This is a long time coming and I'm pleased to announce that I, along with my wife -- a first timer as well, will be voting for the first time in my whole life. Sure, I could have voted in the last couple of elections but none of the candidates were qualified to lead America, in my opinion, which is why I didn't bother registering to vote.
For obvious reasons, I'm voting for the first time because America finally have a valid candidate in Trump to lead America into the right direction. We're pleased with how Trump have accomplished in the last 4 years and we want 4 more years out of him.
Because this is my first time voting, I have never seen a ballot up front to know what to expect. I've seen some of the posts here from people who have shown what their ballots looked like but they were either close up or showing part of the ballot.
So here are my questions:
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When people say they're voting straight Republican, does that mean when you get the ballot, there's a box saying, "Straight Republican" or something like that? Additionally, when you check/tick that box, you're done? There's nothing more to do as that option will cover every Republicans such as Trump/Pence and Republican candidates for the state I live in?
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If the above option doesn't exist, then clearly I'd be voting for Trump/Pence but I do not know much about the other Republican candidates for Senate, House, Supreme Court etc, other than the governor of this state as I'm not originally from Ohio. I'm well familiar with Gov. DeWine nothing more. So can I just vote for Trump/Pence and submit my ballot or will I have to complete the whole ballot to make it eligible to be counted?
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This is for the Ohioans - I recall back in the summertime when the China virus has "escalated" in Ohio and Gov. DeWine said that we will be doing mail-in ballots only but I'm also hearing we can vote in person at the official polling place. Is the part where we can vote in person true? I believe it is as I'm seeing some people in this town I live in, said they've voted in person but I just wanted to make sure this is true.
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Clearly there are a few days left until Election day so my wife and I are debating on whether to vote early or wait until Election day to go vote because we have a child and no one to babysit our child while we go vote. Not only that, but what's the advantage/disadvantage on voting early vs voting on Election day? We want to make sure our ballots are counted and we're fearful if we vote early, there may be some kind of "hijinks" going on like seeing our votes early then tossing them out or some kind of "oops".
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Anything we need to know as first timers that is crucial for us to do prior to voting, voting and what to do after voting?
I'd do the research online but I trust TDW more than anything I read online that doesn't come out of TDW. Of course, I trust then verify and almost 100% of the time, most of the info I've found on TDW has been true.
I'd appreciate serious responses to my questions and please number out the responses so I know which responses correlate to which.
Finally, LET'S FUCKING MAGA!!!!
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EDIT2: I truly appreciate this being stickied so thank you mods for doing this!!! WE HAVE THE BEST MODS!!!
What states have a 'straight republican' box?
Straight Republican means you're voting Republican straight down the line. You have to vote for candidates by name, they're just grouped by party affiliation.
Edjt: I stand corrected apparently it's a thing. A rediculous thing, but a thing nonetheless!
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Used to be Texas too but NO MORE! Hooray!
Edit: for pedes that don't know. If your state has a "straight ticket" option that means you press one button (or fill out one bubble) and submit and you are DONE. All Republicans or all Democrats.
Sounds great right? It isn't. It means that people don't look at their choices. It means that lines are faster and in areas with lots and lots of low info voters (DEMOCRATS) they can pump them through the polls faster because they all just press that D button and DONE.
That's why Dems fought against Abbott abolishing the straight ticket option in Texas. But he finally won in court.
Now, I vote for Republicans all down the ticket. So you could say I vote straight ticket. But I have to check those boxes individually. It's not one and done.
HTH
I'm in Indiana and I've never used "straight ticket" button.
I always go through and check out my choices and make my decisions from there. Even though most of the time I vote straight Republican, I still don't check the "straight republican" box.
Good to hear!
They still have Burger Chef up there? I grew up in Louisville and we used to love it.
Wow I never believed this. Mostly cause it sounds as rediculous as it is!
One clarification: Abbott did not abolish straight-ticket voting in Texas by himself. The state legislature passed the law in 2017, and Abbott signed it. It took effect this year.
Democrats tried to restore it via the federal court, claiming: the law disproportionately hurts Black and Latino voters in big urban counties, where ballots are typically longer and take more time to fill out. No, I'm not making that up.
A federal district judge in El Paso tried to use the pandemic as an excuse to "pause" the change and avoid people standing in line for a long time. The federal appeals court overturned him, because early voting was scheduled to start in only two weeks.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/no-straight-ticket-voting-in-texas-for-2020-general-election-court-says
Thanks, I thought of it as something Abbott did in 2017 but of course it would have been the Lege.
I did hear about how the Dems didn't like it because their retard voters who don't know what they're doing would get slowed down in the lines in the big urban precincts. And of course since they're all scared of the covids that just makes it worse for them.
My old state Kentucky does.. or did, not sure about now.
I think KY still does. It's my old state too. :)
Wow this is insane!