The bigger elections have always had a polling place in a neighbor’s garage, about a dozen houses away.
Not this time. We were consolidated into a larger precinct, and several hundred voters converged on the nearest park to do their duty as a citizen.
I didn’t even have to show an ID. I self-identified, signed in, and got a ballot.
Every registered voter gets a sample ballot so they know what they’re up against. Candidates can buy space to put their statements into the ballot; I think it’s the best money any campaign can spend.
Long explanations of every ballot initiative are in this 200+ page missive that was sent to our home.
Yeah. We voted at this place.
If you couldn’t get out of your car, they would bring a ballot to you. Drive up voting, if you will.
No waiting at all at 4pm.
Ready to begin.
The big choice….
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Love this article from NPR: Why do we vote on Tuesdays? Because of the horse & buggy. Read the story here.
Me, I voted on this Tuesday, in the garage of a neighbor’s home, just as I’ve done in every major election for 25 years.
Parking place? Nope, today it’s the polling place. No ID required … at least, none required if you hand them the sample ballot you got in the mail, as I always do.
Seven booths, no waiting at noon. The lines do get long after 5pm, and longer ballots often result in longer lines. Today, we voted on 3 federal, 2 state and 1 county race, as well as 14 different propositions.
We mark a scannable form with a black ink stamp. We’ve got hundreds of varieties of ballots and voting mechanisms across the country. That seems wrong … but at least we’ve never had to deal with hanging chad in California!
It’s all about getting this low quality, poly lingual sticker. It is so California.
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