I'm planning to vote early today, but I do this with mixed emotions. It isn't that I am uncertain about the votes I am about to cast. Rather, I am fearful that through some exciting turn of events my vote won't be counted. Why? Let's just say that I remember the 2000 election, even though I was too young to vote at the time. I have seen votes thrown out in Florida, as well as in California if I am not mistaken.
I certainly want to have some faith in the government and the attached bureaucracy, but can you blame me? Regardless of the outcome, this will be a ground-breaking election! Not only will either the first African American president or the first woman vice-president take office when all is said and done, but another chapter in the war over marriage rights will have been written in California. Given the weight of these things alone, it is so very important that every eligible voter get out to the polls somehow, and that every vote that is cast be counted. Since I may not be in the country on election day, I know it is my civic duty to head on down to the polls early. I just hope that it isn't a trip made in vain.
I have heard that mailing in a ballot and using a provisional ballot are good ways to not have your vote counted...
But, if you're going in person, as long as you receive a regular ballot and not a provisional one, I think you should be just fine.
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Indiana has early voting, both in person and mail-in. It started the day of the registration deadline. I had a doctor's appointment this afternoon, so I drove to vote since I was already downtown.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a line when I got there. I was there for over a half an hour before I got my ballot, even after they had me cut in line because of the crutches/cast thing. I asked if there is usually a line. They said yes! It's amazing! We might break our record of only (guesstimate) 30% of registered voters actually make it to the polls.
I can't say I entirely trust the whole thing, but what are my options? Not even try? NO. I'll just have to trust that my vote gets cast.
-Sonja :)
"Democracy works only when you vote. When you don't take the time to vote for the candidate you find the least offensive, you run the risk of electing the candidate you find the most offensive."
Agreed. We do what we can to have our voices heard, whether that's dropping by the polls early or making one of these blog posts. If the process fails us for some reason, it's up to us to step up to the plate again and protest somehow.
The Registrar of Voters was swamped today -- it was great!
I'm going to try to find time to drive downtown to do early voting tomorrow, just because I worked at a poll during the last presidential election (couldn't vote yet, since I was only 17), and I'm afraid that if I have to wait that long at the polls, I won't get in before the end of the day, because I'll be at work most of the day.
~C
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