2 hours.

We should start a movie / tv show thread.

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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Someone put this up on WWJTD: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-voted/home/

Unintentionally humorous and interactive.

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I would start a movie/tv thread by saying I spent last Saturday catching up on the current season of Revenge. If I had Season 1, I would probably watch that instead of Cast Away. I am having a hard time remembering what night to watch the TV shows I intend to watch, much like when Lost got out of my grip and I ended up watching the whole series on DVD from the library, having avoided any notion of its plot for about 3 or 4 years. Waiting series out and watching them all at once is one of my favorite approaches to current television. Where have you been all my life, DVDs?

Posted 6 months ago #
Sunny Day
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Meant to reply back before now... I've never watched Revenge but I could put them into a google drive or drop box account to watch one at a time.

Posted 6 months ago #
Kodie
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A couple weeks before the season started, they ran a mini-marathon of highlighted episode and then a compilation episode in review of where we began and where we are up to now going into season 2. It is a show I liked the concept of but always forget to watch. If I don't watch it when it's on tv, I don't know if I'll get around to it before it expires. Could say it doesn't matter. I don't know why I like it. I hooked my computer up to my tv and watched in bed for 4 hours. I still watching Revolution so far and the things that used to bother me I guess I have to settle in my mind that's just the way it is and then I started to get involved with the characters, but caring very little at this point. I think after last week, it would be dramatic for them to get caught in a rockslide and spend the rest of the tension-filled episode running out of air until they all die. I would watch that shit even if it took the whole rest of the season.

As Desmond Hume says: The End.

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