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#260051: Nov 6th 2018 at 6:56:09 AM

I just double checked and my mail in ballot was approved. At least I don't have to go out. While I'll be keeping general tabs on the election, most of my attention is towards Florida bith since I live hear, and it is a notorious swing state.

Don't catch you slippin' now.
Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#260052: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:09:05 AM

Standing in line an hour and a half was a delight, but there were a lot of people to commiserate with. The neighborhood I’m in I’d skews heavily towards the elderly, and that’s even more the case in voting lines, but it was noticeably more varied this year.

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#260053: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:10:01 AM

Voted this morning. There were already about 30 in line when I got there at 7 am, but I got in and out in about ten minutes.

Edited by speedyboris on Nov 6th 2018 at 9:13:21 AM

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#260054: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:20:10 AM

So, um...do you guys think we SHOULD be worried about the weather?

Oh God! Natural light!
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#260055: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:22:42 AM

So, um...do you guys think we SHOULD be worried about the weather?

I don't think so, even if it's a factor that matters I think other fundamentals will determine the elections regardless of its effect.

Not to mention that there isn't any point to worrying about everything, what will happen will happen and ascribing significance without any reason is just masochism.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#260056: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:24:44 AM

I voted early this morning! Straight D all the way, and my family and friends agreed to vote as well. I'm in New York so I think it'll be similar across the board. I can only hope now that the rest of the country does the same, or at least enough of it does.

The Republican party needs to change it's ways or end, and hopefully we can show them that today.

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#260057: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:27:09 AM

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#260058: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:46:27 AM

Found some interesting comments by voters in Vermont here. Note that Vermont has no close elections on federal levels today: Both Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic Congressman Peter Welch and Republican governor Phil Scott are considered to be shoo-ins for re-election.

Edited by SeptimusHeap on Nov 6th 2018 at 4:46:46 PM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#260059: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:47:03 AM

If you know anyone who is having trouble getting to the polls, Uber, Lyft, and other transportation sharing companies are offering free or discounted rides to the polls today to help people vote.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#260060: Nov 6th 2018 at 7:48:07 AM

I voted a while ago (absentee since I'm in Japan). Kind of heebie-fying to realize I'll sleep through most of the day and wake up around the time polls close.

It's been fun.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260061: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:07:59 AM

@Karkat: It depends. Apparently the more voters think an election matters, the less effect the weather has on it. So depending on how driven everyone voting Dem is, it may not be that big of a deal.

AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#260062: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:11:28 AM

I'm back.

I've voted, and am now awaiting the results. On Vermont, although the incumbents are expected to win, I'm really hoping for a Christine Hallquist victory. She'd be the first Trans Governor, and that would be super swell.

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#260063: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:10:04 AM

Here's my idea of making voting easier.

Make a phone app that registers a vote and counts it towards its respective ballot. Make it as straightforward as possible (under each candidate list a TL;DR summary of their goals and skeletons in their closets) and even provide a prize like in the lottery.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260064: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:10:53 AM

[up] too easy to hack and manipulate.

RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#260065: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:12:27 AM

Okay. Was simply thinking of a way to vote from the comfort of one's own home, instead of standing in line like at the doctor's office. And usually on a workday, no less.

Still stand by my idea of a TL;DR description for candidates and the lottery prize.

Edited by RainingMetal on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:12:52 PM

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#260066: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:14:11 AM

Not everybody wants/ can afford a smartphone. On top of other issues, like cross-OS compatibility and backwards compatibility.

I know it's hard to imagine, but a lot of people live in zones where mobile isn't an option. Not to mention all the tech-illiterate over the age of 40.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Nov 6th 2018 at 5:15:01 PM

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#260067: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:15:15 AM

[up][up]Who gets to decide what to put in that précis? They can't even draw county borders without blatant cheating.

And I feel opposed to bribing you for civic duty on principle

Edited by 3of4 on Nov 6th 2018 at 6:15:35 PM

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#260068: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:25:18 AM

[up][up] I understand. I didn't have a smartphone until a year ago. But the point is to open up options for voting.

[up] I suppose some lazy non-voter non-partisan person would write it up. But I suppose that would also be like trying to find a leprechaun. The prize is just a means of encouraging people to vote, even if it is bribery. Charities sometimes resort to lottery prizes to incite people to donate, so why not votes too? Some people don't recognize voting as civil duty, so why not attempt to bring them in with something more extrinsic?

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Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#260069: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:26:38 AM

I kind of wish I lived in the US so I could help out with this, but after the last couple years I'm also kind of glad that i don't. Best of luck!

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#260070: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:27:03 AM

The problem with the "civic duty" angle is that the definition of a "civic duty", and who has them, is also skewed politically.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#260071: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:28:30 AM

[up][up]If I were a Yankee, I would also vote. Mudsdale over Donophan, of course.

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TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#260072: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:31:52 AM

Just got back from voting - straight D, of course. This blue wave has to happen or we're in for another two years of unbridled corruption.

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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#260073: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:33:51 AM

[up][up][up]Yes, but Republicans already vote — they're regimented like an army. Democrats or Democrat-leaning Independents need to be herded, so any exhortation of one's civic duty is about convincing Democrats. Republicans already know the power of the vote — that's why they turn up and why they do everything they can to convince the left not to.

Edited by CrimsonZephyr on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:34:05 PM

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#260074: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:39:16 AM

Demographics also play a role. Older people are more likely to vote regularly, and they tend to skew conservative. Although I saw someone point out once that the skew might partially result from the fact that life expectancy is substantially worse the poorer you are, and poor voters tend to skew liberal.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#260075: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:39:25 AM

Pretty sure we've beaten the drum that any sort of electronic voting system is a bad idea enough.

"Yup. That tasted purple."

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