Are you voting early? Will long lines

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2008
Are you voting early? Will long lines
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Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:31pm

or bad weather deter you from voting?


I remember the 2004 election and the lines were really long, although I was happy to wait.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:45pm

I too have an absentee ballot. When I fill it out, it will be with an ability to look online for information and stories about the more obscure candidates/races.

As long as the ballot gets counted,is worded and formatted for clear comprehension, and has well delineated directions on how to fill it out, am thinking it will be a great improvement over the lines, chaos, and lack of access to more information of Election Day itself.

Gettingahandle


Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.


Facts stifle the will, hobble conviction.

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Registered: 10-23-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:54pm
Stood in line (some of it in the rain) for two hours this past Thursday to vote in the suburbs of Atlanta.

And, why lookie here -- perhaps it's doing some good:

The two polls were conducted last night, each with 615 registered, likely voters. The margin of errors for both is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

The results:

Presidential

Obama, 48 percent

McCain, 47 percent

Other, 2 percent

Undecided, 3 percent

U.S. Senate

Chambliss, 44 percent

Martin, 42 percent

Buckley, 2 percent

Undecided, 12 percent


Interestingly, African Americans have by far the highest undecided percentage of racial groups in the state - which may indicate a sort of "reverse Bradley effect" (blacks lying to pollsters because they don't want to be stereotyped as voting along racial lines, but having already decided they're Obama supporters). This may yet push Obama into a squeaker of a win in Georgia. I don't believe it....I think this poll is probably an outlier...but MAN, would it feel good to send Jim Martin, an authentic progressive, to the Senate to replace the horrible Saxby Chambliss (who took out triple-amputee Max Cleland in 2002 by painting the war veteran as "soft on terrorism" and running ads with his picture next to Osama Bin Laden's) AND to turn the Peach State blue for Obama.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-25-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 8:38pm

My absentee ballot was easy to understand, but it was long.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-30-2007
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:01pm
I will probably vote on Election Day.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:27pm
Actually I am hoping for long lines - it will seem more festive. My eldest daughter and I will go vote together so it will be some mother/daughter bonding time. It is her first presidential election - she has campaigned for every election since she was one - sitting in her stroller waving a tiny campaign sign. My son has already voted by absentee ballot from college - his first presidential election. His cell phone bill last month was totally out of control - he has been calling voters in swing states for the Obama campaign when he has time. I guess I can handle it for a few more weeks - but after the election he has to stay with in the minutes limit! LOL
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-25-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 10:08pm

Personally, I don't believe in absentee voting unless one is really and truly going to be absent.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-10-2005
Fri, 10-31-2008 - 11:10am

Absentee ballots are the only way to go.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-31-2008
Fri, 10-31-2008 - 6:52pm
No matter what the weather does it is
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 10-31-2008 - 6:57pm

I voted early b/c I never know day to day what my day at work will be like or what time I'll get off.

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Registered: 03-30-2007
Fri, 10-31-2008 - 7:09pm
I have no clue what your are talking about.

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