Just curious since it seems so much easier and less stressful during any election cycle to fill out a form and mail it in during your free time.
Because I saw the news about voter dropbox being fire bombed and the head of USPS deliberately slowing down mail. I don’t trust that my mail-in vote will count, so I voted early in-person.
Because in some states you’re not allowed to unless you have qualifying conditions. Also going in person early voting allows you to address any potential issues with registration issues to ensure your vote can count.
Lack of trust in the USPS due to trump and dejoy. I do not trust that my ballot will not be tampered with in transit or lost.
It is not an option to vote by mail in my state. I like to vote the day of anyway. Feels official.
Does it have other options than in person on election day, or are people who are in the hospital, on travel, or otherwise unable to visit their polling location on election day out of luck?
There is in person early voting. I think military service personnel can mail in also.
Lizard people.
in theory voting through mail would be easier, but in practice it’s a nightmare. i needed absentee ballots for two elections when i was away for school- one arrived late and one didn’t arrive at all! much easier to just do in-person voting in my experience
My state is entirely by mail. Postage is paid now, too, but there are also ballot boxes. Almost couldn’t be easier.
I have had the exact opposite experience, but I’m glad in-person voting works for you
In my state I assume that mail voting will be the most likely to be thrown out for nitpicky bullshit like signature verification.
There is in person early voting two weeks prior to election day so I voted in person last week. Although my normal voting location is close and never has a line, I vote early when possible just in case I get sick around election day.
with mail in voting, you got a notification after your ballot is counted and you can track and follow up on it on its journey.
couldn’t the same vote invalidation happen whether you vote in person or by mail if you’re worried about your state poll workers?
I’m not worried about votes at the early voting location being any more likely to be thrown out than the average polling location on election day due to legal challenges, and I am not worried about the state poll workers. If I lived in a state that was all mail in voting I wouldn’t be concerned, since the process is the same for everyone.
My concerns with mail in voting is due to Republicans frequently trying legal challenges to mail in voting and trying to throw out votes since their voters tend to favor in person voting.
Our voting process is solid, except when Republicans start shenanigans with their stacked courts to bypass the reliable counting process.
Because I voted early in person. Didn’t take much more time, I know my ballot was received, and I got a milkshake on the way back.
milkshakes are convincing.
you can track your mail-in ballot and receive a notification when it’s received and tallied.
but it’s nice to ride around. get a chore done.
It’s easier and less stressful for me to vote in person. My polling place is like a two block walk and there’s rarely a line, plus I know there’s no room for shenanigans to disenfranchise me.
Mail in voting seems more complicated, although my state mails them out by default and it’s probably just lack of familiarity. Anyway, in person is easy and pleasant so I don’t see any reason to change.
I don’t know if I’d need to buy stamps but I’m already late for my new lawn care guy because he insists I need to mail him a check but I haven’t had stamps in years and he’s about the only check I write
This year is the first time it’s complicated though. My older kid is voting for the first time and I want to vote with him for that milestone. He’s at college but didn’t follow up with mail in voting so we have to figure out the logistics of getting him home on a school/work day
oh great. yeah that totally makes sense.
I always waited in lines lines in an uncomfortable, stressful atmosphere, so I prefer the quietude at my own time in my own home.
Good luck with your son, I’m sure you guys will figure it out.
An illogical and faint hope that Harris’s campaign will commit to being less cartoonishly evil in the Middle East if they see their Michigan numbers are looking bad enough and also my polling place is close, quick, and convenient.
