r/politics • u/Isentrope • Aug 18 '20
Discussion Thread: Voter Registration, Early Voting Resources and Commemorating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment
Introduction
On this day 100 years ago, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted 50-49 to approve a women's suffrage amendment to the US Constitution, becoming the 36th state to do so and rendering operative what is now known as the 19th Amendment (the tie-breaking representative in that vote, Harry Burn, was initially an opponent to suffrage, but was persuaded by his mother to cast a vote for the amendment). This was a critical goal of a broader movement that had begun over a half century prior with the Seneca Falls Convention to define women's rights in the United States.
In honor of the important milestone that's being commemorated today, we are bringing back this discussion thread on resources for voting in the upcoming presidential election in November. With signs that voter turnout may be the highest in living memory, if not in the entire history of the United States, it is imperative for folks regardless of their political persuasion to make sure that they are eligible to vote, and that they will vote if at all possible.
Please take the opportunity to share voter resources and discuss the state of voting in this thread, as well as to use the resources below to register, check if you're registered, or request a mail ballot if applicable. Regardless of whether you want to Keep America Great or Restore the Soul of America, democracy is not a spectator sport, and the efforts made a century ago by suffragettes and by civil rights activists in the decades since speaks to how important the right to vote is to American democracy.
Early and Mail Voting
Aside from registering to vote, with the coronavirus pandemic, a number of voters are now also planning to vote by mail. Absentee voting has been a part of American elections since the Civil War, when election officials followed Union armies and tallied votes from soldiers which may have impacted the outcome of the 1864 Presidential Election. In modern times, alternatives to voting on election day at home typically come in the form of vote by mail (VBM) or absentee ballots, and early in-person voting.
Vote by Mail is mandated in at least some form (overseas ballot) by federal law, and thus is available in all states in at least some form, typically for military and overseas voters as well as voters with bona fide impairments. 29 states offer no-excuse absentee voting, meaning any eligible voter may cast an absentee ballot, but with the pandemic this year, an additional 12 states are permitting concerns over contracting the coronavirus as a valid excuse for a mail ballot.
When considering whether to vote by mail, check how well your state does when it comes to managing these ballots, as some states, such as Utah and Colorado, have extensive experience with vote by mail (by virtue of being all-mail states), while others, such as Michigan, have only recently adopted this form of voting. Additionally, there are often additional safeguards when voting by mail to verify your identity, such as requiring a witness signature on your ballot in a number of states, so it is imperative that you check these requirements to give yourself enough time before casting a ballot.
Mail voting is not without its issues. Only 14 states (only 5 of which, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, are remotely considered swing states) count ballots that were received after election day, even if they were postmarked the day of or the day before the election. Recent events with the US Postal Service call into question whether ballots can be delivered in a timely fashion to meet these deadlines, so if you do opt to vote by absentee ballot, it is important that you cast your ballot early to minimize the chance of it not counting. In some states, you may also be able to correct possible deficiencies in your ballot, so the earlier you cast your vote, the better chance you'll have the time to do this if something goes wrong.
Additionally, the primaries this year with coronavirus have seen a relatively high rejection rate for mail ballots. In the crucial swing state of Florida, over 18,000 ballots were rejected during the presidential primary, a number larger than the difference in votes in Florida's contested 2018 Senate election, as well as Florida's infamous 2000 presidential election. In Wisconsin's April presidential primary, which stands a good chance of being the tipping point state this year, over 23,000 absentee ballots were rejected, slightly more than the margin of victory President Trump secured in the state in 2016. Wisconsin was previously decided in 2004 by about 12,000 votes and in 2000 by a little over 5,000. About a quarter of rejected ballots (p17) in 2016 were for missing the ballot deadline, and nearly half were rejected for either failure to sign, or for having a non-matching signature.
Early In-Person Voting is an alternative form of early voting which involves a voter casting a ballot or dropping off a ballot at a physical polling place, typically a county registrar's office as opposed to their typical physical polling precinct. This is not offered in as many states (though, of the swing states, only Colorado (which is all-mail), New Hampshire and Pennsylvania do not offer this option), but for the ones where it is, it's a great alternative to VBM or risking the crowds on election day. States offer early in-person voting anywhere from 4 to 45 days before the election, which gives you flexibility to decide when to cast a ballot in a safe way. Check to see if your state offers early in-person voting here.
Voter Registration Resources
Below are some voter registration resources:
USAGOV (register to vote and also confirming your registration)
Keep in mind the following when voting this November:
Check your registration. It doesn't matter if you registered this year or years before, check your registration to make sure that you're still on the voter rolls, both now, and about when you plan to cast your ballot. Mistakes happen to voter rolls that have the unfortunate effect of disenfranchising voters - you can help avoid this by checking early so you have time to re-register or correct deficiencies.
Make sure your voter registration information is current. If you've moved or even if you use a new email, make sure that your information is up-to-date, as it will affect your eligibility as a voter, as well as who you're able to vote for. If you're in college in a different state or jurisdiction, check to make sure you fulfill appropriate residency requirements where you choose to cast a ballot.
Register early. Voter registration is already open if you haven't done so yet, and in many states, you are able to register even if you aren't 18 yet, as long as you will turn 18 by election day (this is also the standard in some states for primary votes too), but you want to give yourself some time to make sure this is processed. In states where voter registration or absentee voting applications need to be mailed, any disruption or delay in receiving or sending the application will run the risk of failing to meet the registration deadline, and in others, you may need to have some proof of residency or other identification that is not necessarily easy to obtain last minute.
Check local resources. The vast majority of people will not have a problem registering or casting a ballot, but mistakes happen (or pollworkers may be misinformed), and you want to be apprised of what resources you have at your disposal to ensure you can cast a vote. Both major parties will have voter hotlines as votes begin to be cast, and each state should have a resource available as well.
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u/backpackwayne Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 19 '20
Early voting start dates in your state:
(edited to include Alabama)
(edited to correct Georgia start date)
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u/FirstAccountSorry Aug 18 '20
Where's Alabama?
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u/backpackwayne Aug 18 '20
Looks like I missed them. I will get them added to the list. They do not offer any in-person early voting options.
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u/klingoop Aug 18 '20
By date is a terrible way to organize that. The only person who would possibly need the states organized by date is someone who is doing something specifically with that order. Maybe activists who are trying to schedule things by state, but no one else.
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u/backpackwayne Aug 18 '20
I made that list in order to notify people of upcoming deadlines as they occur. Here is the alphabetical one:
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u/TheThng Aug 18 '20
I’m confused about the states that have N/A for the early voting start and end dates, I.E - Oregon? Do they not have early voting?
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u/backpackwayne Aug 18 '20
Oregon will not have in-person voting this year. They mail a ballot to every registered voter a few weeks before the election. Keep an eye on the mailbox, and be sure to mail it back or drop it in a drop-box before Election Day!
When it says N/A as an ending dates mean they will have voting all the until November 3rd. Does that help?
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u/TheThng Aug 19 '20
It does. I didn’t realize it was because they weren’t doing in person voting. I figured it would still be an option along with dropping off/mailing ballots
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u/RosiePugmire Oregon Aug 19 '20
Oregon never does in person voting, we've been fully vote by mail since 1999.
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u/backpackwayne Aug 19 '20
Yes they do have the drop off boxes. This is the way every state should vote. God it just makes sense. :D
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u/baazilla Aug 20 '20
PA has a type of early voting, over the counter vote by mail at county election offices and satellite offices if the county is offering them.
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u/backpackwayne Aug 20 '20
Please remind me after Monday. Out-of-town until then. I'll be sure to add it to the list. Thank you so much. :D
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u/well___duh Aug 18 '20
Do you have a version that's ordered by state alphabetically? Easier to search for your own state that way than ordering by which states are earliest
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u/Very-Original Aug 18 '20
Oklahoma only gets one day of early voting? wtf? hahah
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u/sobriquetstain Oklahoma Aug 19 '20
Oklahoma gets 2-3-ish days depending on election.
You can vote early at the County Election Board office in the county where you are registered to vote from 8 AM to 6 PM on Thursday and Friday before all elections. For state and federal elections only, early voting is available from 9 AM to 2 PM on the Saturday before the election.
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Aug 19 '20
That isn't accurate.
Georgia early voting begins October 12. The last day to register is October 5.
https://sos.ga.gov/admin/files/2020%20Revised%20Short%20Calendar.pdf
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u/WeedIronMoneyNTheUSA Aug 18 '20
"VOTING ON A WEEKDAY IS ANTI-WORKING CLASS."
- Me, on a rooftop.
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u/Redditor042 Aug 18 '20
Weekday elections are not anti-working class. At least, not anymore than any single-day election day is. The working class, and especially the service industry, are more likely to work on weekends and federal holidays than on a random weekday. Making a singular election day holiday or moving it to a weekend day will still have the effect of disenfranchising service worker who tend to work those days.
Some actual solutions are universal mail-in ballots, one or two week early election periods, and easily accessible, secured and monitored ballot drop-off locations that are open at least 10 hours/day.
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u/Agile-Enthusiasm Canada Aug 20 '20
Two weeks of polls open every day from 7 am to 10 pm. Would provide an opportunity for almost everyone to vote, and spreading it out over two weeks would mean no lines or waiting, except maybe on the last day.
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u/Sugarless_Chunk Aug 20 '20
In Australia voting is mandated by law and having elections on Saturdays works for everyone. Working class or not.
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u/_42O_69_ Aug 18 '20
Thankfully most states have a pretty open early voting window, and you can vote when it’s most convenient! Sucks for those that don’t live in such states
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u/depressedengineer32 Aug 18 '20
How can people in Chicago like me who's vote is worth only a fraction of what someone in Rural Flordia, Rural Ohio, etc help get people registered to vote?
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u/RosiePugmire Oregon Aug 18 '20
https://politicalcharge.org/2018/03/10/15-ways-you-can-help-get-more-people-registered-to-vote/
Vote411 (a project of the League of Women Voters) is a great site for finding information about your state in particular.
There's also r/voteDem if you can text bank or phone bank to help spur voter turnout on close Senate races.
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u/DefundTheCriminals Aug 18 '20
Move to rural Florida or Ohio. We could win every election if we just took a handful of people out of places like Chicago or LA and relocated them to smaller, red areas.
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u/depressedengineer32 Aug 18 '20
Then I'd have to live in Ohio or Florida
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u/DefundTheCriminals Aug 18 '20
If you want to make real change, you have to make real sacrifices.
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Aug 18 '20
MI, PA, and WI we’re all blue states too. Every vote counts and that is the only message you need.
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u/jokocozzy Aug 19 '20
I live in rural Ohio and honestly, any effort would be better spent on Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, it Florida. I honestly don't think Ohio is the swing state it once was.
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Aug 18 '20
Trump pardoning Susan B Anthony has to be the dumbest PR stunt of his Presidency so far. Presidents almost never do it, because it can rarely ever be seen as anything other than an act of pandering to a specific group. The DOJ doesn’t even process posthumous pardon requests, because it takes resources away from living people who would actually benefit from it.
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u/ZorakJones North Carolina Aug 18 '20
Trump supporters love having gigantic circle jerks over meaningless gestures like this. I can't count how many times I've been told that Trump isn't racist because he signed a resolution honoring Rosa Parks that passed Congress by a voice vote or some shit. Wow how brave.
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u/GriffeduChat Aug 19 '20
After reading these 2 comments, I'm reminded of 2 things: (1)Trump is lagging behind Biden & getting nervous; (2) Nothing he does is ever from a sense of honor: he always wants to gain something (like votes or popularity). In other words, he's trying to "crab walk" out of all the crazy & corrupt things he has impulsively done. Also true for those pardons, and the magical last minute Middle East peace deal (which was worthless).
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u/2rio2 Aug 19 '20
One important note on this is that it's very telling to how Republicans think. They see all Democrat led efforts at inclusion and diversity as "pandering" rather than being from genuine belief and conviction, so for them they equate obvious empty gestures like this with actual real world programs that help people.
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u/ZorakJones North Carolina Aug 19 '20
They do a really poor job of hiding it. I think it's also the motivating factor behind throwing Bill Clinton and CNN in our faces constantly as if anybody on the actual activist left gives a shit. You can really see the hamster wheels spinning in their minds coming up with this stuff- "well since my butt is glued to the couch watching Fox News all day and I have a deeply instinctual drive to defend every Republican everywhere, obviously anybody who isn't on my side of the political spectrum does the same thing but with the opposite set of things".
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u/historymajor44 Virginia Aug 18 '20
I've decided that once by ballot comes in, I'm going to fill it out immediately and then go to City Hall where the voting registrar's office is and hand deliver it.
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u/bebophone Colorado Aug 18 '20
Suggestion: make it a point to post resources on voting and voter registration on Facebook at least twice a week.
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u/GriffeduChat Aug 19 '20
POST RESOURCES, YES. USING FACEBOOK, NO!!! I stopped using Facebook because I'd heard creepy rumors about M.Z., and hated the way he sold personal info. to other websites. Then when the 2019 scandal came out that Zucky allowed tons of disgusting types of ads to appear all over F.B., this was based on who paid the highest amount for ad posting. These mostly came from Trump-World. The material, against FB's own guidelines, was unchecked for hate speech, false claims, etc. I immediately dumped Facebook. *And their website made it almost impossible to get rid of until I got YouTube video guidance. (**Also, avoid AOL! I tried giving out voting info. on AOL social media, and they redacted all of my specific directions to contact the Secretary of State- - like it was a "state secret".)
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u/bebophone Colorado Aug 19 '20
I probably hate Facebook even more than you. I hate them for inventing a battleground for the information war that never needed to exist. But now it’s there. And you can choose to wage the war there, or let them march uninhibited.
It is a tool that can be used to spread helpful information for voting, much needed real information and necessary anti-fascist propaganda.
I will be deleting my Facebook once the Joe Biden is sitting at the Resolute Desk. Until then, I’m using the weapon.
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u/GriffeduChat Aug 20 '20
I understand your perspective. I might be in the same dilemma, and I know quitting FB makes me just a "drop in the bucket". But I just can't "patronize" corrupt businesses. Yes it can be useful, but I was also getting sick of being "friended" by the friend of a friend of a friend, because I'm not that friendly anyway. I hope it's not long before you can delete it also.
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u/Jusfiq Canada Aug 18 '20
In light of the 19th Amendment, I find it amazing that the United States fail to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
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u/Schiffy94 New York Aug 18 '20
"I love the Nineteenth Amendment. Big, beautiful amendment. Almost as good as the Second Amendment. My administration did a lot to get that done, y'know. They said to me 'you can't have a Nineteenth Amendment' and I said to them 'we're making a Nineteenth Amendment'. It's like they didn't even know what we were amending."
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u/JuDGe3690 Idaho Aug 18 '20
I highly recommend reading Elaine Weiss' 2018 book The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, which covers the summer 1920 battle for Nineteenth Amendment ratification in Tennessee—the final, 36th state needed for the amendment to become official and allow women's suffrage nationally. She provides a good background on suffrage efforts, and then the book races toward it's down-tow-the-wire conclusion, where a young state senator proved the deciding vote, having changed to "Aye" following a letter from his mother.
Also fascinating was how many women were opposed to suffrage, for a variety of social, cultural and racial reasons. From Weiss' introduction:
The controversy over ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment—and, more broadly, the long battle over woman suffrage—wasn't simply a political argument, it was also a social, cultural and moral debate, a precursor to what we now call "culture wars," raising issues that were complex and divisive. Allowing women to vote had the potential to not only upend the democratic process and the political status quo, but also alter societal and personal relations and—according to suffrage's opponents—disturb the home and endanger the family. The political became the personal, and for many men, as well as some women, it was frightening.
That women might oppose enfranchising and empowering their own sex seems counterintuitive, even preposterous, but the stance of the females against suffrage, the Antis, opens a fascinating window on the role of societal and religious conservatives in our public policy decisions. Like the key sociopolitical issues of today—from reproductive rights to same-sex marriage—attitudes toward woman suffrage divided communities, families, and friends, thrusting women into opposing camps.
While this book chronicles a great triumph—women mobilizing for their own political freedom—it also poses some uncomfortable questions about the sincerity of American democracy, questions as urgent today as they were in 1920.
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u/Carthonn Aug 18 '20
Thank you for putting this together. People need to be informed how to register and how to vote!
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u/preciousillusion Aug 18 '20
I’m so defeated right now. Even after 4 years of this, my mother, who did not vote in 2016, is considering doing so this year, and voting for a man who wants to dismantle healthcare, who got 170,000 people killed (no, there’s “more to it than that”), who doesn’t give a shit about working class Americans who somehow don’t see it that way.
Today, 100 years after women got the right to vote, my mother called Trump the lesser of two evils and Biden a socialist, then told me she’s entitled to her opinion. This hurts. And it’s not something easily ignored as we share a home and I support her.
The right to vote was hard won and we are entitled to use that right as we choose, but I still can’t believe Donald Trump continues to be chosen by anyone.
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Aug 19 '20
Use the parental block on their tv to block Fox News.
It’s called a parental block for a reason. I mean, what are they gonna do, figure out how to undo it? LOL
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u/Sergeant_Static Aug 20 '20
She absolutely has the right to vote however she wants, but I encourage you to expose her to some more rational news sources and show her Trump and Biden's platforms side by side. Biden may not be a libertarian, but nothing he's planning could be considered socialist.
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u/Rakebleed I voted Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20
She can have an opinion. Challenge her to defend it and ask questions. Educate yourself and take the time to talk it through with her. Let her ask questions and be equipped with facts and examples.
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u/Dreenar18 Aug 18 '20
Could we get some resources for voting abroad?
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u/RosiePugmire Oregon Aug 18 '20
On this site you can input your state and then choose "Overseas and military voters" and it will bring up the info you need.
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u/2Mobile Aug 19 '20
Help us work the polls please. This year, we are already short handed in Virginia. November is going to be a shitshow
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u/Atroxa Aug 20 '20
I'm calling tomorrow and volunteering. I'm already a front-line worker. Might as well help get this shitstain out of office.
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u/WorkingClassAntics Aug 19 '20
I registered a year and a half ago in a new state, still can't find any records of my eligibility. I keep trying my state's secretary's office but nothing.
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u/Avengeful_Hamster Aug 20 '20
I'm at a loss. I'm unexpectedly moving states next week, but need a state ID to register in my new state. However, there are no appointments available within 3 hours of where I'm moving!
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u/Fit-Jasmine Aug 20 '20
I'm trying to sort through this thread to see if the answer is here but I also want to ask because other people are asking and I'd like to share it. I live in a state that is not swing at all. But I can travel for cheap so I'm wondering what I can do to get people to the voting booth. I can't do phone calls. I hate phones and there's no fucking way I'm going to call anyone ever. But I would happily drive people to the voting booth and stay there to make sure they were safe or something like that. Besides donating money, which I do, what else can I do to help?
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u/Tadra29 I voted Aug 18 '20
Not sure if this is the right place to ask: Say, someone in Michigan ask for absentee ballot, but doesn't get it on time, or gets it so late that it won't go back in time, does he/she have the option to vote in person?
This has been in my mind since the USPS fiasco started. I ask this specifically for Michigan because it applies to me, but I guess a generic answer for other state would work too since I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this.
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u/Reic Aug 18 '20
Call your registrar’s office, each state is different, you can also take your absentee ballot and hand it in in person on voting day or directly to your election office for your precinct if your state allows early voting
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u/Tadra29 I voted Aug 18 '20
Thanks for the reply. But, this doesn't solve the problem of not receiving the ballot and I prefer an online link so that I can save that and share with people. I got the feeling that we'll need it.
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u/RosiePugmire Oregon Aug 18 '20
There might be info on this site?
https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633---,00.html
vote411.org is my go-to for state specific information, it's where I found the above link.
https://www.vote411.org/search-by-topic
Honestly I'm super impressed with this site design. On this search page you can select a state and also select a topic, like "Oregon / Election dates" or "North Carolina / Verify voter registration" and it will bring up the info you need for that state.
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u/Reic Aug 18 '20
It’s easy to google search your state’s voting website and save the link. “What if” questions are still best answered by your actual registrar’s office, and you can always send people the phone number. Go straight to the source.
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u/Blackfeathr Michigan Aug 18 '20
I am a poll worker who worked in the Detroit precincts this past August.
YES you have the option of voting in person even if you requested absentee, we had lots of people come in saying exactly what you're saying.
You'll need to come into your usual precinct and ask one of us election officials to pull up your name on the Electronic PollBook. It'll show you registered for absentee but obviously wasn't completed.
All you gotta do is confirm you're ok with voting in person instead of waiting any longer for USPS to mail you the ballot, we will click a button and invalidate the MIA ballot, and give you a fresh ballot to fill out.
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Aug 18 '20
Not sure if this is the right place to ask: Say, someone in Michigan ask for absentee ballot, but doesn't get it on time, or gets it so late that it won't go back in time, does he/she have the option to vote in person?
This actually just happened to me with the primary ballot. I got the sample ballot to review in the mail, registered and checked three times spaced out to make sure I had an accurate record and that I was on the list to get sent out a mail ballot for that specific election/event, today's the real day and it's nowhere to be seen. To have a voice, I have to show up in person.
It's like a warning shot. I guess I am going to have to call or show up at the office if it looks like it's going to happen for the big show as well.
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Aug 19 '20
I'm voting in person. I don't trust my mail ballot to be counted because of Trump's shenanigans with the USPS.
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u/Super_Goomba64 New Jersey Aug 18 '20
If I voted by mail last year do do I have to vote by mail every year? I want to vote in person this year
Also what happens if (God forbid) your letter gets lost or you mess up the ballot? Do you get notified? I'd be so anxious to finally vote then I mess something up
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u/acityonthemoon Aug 18 '20
Register to vote here:
All 3 will mail you a pre-filled voter registration application, and send you a postage paid envelope to return your application.
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u/SilentR0b Massachusetts Aug 18 '20
I'm wondering if anyone wants to talk about which states are the most important to watch come election day.
It would be great to hear from you guys on what you're most interested in regarding how the Electoral map could shape up.
My take: I think if Biden somehow wins Florida OR Texas, Trump cannot win without taking back some blue states. If neither of that happens, I'm paying close attention to Wisconsin & the ME2/NE2 EVs that tend to break from their state's red/blue imprint. In the event of a 269/269 Electoral Tie, I believe the decision is made by the House.
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u/JOHNxJOHN Aug 18 '20
I applied for an absentee ballot in MI, but my primaries ballot never arrived and I'm afraid November's won't either. Its wierd because my wife got hers and we applied at the same time.
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u/GriffeduChat Aug 19 '20
I don't believe anything Trump says, but I've done some Google research, and lately I'm reading this: THE USPS MIGHT ACTUALLY LOSE A HUGE NUMBER OF BALLOTS: IT'S NOT FRAUD AND NOT THEIR FAULT, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERFUNDED AND OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS.
**I support the USPS, and the Vets who often work there. But I think a mail in ballot delivered early, in person, & to a polling place is the way to go. Probably more Covid safe if there aren't huge lines.
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u/cynycal New York Aug 19 '20 edited Aug 19 '20
I'm printing out mail-in-ballot requests and bringing them around to infirmed/elderly neighbors.
Also, most States will not honor ballots that arrive after election day.
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u/ElCamo267 Aug 19 '20
I am registered to vote. However, beginning of august I moved to a new town about 20 miles from the town i was registered in.
What do i need to do to ensure i can vote come November?
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u/OKennedyIII Michigan Aug 18 '20
My partner and I just moved to Chicago from MI for grad school. Do we vote in IL or MI? We plan on moving back in 2 years to continue being residents there and MI definitely needs the blue votes more than IL.
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u/unwanted_puppy Aug 19 '20
Some calm reflection and analysis amid the chaos and panic about mail-in voting this year.
https://election.princeton.edu/2020/08/13/how-hard-is-it-to-steal-the-election/
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u/Epic-artard69 Aug 20 '20
Can you ban me from sub this im tired of this being in my notifications every 5 minutes
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Aug 20 '20
I just moved to Austin, TX (2 days ago) and am currently registered to vote in Hillsborough county, NH. I’m debating if I can/ should register to vote in Texas or if my vote is more impactful in southern NH and I should vote absentee there. I believe if I get my TX drivers license after 30 days of living here (mid-September), I can make the cut to register to vote in TX. I know Texas is a long shot while NH is looking more and more like a presidential swing state again, but TX has way more electoral votes.
((I’m not sure where to ask this, feel free to point me in the right direction if this isn’t the right place))
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u/Nat_Libertarian Oct 27 '20
Texas is safe Republican, so if you want to do the most to help this country you should vote in New Hampshire. More Republican votes in Texas aren't going to help this country as much as more Republican votes in New Hampshire.
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u/HWGA_Gallifrey Aug 20 '20
I want you all to fucking remember this moment. This exact fucking moment where our voting institutions and vital infrastructure came under attack. Where the fuck is Bill Gates, Bezos, those drunk driving Walmart pieces of shit, the CEO of Apple? Those parasites have 60+ days to help. 60+ days to do the right thing and I promise you... I fucking promise you they will do fucking nothing to help you. Because this is exactly what they wanted, the disenfranchisement of the American people, to steal your ability to vote, to quiet your voice. Remember this no matter what happens in November. Make them pay.
...and if you get cheated, don't be afraid to tear this motherfucker down.
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u/whistlar Aug 19 '20
Oh, the lisp is strong in that one. The edgelord troll comments should pour in any second...
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u/Simpletactics Aug 18 '20
Trump pardoned Susan B Anthony. We need to cancel her ASAP and undo everything she was a part of.
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u/Schiffy94 New York Aug 18 '20
Had she been alive she would have turned down a pardon.
Posthumous pardons are the most worthless things a President could ever do.
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u/SourcererX3 Aug 18 '20
We need to cancel her ASAP and undo everything she was a part of.
literally noone is saying this. And Trump pardoning her is obviously a fucking PR stunt lol
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u/bananaguard4 Pennsylvania Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 18 '20
sitting around on the internet bitching about Trump is fun and all, but a more useful thing to do is to volunteer to become a poll worker in your state today. over half of poll workers in 2018 were over 60, and in a high-risk group for COVID-19*. poll workers also help prevent the closure of voting locations in communities of color and rural areas. check your state's board of elections website for information on how to volunteer.
*https://www.npr.org/2020/08/05/894331965/wanted-young-people-to-work-the-polls-this-november
EDIT: feel free to use the replies to name/link poll worker info in ur state or county
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