My parents and I went the first day of early voting and were among the first in line (there was one other person ahead of us). Everything was in place... but the ID scanner wasn't talking to the computer, and the computer wasn't talking to the printer, etc. Cue checking cords, turning it off and back on again, jokes about the Russians. Finally, they got enough of the system up that they could verify our IDs, take the information down by hand, and fill out the signature sheet by hand, so we were able to vote. And the voting machines worked fine, so that was all right.
UGH, my heart started pounding just reading this! I can't imagine having to go through that; in the weeks before I got my ballot by mail I might have had literal nightmares about something like this. I'm glad you got your ballot cast in the end; sorry it was so stressful! <3 <3 to you.
I have never in my life been so anxious about casting my vote. I mailed it over a week ago, but I was very fussy about what mailbox it went in, and then I did a ballot trace on my state's website and only felt a little reassured when it said my ballot was accepted for counting.
We are almost there. Again, I cannot recall a more stressful election season. With the exception of a brief rant today, and sharing one or two things, I too have managed to keep my opinions offline and mostly out of the workplace, but it was hard, and I'm still anxious, and I just hope it all resolves the way I need it to, QUICKLY.
Ugh that sounds so stressful! I'm glad they 'let' you vote though. You'd think after the "Hanging Chads Debacle" they would test and re-test every aspect of the voting process these days. (I noticed at my polling place that a couple of guys ahead of me had issues when they scanned their driver's license bar codes. When that happened, they gave them papers to fill out and sent them to another table...they sat down & filled them out -- they seemed rather extensive -- then handed them to the voting official at this side table who took them back to the scanning table did ~something~ with them and then got them their little slip of paper to vote
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I did early voting. It was the first year that Massachusetts had it. I usually work Tuesday night, and trying to time my voting and still get to work on time has been a problem in the past. Since I know about 89% of the town, it takes me ages to both get in and get out, since I have to say hello to everyone and ask what's going on with their kids and talk about how long it's been since I've seen them.
Interestingly enough, they didn't ask me for ID at Town Hall. Just my street address and my name, then they handed over the ballot. I voted, and that was that.
I'll be doing that again, next election. MUCH easier.
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My parents and I went the first day of early voting and were among the first in line (there was one other person ahead of us). Everything was in place... but the ID scanner wasn't talking to the computer, and the computer wasn't talking to the printer, etc. Cue checking cords, turning it off and back on again, jokes about the Russians. Finally, they got enough of the system up that they could verify our IDs, take the information down by hand, and fill out the signature sheet by hand, so we were able to vote. And the voting machines worked fine, so that was all right.
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I have never in my life been so anxious about casting my vote. I mailed it over a week ago, but I was very fussy about what mailbox it went in, and then I did a ballot trace on my state's website and only felt a little reassured when it said my ballot was accepted for counting.
We are almost there. Again, I cannot recall a more stressful election season. With the exception of a brief rant today, and sharing one or two things, I too have managed to keep my opinions offline and mostly out of the workplace, but it was hard, and I'm still anxious, and I just hope it all resolves the way I need it to, QUICKLY.
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I did early voting. It was the first year that Massachusetts had it. I usually work Tuesday night, and trying to time my voting and still get to work on time has been a problem in the past. Since I know about 89% of the town, it takes me ages to both get in and get out, since I have to say hello to everyone and ask what's going on with their kids and talk about how long it's been since I've seen them.
Interestingly enough, they didn't ask me for ID at Town Hall. Just my street address and my name, then they handed over the ballot. I voted, and that was that.
I'll be doing that again, next election. MUCH easier.
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