My polling place in DeSoto County switched to an electronic machine for the actual voting process instead of the fill in the circle sheets. They only had 2 machines in my Lewisburg district. Twas a long wait.
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interesting. still pens and bubbles at my place in Madison County. I was surprised by 2 things: 1) number of uncontested races and 2) my terrible citizenship; i knew practically nothing about the few races that were contested except for not liking one of the candidates personally, so I went the enemy of my enemy is my friend route on that one...
I’ve not voted yet but will later this afternoon.
There are only two contested races on my ballot (Congress and Court of Appeals).
There are only two contested races on my ballot (Congress and Court of Appeals).
What are the Pack's thoughts on people who provide "sample ballots" outside of polling places?
I generally dislike that practice. Be an informed voter or don't vote. The uninformed shouldn't be having a say until they've informed themselves.
I generally dislike that practice. Be an informed voter or don't vote. The uninformed shouldn't be having a say until they've informed themselves.
I'll be voting this afternoon. Our polling station has electronic voting. Seeing on twitter that multiple places in AZ are having issues with their voting machines. Entire precincts have all of their machines not working. I try to not be a conspiracy theorist, but it isn't a good look. I can see one or two machines break, but every damn one of them. Plus you had two years to make sure they are working. Just adds fuel to the fire for both parties to scream and claim fraud if the other side wins.
Even worse in AZ is they they can’t check out and go vote anywhere else. They are telling people to leave their ballots in a box and they’ll get counted (wink wink).
I hear ya, and that’s exactly where they were last election. Was just quoting the OP.
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The only competitive race in my area is for school board. From their FB pages, I have gathered that one mainly wants to remove all porn and any other satanic material from public school libraries, and the other is the current appointee.
Mississippi really needs to get early and/or mail-in voting (that doesn't involve a notary).
Not going to help the party in power, so not gonna happen. No judgement.... just saying.
It would also end up taking a lot longer to get the final results.
I have voted early in the past and it is pretty open to vote early in person at the court house. In DeSoto County:
In-Person Absentee: You can vote absentee in-person at the DeSoto County Circuit Clerk’s office. The address is: 2535 Highway 51 S, 2nd Floor, Hernando, MS 38632.
In-Person Absentee Voting begins on September 26, 2022 and goes through November 5, 2022. During that time period you can vote at the Circuit Clerk's office weekdays, Monday through Friday, from 8am to 5pm. You can also vote Absentee in-person on Saturday October 29, 2022 from 8am-Noon and Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 8am-Noon. The last day to vote absentee, in-person, is November 5, 2022.
Who is entitled to vote absentee in-person?
1. Any qualified elector who is a bona fide student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high, junior high, or elementary grade school whose studies or employment at such institution necessitates his or her absence from the county of his or her voting residence on the date of any primary, general or special election, or the spouse and dependents of that student, teacher or administrator if such spouse or dependent(s) maintain a common domicile, outside of the county of his or her voting residence, with such student, teacher or administrator.2. Any qualified elector who is required to be away from his or her place of residence on any Election Day due to his or her employment as an employee of a member of the Mississippi congressional delegation and the spouse and dependents of such person if he or she shall be residing with such absentee voter away from the county of the spouse's voting residence.
3. Any qualified elector who is away from his or her county of residence on Election Day for any reason.
4. Any person who has a temporary or permanent physical disability and who, because of such disability, is unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to himself, herself or others, or whose attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to himself, herself or others.
5. The parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of his or her county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from his or her residence, if the parent, spouse or dependent will be with such person on Election Day.
6. Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
7. Any member of the Mississippi congressional delegation absent from Mississippi on Election Day, and the spouse and dependents of such member of the congressional delegation.
8. Any qualified elector who will be unable to vote in person because he or she is required to be at work on Election Day during the times at which the polls will be open.
NOTE: By signing the application for absentee voting, the voter can be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced up to 5 years in jail for providing false statements on the application.
Same at my polling place on Old Canton Rd. The uncontested races were all non-partisan. I guess folks are getting tired of both major parties acting like jackasses. About time.
I've only voted absentee once but all I remember having to do was show up at the circuit clerk's office? I signed the affidavit I think and that was all there was to it. If a notary was required, it was required as part of getting my ballot. Been a long, long time though. How do they do it now?
I don't think it'd be a bad idea to have voting on say a Saturday and Tuesday, but the problem is you have to staff the precinct voting locations for longer. As far as I can tell, there is a legitimate chance that none of the poll workers I saw this cycle will still be here in four years. Not sure we're in a good position to increase the need for them.
It still is somewhat shocking to me how committed some school districts and school board members are to having pornographic material available in school libraries. I'm not shocked that it's there, but I would have thought once it was brought to light, that people would have to act like it was an accident it was there.
Pens and bubbles where I live too. Really seems like a no brainer. You present an ID and sign to get your ballot. Ballots are scanned so there is an immediate count but the physical ballots are also preserved in case there is an issue and they need a recount. Certainly doesn't eliminate voter fraud but makes it hard on a large scale as long as each party can have representatives there and it does so without putting much of a burden on voters.
I'm in TN and used to early vote every year. The last 3 times the building was lined up for early voting so I waited and I walked right in on election day. Had the place to myself.
We had some different machine I've never seen before. I've used fancy electronic machines that were like touch screen computers before but this looked almost like a cheap 1990s game show board. Didn't like that.
I was in line for about an hour this morning and we all had a very pleasant conversation about a few different topics. There were obviously people of different backgrounds, black, white, suits, jeans, youngish and old and no threats or crying to be heard. Even some covid talk and everyone kept their cool.
Agree. It's hard for me to imagine a way to do voter fraud inside the confines of my voting precinct. In semi-related news, my son told me that they had a ballot measure in TN today that would make slavery illegal. There's no telling how many antiquated laws exist that were just left on the books but stopped being relevant/enforced long ago.
Our polling place at Hernando Hills Elementary only had three machines but there wasn’t a line. The polling place on the other side of town had a line out the door with 3 machines. They started passing out the bubble in ballots because it was taking so long.
I had the interesting experience of having to cast a provisional ballot here in GA this morning. Apparently, even though I meet none of the stated criteria the Secretary of State uses to purge voting rolls, I got purged sometime between the May Run-off election and today. The precinct staff handled it well. The chair of our local election board was in line behind me, and is a friend, and she was more pissed than I was.
Let’s make voting on Twitter a possibility… like a Twitter poll**
Roll your eyes at the idea of early/mail-in voting all you want, but the fact that Bruce had to stand in line for an hour is one of a dozen very valid reasons to increase early voting.
There is just no justifiable reason to make people wait 60 full minutes to vote. If an area doesnt have enough poll workers or sites to keep lines down, then that is a prime reason for increasing early voting.
After seeing who is leading the charge out there with regard to voter fraud claims, I am not at all surprised to hear there are issues out there. That state is quickly devolving into a shitshow when it comes to election trust.
'If I lose, its because you cant trust elections. If I win, its because we overcame the fraud!' Ok then, crazies.
I have no issue with early in-person voting as in-person absentee voting in MS currently is. I copy and pasted it earlier in this post. It is the vote by mail that is too hard to validate and subject to ballot harvesting.
Shut down Chik-Fil-As on Election Day and let their employees be poll workers? **
Do the schools have active subscriptions to Hustler, or something like that?
...or is this one of those times when 'pornographic material' is being so loosely defined that it renders the term meaningless?
Or maybe its a Potter Stewart moment where he knows obscenity when he sees it.
Genuinely, I dont know what specifics you are referring to. It would be interesting to hear what books(or Hustlers) are the issue.
Where I live, its been a few books about sexuality and while I wouldnt say they would be appropriate for my 6th grader, my 10th grader could read them without issue. At that point, they have discussed the Holocaust in depth in multiple classes, have read about rape, and have discussed what consent is as a societal construct.
Also, if any kid is wanting to get off on a library book in this day and age, they clearly have somehow been kept from the internet for their entire life. And since that isnt likely, then the first part also isnt likely.
I was using your comment about standing in line for 60 minutes just to vote as an example of why early voting should be pushed forward. That is simply an unjustifiably long time to wait. It reduces participation in a process that we should all want more participants.
As for mail-in being subject to ballot harvesting, yeah thats a concern. At some point though, if no evidence is ever found to show it is less secure than in person, then the unfounded fear really needs to be put to rest.
You would thin with all the allegations against them in 2020 they would be the ones with their **** locked in going smoothly. Are they the new Day County?***********
It's not so much that as it is other things.
Several media organizations in the Jackson area reported about it weeks ago.
Here's what the Northside Sun wrote: Link.
Here is a common example if you want to look:
It's not about wanting to get off to a particular book. You just don't need these type of books aimed at "pre-teens".
I can’t see the issue with early in person voting either. Maybe it’s more expensive but seems worth it. I can understand the opposition to mail in voting. But I agree with golfer in terms of waiting an hour seems like a problem
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