Re: paper ballots

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@Kalli wrote:
Right when I got up to the person who takes each name and gives them a number, the poll worker realized they had misnumbered the voters and had to go back and recheck again.....again......again. Twenty minutes later they figured it out. Meanwhile the line got quite long. A group of university students were turned away because while they live near me, they were supposed to vote on campus.

Glad to finally vote and leave.

we dont get numbers......just a slip of paper with our information, the ballot, and a manila folder.

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Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Does anyone know if you can vote by mail for the primaries ... or do you have to go in person?

The regulations vary by the state in which you live

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

Here in Florida we use the paper ballots that are then run through the machine that reads what we marked. When we lived in Pa they had used voting machines until about 2004 when they changed over to voting via computers. I liked the computers and there were people there to assist those who needed help with using them.

Something I always dislike here in Sarasota Co. is after you sit at a desk and get registered and sign in they give you the paper ballot. Then you stand up and get in line, however they don't take the people in line in order, they call your name and the name they call goes next, even if he is the 5th person back in the line, so in a tight cramped space there are all these people struggling to get to the front once their name is called.Last time DH & I were standing together in line - I was called and went to vote while he waited, When I was all done he was still waiting in line, and continued to wait at least another 10 min. I had to go and wait for him outside in the rain as there was no where for me to stand inside. They really need to either find a better way to do this or a larger space where there is enough room.

Stray · ‎04-20-2013

We have electronic here in my town in NJ. I love it....this election cycle has really opened my eyes about the voting process in this Country. It seems our votes mean very little. I never knew much about delegates and how different the process is state to state. I think the voting process should be consistent throughout the Country. I surely hope kids are paying attention in schools and that teachers are using this process as teaching moments. I really was quite clueless and it is quite fascinating.

DoneTryin · ‎03-09-2010

Colorado here. We had caucuses last month but they were a mess & now there's talk of going back to primaries.

We have "paper" ballots, though they're actually card stock. Dark pen or pencil marks used to fill in a space to indicate choice. I have been VERY happy the last few years to be able to mail in my ballot for all elections here, & make sure my address is updated whenever I move. The ballot envelope has a bar code on it & I get an email when it's delivered. SO glad I no longer have to stand in line to vote!

gmkb · ‎07-29-2012

@Goldengate8361 wrote:
@sunshine45 - you're not from the "sunshine state" are you? I hope we are not going to have hanging chads (?) in the near future.😃

@Goldengate8361 I live in Fl. When I voted in the primary recently, we had the same type of ballot as @sunshine45

luvdoodles · ‎06-19-2010

We have always had paper ballots since I started voting, that was over 45 years ago. Didn't even know there was another way.

teganslaw · ‎03-11-2010

Our primary is next Tuesday, but I voted early. My state, Indiana, is using machines. I haven't seen paper ballots for several years.

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Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@DoneTryin wrote:
Colorado here. We had caucuses last month but they were a mess & now there's talk of going back to primaries.

We have "paper" ballots, though they're actually card stock. Dark pen or pencil marks used to fill in a space to indicate choice. I have been VERY happy the last few years to be able to mail in my ballot for all elections here, & make sure my address is updated whenever I move. The ballot envelope has a bar code on it & I get an email when it's delivered. SO glad I no longer have to stand in line to vote!

@DoneTryin Yes, your caucuses "that were a mess" made national news, with Coloradoans about not being able to cast a ballot that counts towards who wins a primary. Weird system you have there. I thought I'd read that all elections in CO were mail-in elections? So voting at the polls is still an option in November?

OT: I love the show Homicide Hunter which is about the career of a retired Co. police detective, Joe Kenda. I was just watching a rerun last night.

DoneTryin · ‎03-09-2010

@Pearley yes, I know it made national news. Many of us don't understand how it works, so why do it that way I don't know. All registered voters get a mail-in ballot & if anyone wants to vote at a polling place they can. They have to surrender the ballot they received in the mail when they go in to vote.

I've never heard of that tv show. What channel is it on?