So Georgia has purged people who have not voted in 7.5 years as the law states. They were sent a notification by mail and given 3 months to respond. If they responded, they remained on the rolls. If they failed to respond they were struck as it was assumed they moved and did not update their voter registration.It's up to you whether you vote or not. The only concern I would have is whether a local election official uses that as an excuse to purge someone from the voter rolls. There's been a few of those cases reported and it's concerning.
Like in WA state where you vote via the mail. You don't get a sticker when you drop your ballot in the mail.
First memory of escorting my mother to the polls as a child were of those hulking grey machines; they sure lasted a long time.I didn't get a sticker when I voted this morning either. I suppose I'd need to take that up with my local board of elections though. Being able to vote is it's own reward, still worth it.
And there are lots of places you can vote without a polling station. Like in WA state where you vote via the mail. You don't get a sticker when you drop your ballot in the mail.
I miss NY's old voting booths with the curtain and the lever. The new scanners are a lot less gratifying. I took the voter worker education class so I know allegedly those scanners are hacker proof but I still liked those old curtain booths better.
Had to laugh....this site which is supposed to have NO POLITICS discussed....had an AD here on page one of this thread with box to click to "VOTE REPUBLICAN" and a big picture of the "President" on it.
Those types of ads are based on your viewing history on the internet. I currently don't see one, but I do see an ad for a website I viewed earlier today. Dis isn't controlling the specific ads being shown there.
...or I'm liable to get another nasty-gram like I did last week shaming me for not voting in 2015 or 2017.
The letter was from the "Center for Voter Information" and it said data comes from publicly available state voter files.
I probably didn't vote in 2013 or 2011 either.
In odd year elections nothing of importance IMO is on the ballot in Delaware. Governor is the same year as President. U.S. Senator and Congress are always even years too. So are most Delaware state positions.
I suppose there are county positions in odd years. Maybe school board too.
But I plan to vote tomorrow.
My daughter got that nasty gram as well. The funny thing is she just turned 18!
This makes me sad.Since we have no state issues to vote on, no bonds to vote on. and no state constitutional issues to vote on the reality is in this election cycle my vote means very little. The singular exception is our Senatorial selection which the entire country is watching and the entire country seems to be funding. Other than that my vote truly means "nada"
We will vote tomorrow...just about always vote.
We are so tired of political ads. However, a candidate stopped by our house today, we were happy to meet him.
Nice, people being shamed for exercising their right to not vote.
Sometimes not voting is a message, I guess some people/organizations don't get that.
My mother spent the last year or so of her life in a vicious cycle of ICU, and rehab facility with brief stops living at my elder sister's house. Both the rehab center and hospital offered absentee ballots to their patients via the social workers' departments. All forms in house, no waiting, and in my mother's case, as the hospital and rehab center were in different counties from her residence, they knew the ropes, navigated the paperwork and assured she was able to vote. One less thing for elder sister and I to worry about and I thank them mightily.This summer, my DH was in the hospital. We used my cell phone for contacts. About a week after he got out, I got a text with from the X party with his proper name asking if he needed an absentee ballot. hmmm wonder how they got that info????
This past two days , we have had at least 20 calls a day telling us to vote. We are doubly blessed. Since we have a multiple party household, we get calls from everyone under the sun to vote for.
We did get stickers today, in case anyone is keeping count.
Same. Nice and quiet. Took no time at all.There were no stickers at my location this morning. A woman even walked out, then came back to ask for one, but they didn't have them. I don't care that much, but maybe the stickers are being phased out here.
I always vote on election day because for my precinct the lines are always short, much shorter than the early voting lines usually are. There were about 10 people there this morning, which is actually more than usual. It took me about 12 minutes or so to get in and out.
My mother spent the last year or so of her life in a vicious cycle of ICU, and rehab facility with brief stops living at my elder sister's house. Both the rehab center and hospital offered absentee ballots to their patients via the social workers' departments. All forms in house, no waiting, and in my mother's case, as the hospital and rehab center were in different counties from her residence, they knew the ropes, navigated the paperwork and assured she was able to vote. One less thing for elder sister and I to worry about and I thank them mightily.
Received a mailing that was a two-sided card. Listed the names of neighbors who voted, by name, and a member of our household that did not.
I think that mailings like this cross the line of privacy.
That’s what I tell my kids when they ask me, lol.I wish we could go back to not knowing if you voted, who you voted for, and not particularly caring either way. Or maybe when I was a kid it all went over my head.
I asked my mom once, who she voted for and she told me it was none of my business and your vote should always be kept secret.
Political affiliation is killing this country.