Mail in ballot, turned in at the election office, before Hurricane Milton hit.

We had to go downtown to a municipal building with no parking lot, a lot of traffic on narrow streets, then find a secure ballot mail box nearby in which to place our vote. I can't believe that liberal New Haven has such a difficult process!

My brother repeated an often stating lie - that absentee votes in Virginia aren’t counted unless an election is close.

I’ve voted early in person for 12-16 years. Before it was wide open I just claimed I could be out of town for work. Hell, I could have been. Who knows what’s going to happen? That’s why I don’t wait.

My wife is waiting until Election Day. My daughter and I voted last Friday. Her first time voting.

During the pandemic my assemblyman introduced legislation to have mail-in ballots sent to all registered voters in the state - with a postage-paid return envelope. And California isn’t the only state that does this. It’s a solved problem- if you can get the powers that be to actually do it.

My plan? Fill in my ballot a week or so after it arrives, mail it in, then obsessively check my email for confirmation that it’s been received and accepted. If I don’t get this in a week I’ll contact the registrar, who will probably tell me to fill in a provisional ballot at a county voting center. (this election it took 3 days for the ballot to be accepted)

Sent and tracked as received.

There are very rarely lines, but I think mid-morning should be fine.
I like to vote on election day, but somehow it's not quite the same as it used to be.

I miss the voting booths with the curtains and the levers.
The poll workers aren't locals any more. It was pleasant to chat with them about goings on in town.
They're all strangers now and don't recognize voters and greet them by name.

He loved getting up at dawn to go to our local precinct to staff the tables.

rural area and line is short even on high turnout years. I like to be able to chat with the poll workers and get their feel for what the turnout is like

When all our mail in ballots come in, we sit at the kitchen table and fill them out together. My dad is 96 and he loves this!

Township Office on the 7th.

And the Counties are supposed to notify you when your ballots are mailed out and when they're received, so if they get "lost in transit" for any reason, there's time to recover.
Yes, there are sometimes mail shenanigans going on, especially in the resentful red/blue divide districts, but they're fairly rare and easily caught by the postal police.

Haele

should be light traffic..

I'm still going to drop it off after I fill it out, though. Less chance of it getting lost.

the after-school crowd.

The line might look more intimidating than it really is. The line was wrapped outside the building but after 5 minutes at a stand still, it started to move quickly.

Also, check all the available locations again because it turns out there was a location right outside my subdivision that probably had a zero minute wait. I went to the same location as years past out of habit without thinking there could be a better/closer option.

This seems awfully laborious in this day and age. All that paper. Then you go to the machines and it's so easy.

Ten minute drive. There has never been a line, but if there is this time, I’ll be thrilled (as long as they’re not Republicans, of course).

Mail ballot, hand delivered early last week.

Cookout with snacks and alcohol available with a few friends.

that best time was shortly before poll closed on Sunday.

Went in on first day of early voting on Saturday shortly after poll opened and it was PACKED so I turned around and left.

YMMV

I love the buzz and atmosphere!

younger moms are home with their kids napping, others are still at work. It's the best time for me to get things done.

Early voting for our county just started today & it runs 9:30 to 4:30.
The closest location is near the golf course where I play so I'll probably stop on the way home.
After a couple days, it probably won't be too nuts there.

We vote by mail, but we drop our votes in the secure mail box at the Library, seems safer that way.

I have been the first voter to sign the book at my polling place since 2000…

I plan on keeping that record going as long as I am capable.

That's the way I'm going to do it this time, too. It's a personal tradition for me. The one exception was the Covid year of 2020, when I voted a few days early by mail.

— Ron

Very surprising for Connecticut.

Colorado mails ballots to all registered voters. I love it so much.

I think you should rent or borrow a walker for yourself.

the day that early voting began in North Carolina. Mission Accomplished. ☑️

a week ago. Dropped off ballot at election office drop box. Checked online to be sure ballot was accepted. Easy peasy! Don’t know why all states don’t vote this way.

living in Texas, there is always a chance that the right wing crazies will be there to do who knows what, but what I have found in the past is: the right wing nuts are inherently lazy. they never get up early LOL

It felt good!

And it felt sooo good! So did the whole fam.

Harris/Walz and blue all the way down.

Will actually fill it out and mail it in soon.

Then I call to the party, give them my number for my precinct - then they give me a list of people to call and doors to knock on. Small borough and I can always get 5-10 more voters to the library to cast a vote.

Done and counted!

If they seemed magat, no more talk.

Today our ballots were received and accepted.

on Saturday morning when early voting begins in NY state. I don’t anticipate a long line.