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ItsMeAgain's avatar

This demographic is lost, so let's not waste time on them (apprx 35%). If DJT/JDV can focus on the 20-25% "Independents" and, of course, the base, we have this.

The big factor is the steal. Must be taking all precautions, including early voting. If you have mail-in voting in your state, DO IT NOW! Election "Day" is cancelled this year.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I don’t know all the arguments on this. But I have always felt that voting day of is better because if hey have my paper vote then they know one more they need to counter my vote on BLUE.

So I go Early, but I go day of.

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Michele's avatar

What I don't like about CA voting is that the mail-in ballots come whether you want them or not, and when I go, if I want to use an actual ballot that they have there, saying I "forgot" or "never got" my ballot, then my vote is only "provisional." And if I bring my mail-in already filled out, that's just so boring to me. And sadly, in my blue area I don't trust the process at all either way.

I tried to volunteer working the polls and they do not make it easy, if you cannot go to their middle-or-the-day orientation, no go.

So I might try to poll watch, we'll see.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I’m in CA. I feel it is rather easy - you just take your ballot with you and they write big lines across it saying “surrendered”. Then you get the actual ballott and vote and then put it in their box. Big question is how legit the counting is. I still do it though.

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Michele's avatar

Yes I've done that, but they tell me it's still provisional. Does not get counted with all the others. If at all, bwahahahaha...

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ItsMeAgain's avatar

The Demoncrats will have 100's of thousands votes counted before you get your shoes on election day. Vote early! Help DJT have 100's of thousands votes in the bank. Encourage your friends and family to vote early too.

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Juju's avatar

This is something I didn’t think of. I threw away our mail-in ballots because I wanted to go in person. But should I have kept those ballots and used mail instead? Will something interfere with our being able to vote in person?? Thanks for the comment. It’s something to consider. What do others here recommend?

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Copernicus's avatar

You need to keep the mail ins and take with you to the polls in case when you get there they claim you've already voted. You then have in your hands proof that YOU did not mail in your ballot.

Also, I assume you shredded your mail in ballot before throwing away.

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Juju's avatar

Ok whew, I didn’t throw them away after all! They were buried on my counter. I must have been too scared to let the go in trash. But our names aren’t on them. They are just “county application for permanent vote by mail status” and then you write in your name and address in the blank fields and select that you want to vote by mail in all subsequent elections. It’s actually confusing what you are agreeing to the way it is written. I wish I could post a pic. Ima try.

https://ibb.co/GMk9FW1

If you can’t see it: Something about wishing to vote by mail in all subsequent elections and primaries and wish to receive the party ballot that require party designation OR wishing to vote by mail in all subsequent elections that do not require a party designation. I didn’t know ANY vote required a party designation but how the heck do I know what I want in the future?

And a few weeks ago I tried to sign up to be an election judge. We live in a heavily democratic state and county. All I got was an email stating they received my app but they get lots of them and there is no guarantee I will be contacted again. ?? Kinda makes me furious. If we want to volunteer we should be able to - there is plenty of places to use people. How do we know they won’t purposefully leave as many republicans out of it as they can?

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Copernicus's avatar

It sounds like you received an application for absentee/mail-in ballot. Not an actual ballot.

I'd shred it.

Primary elections require a party designation - you vote either a Dem ballot, or a Republican ballot, or other party. This is normal. Primaries are a great way to clean house too - lots of grassroots folks run here and voter turnout is often lower than in general election.

As for signing up to work the polls, call your local GOP county chair and tell them you want to work the polls. Call them back each week, being respectful of course, until you are assured that you are assigned to a polling place. Polling place assignments won't happen tho until closer to the election.

You also can work early voting locations. They need folks for those too.

What you received was likely a standard reply about your signup.

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Fla Mom's avatar

In Florida, the Supervisors of Elections hire the poll *workers,* but the political parties and candidates train and designate the volunteer poll *watchers.* Here, the local Republicans have no say over who is hired as a poll *worker.*

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Copernicus's avatar

Wow, that's interesting.

Our GOP is recruiting for working the polls. The actual hiring and training is done, at least in my county, by the election board. Which is 2/3 Dem.

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Fla Mom's avatar

We encourage people to apply, but that’s all we do. I think our SOE tries to have workers be 50-50 R-D. Our Canvassing Board is 100% Republican, as are all but maybe two elected officials county-wide.

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Donna's avatar

Bongino suggests voting early in case some”unforeseen “ emergency shuts down the voting process on Election Day or just before since Rs tend to vote on election day

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MnmMom's avatar

Early voting at your local registrars office seems to be the way to go. Does anyone know if all states allow early in person voting?

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Copernicus's avatar

There actually is debate about whether this is what to do or not.

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Fla Mom's avatar

It depends on your state laws. In Florida, you can still vote in person and, if the vote-by-mail ballot is sent in, it's not counted, as the system flags that you voted in person. They still prefer that you bring the ballot in to be 'spoiled' (torn or marked such that it cannot be counted).

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ItsMeAgain's avatar

Count on something happening election day! AZ was a test run in 2022.

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carily myers's avatar

If you get a mail in ballot, vote, hold it and drop it off on election day. No harvesting, USPS involved. Advice from "True the Vote".

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