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Now that you're registered you may have to decide how to vote. In my city there are 3 options on the table- vote by mail, early voting, and election day voting. The deadline for a mail in ballot in my state is this Friday, so I only have a few days to figure things out.
So far I've decided that I won't be voting on election day. The turnout is expected to be historic and though I had a fun knitting and chatting in line for 3.5 hours during the 2006 election I don't want to do it again. Instead I plan to either be a poll worker or volunteer with my candidate's campaign.
I'm left with early voting or voting by mail. My conspiracy theorist friends say voting by mail (with a copy before you drop it off is the safest). The party I'm affiliated with is also recommending mail in ballots, to help track voter turnout. On the other hand I'm really bad about misplacing important papers. And there is something special about going into the booth and getting the cheezy 'I Voted' sticker.
Do you have options outside of voting on election day? And what are your thoughts on early/mail in voting?
The final bit of election news is that tomorrow is the final debate.
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Our state has the same options. My husband and I debated about mail-in ballots, but will probably do early voting. I'd get paranoid about losing the ballot, too. :)
I'm going to mail in my ballot...but make a copy as your friend suggested (thanks for the tip). Do you know of any way of tracking if your vote counts?
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