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First day of voting in the Commonwealth!!!! 🇺🇸 (Original Post) underpants Sep 2020 OP
Virginia is for lovers...go get them Virginia Peacetrain Sep 2020 #1
Line in Alexandria already... PunkinPi Sep 2020 #2
I figured there would be a line. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #3
You're welcome... PunkinPi Sep 2020 #4
. Yonnie3 Sep 2020 #6
. PunkinPi Sep 2020 #7
I'll be using a drop box Yonnie3 Sep 2020 #5
The Gov is scanning underpants Sep 2020 #10
Massive line of voters in Fairfax, Virginia... PunkinPi Sep 2020 #8
Wow. Fairfax and Richmond too. underpants Sep 2020 #9
Yep...here's a video of Fairfax PunkinPi Sep 2020 #11
Awesome underpants Sep 2020 #12
More video from Fairfax: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #13
Two hours? underpants Sep 2020 #14
I just handed my application for an absentee ballot to the letter carrier. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #15

PunkinPi

(5,018 posts)
2. Line in Alexandria already...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:28 AM
Sep 2020


The line is growing outside the Alexandria Registrar’s office. Voting begins in minutes @nbcwashington


Gov Northam voted this morning...



Virginians, it's time to #Vote! My ballot is in—and if you are registered in Virginia, you can start voting TODAY.

Whether you vote absentee by mail, on #ElectionDay, or early and in person like I did, Virginians can be confident their vote is secure and will be counted.


mahatmakanejeeves

(61,437 posts)
3. I figured there would be a line.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:32 AM
Sep 2020

I don't know if I'm going to vote early or wait until election day. I won't be mailing in a ballot.

Thanks for the video.

{edited}

Oh. I see it's an actual voting machine, where you insert the ballot and it is scanned. Just like the experience on election day.

Maybe I'll look into it.

PunkinPi

(5,018 posts)
4. You're welcome...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:41 AM
Sep 2020

I'm getting my ballot through the mail, but I think I'll be dropping it off in person.

Yonnie ( ) posted this ballot tracking website the other day --> https://ballotscout.org, in which you can track when they mail your ballot all the way through the process.

Yonnie3

(18,174 posts)
5. I'll be using a drop box
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:42 AM
Sep 2020

I expect to receive an absentee ballot in the mail next week and will place it in a drop box at the registrar's office within a week.

I'll then check on the website to ensure it is accepted. If there is an issue, I'll have more than a month available to cure it.

underpants

(187,107 posts)
10. The Gov is scanning
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 09:59 AM
Sep 2020

I’ve voted absentee before and actually scanned in the vote. Made me feel much more certain of the vote.

PunkinPi

(5,018 posts)
8. Massive line of voters in Fairfax, Virginia...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 09:49 AM
Sep 2020


Massive line of voters in Fairfax, Virginia, on the FIRST DAY of in-person early voting. Some voters say they showed up because they lost faith in USPS to deliver ballots. Officials tell CNN they've never seen anything like this on Day One.


ETA Richmond -



There may be 6+ weeks until Election Day 2020, but early voting in Virginia actually starts today — and there are dozens of voters in line to vote in person even before the building here in Richmond, VA opens


You love to see it!

PunkinPi

(5,018 posts)
11. Yep...here's a video of Fairfax
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:03 AM
Sep 2020


Hundreds of voters line up in Virginia as the first day of early in-person voting begins in the state.

“I don't trust the mail right now,” one voter tells @KristenhCNN. “…If I got to stand here all day, I'm going to vote today.”

underpants

(187,107 posts)
14. Two hours?
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:08 PM
Sep 2020

I’m planning on running over to the county office in a few weeks. Off lunch hour time.

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,437 posts)
15. I just handed my application for an absentee ballot to the letter carrier.
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 04:51 PM
Sep 2020

I won't be mailing in the actual ballot. That, I will turn in in person.

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