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JPPaverage

(570 posts)
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 12:03 PM Oct 2018

Well, I voted earlier today.

Really easy. I'm and out in about 5 minutes. One thing I noticed about the ballots though. It used to be that there was an oval one could fill in for straight party voting. Now there's not. Doesn't matter, I voted straight ticket anyway. Just pay attention to the ballot and fill in the ovals accordingly.

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Well, I voted earlier today. (Original Post) JPPaverage Oct 2018 OP
Right on! PearliePoo2 Oct 2018 #1
I wish they were ovals. rsdsharp Oct 2018 #2
Any advice on the judges? roody Oct 2018 #5
I'm an attorney. rsdsharp Oct 2018 #6
My mother used to say Cairycat Oct 2018 #3
It is an intentional tactic to make voting harder roody Oct 2018 #4

rsdsharp

(10,084 posts)
2. I wish they were ovals.
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:19 PM
Oct 2018

I voted yesterday in Urbandale and they were rectangles. I took quite awhile to fill them in, although the majority of the time was voting on retention of judges.

rsdsharp

(10,084 posts)
6. I'm an attorney.
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 03:16 PM
Oct 2018

With very few exceptions, I've always voted to retain, and did so this time. I'm in District 5, so the District, and Associate District, judges may be different where you are.

Cairycat

(1,757 posts)
3. My mother used to say
Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:55 PM
Oct 2018

"I don't vote straight ticket. Just because I vote for all Republicans doesn't mean I vote straight ticket." So for many years, I enjoyed the little ripple of defiance, from not only voting for all Dems, but also filling in the straight ticket oval. One more thing the Rs have taken, sigh.

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