2020 US General Election Thread X: For Those About to Vote

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Mom put the absentee ballot on the table this morning and was like "you're the only person in this household who hasn't voted. I need to go to the post office so do it now."

Ugh, I don't want to though. I mean I was going to but I don't want to.

Already mailed mine a few days ago.

Grab him by the ballot.

[Grinning Dragon]

'Coyotes' is extremely common parlance on the border and has been for decades. Goes to show how little social media personalities actually know about the topics they pretend to care for lol.

I live nowhere near the border and the closest I've been to it is San Diego and that was on vacation to Legoland when I was like 11 or 12 or something. This is this first I've heard of the term "coyote".

Huh, I grew up in MN (literally the farthest from the southern border) , and it's a term I've heard since the 70s

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

I live nowhere near the border and the closest I've been to it is San Diego and that was on vacation to Legoland when I was like 11 or 12 or something. This is this first I've heard of the term "coyote".

Huh, I grew up in MN (literally the farthest from the southern border) , and it's a term I've heard since the 70s

Maybe that's the problem. I wasn't alive in the 70s. Or the 80s. Or most of the 90s.

[Post War America]

Mom put the absentee ballot on the table this morning and was like "you're the only person in this household who hasn't voted. I need to go to the post office so do it now."

Ugh, I don't want to though. I mean I was going to but I don't want to.

I mean you should probably vote. Like bourgeois electoralism is pretty shite, but you know folks are gonna be up your ass if you try to make fundamental changes to the system without at least having tried to do it their way.

[Federative States of America]

I turned 18 this year, so on the 3rd I’ll be voting for the first time

Trump 2020

[Thermodolia]

Huh, I grew up in MN (literally the farthest from the southern border) , and it's a term I've heard since the 70s

Maybe that's the problem. I wasn't alive in the 70s. Or the 80s. Or most of the 90s.

You also live in Florida so...

[San Lumen]

I turned 18 this year, so on the 3rd I’ll be voting for the first time

Trump 2020

Congrats on being a first time voter. When I work the polls we have a tradition of announcing it to the room and applauding.

[Jerzylvania]

https://morningconsult.com/2020/10/23/post-debate-oil-gas-renewable-energy-poll/

57% support Biden's comments about transition from the oil industry including 41% of GOP voters and 47% of rural voters

Yep.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

Mom put the absentee ballot on the table this morning and was like "you're the only person in this household who hasn't voted. I need to go to the post office so do it now."

Ugh, I don't want to though. I mean I was going to but I don't want to.

Already mailed mine a few days ago.

Grab him by the ballot.

I voted for zero Republicans. Plenty of democrats, Liberterians and Green Party members got my vote but I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn't wanna vote for anyone associated with him, and when the only choice was republican, my write in candidate was "fuck you."

[Borderlands of Rojava]

I turned 18 this year, so on the 3rd I’ll be voting for the first time

Trump 2020

Trump for exile 2020

[Travislavania]

trump aint it chief

[Travislavania]

both are bad but id rather joe biden than that racist

[San Lumen]

Already mailed mine a few days ago.

Grab him by the ballot.

I voted for zero Republicans. Plenty of democrats, Liberterians and Green Party members got my vote but I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn't wanna vote for anyone associated with him, and when the only choice was republican, my write in candidate was "fuck you."

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

[Nuroblav]

I voted for zero Republicans. Plenty of democrats, Liberterians and Green Party members got my vote but I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn't wanna vote for anyone associated with him, and when the only choice was republican, my write in candidate was "fuck you."

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

I think who I would for would depend on what state I was in, as well as the candidates available. But Republican is still a firm 'no' from me.

[San Lumen]

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

I think who I would for would depend on what state I was in, as well as the candidates available. But Republican is still a firm 'no' from me.

Republicans in my state keep resorting to the same scare tactics they've used for years that backfired big time last cycle. In addition they are going further right in a state where conservative Republicans can't win.

I wouldn't be surprised if they lose several congressional seats and get lose several more seats in the state senate giving Democrats a supermajority.

[Valrifell]

'Coyotes' is extremely common parlance on the border and has been for decades. Goes to show how little social media personalities actually know about the topics they pretend to care for lol.

I live nowhere near the border and the closest I've been to it is San Diego and that was on vacation to Legoland when I was like 11 or 12 or something. This is this first I've heard of the term "coyote".

Samesises.

I don't like being implicated and shamed in that group of people, so. Either it's not as common as everyone thinks it is or several people on NSG are vapid social media personalities.

[San Lumen]

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... ready-been

Pennsylvania election officials have announced that at least half of the mail-in ballots requested for the Nov. 3 elections have already been cast.

Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar (D) said that just under 1.5 million people have voted by mail-in or absentee ballots so far in the election, local ABC affiliate WPVI reported.

I hope they can count ballots in a timely manner and not take days like they did in the primary.

[Thermodolia]

I voted for zero Republicans. Plenty of democrats, Liberterians and Green Party members got my vote but I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn't wanna vote for anyone associated with him, and when the only choice was republican, my write in candidate was "fuck you."

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

I voted for mostly democrats but I did vote for a few republicans, one of which I actually like a lot.

[San Lumen]

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

I voted for mostly democrats but I did vote for a few republicans, one of which I actually like a lot.

There aren't many Republicans in my state I can say I like. One of them is a former governor and he left office in 2006 which was the year I could vote for the first time. There are rumors he is strongly considering running for a 4th term in 2024. He defeated the incumbent Mario Cuomo in 1994 who was attempting a 4th term.

[Tarsonis]

Actually, the point is good order and discipline. Military units are close knit communities that depend on eachother in life or death situations. Makes it hard if somebody is banging someone else's spouse. The regulation prohibiting it gives commands the ability to address the issue through administrative means, where as without it they'd have no grounds to do so.

Oh, it's only infidelity with another serviceperson's spouse?

That makes more sense. The military shouldn't care if you're banging the baker's wife.

That actually would also be against regulations, but thats more a PR thing

[Godular]

I voted for zero Republicans. Plenty of democrats, Liberterians and Green Party members got my vote but I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn't wanna vote for anyone associated with him, and when the only choice was republican, my write in candidate was "fuck you."

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

Texas did away with straight-ticket, it might have been so the previous round or two.

I have no issue with this, as I took particular relish in voting for every democrat I saw. Fortunate it is that in my section of the state, every uncontested position was democrat.

[San Lumen]

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

Texas did away with straight-ticket, it might have been so the previous round or two.

I have no issue with this, as I took particular relish in voting for every democrat I saw. Fortunate it is that in my section of the state, every uncontested position was democrat.

My state never had that option. I relished the last few cycles voting for every single democrat as well and will this year as well.

Uncontested elections I leave blank.

[Post War America]

I almost always vote straight democrat and will certainly do so again this year. I haven’t split ticket in quite some time.

Texas did away with straight-ticket, it might have been so the previous round or two.

I have no issue with this, as I took particular relish in voting for every democrat I saw. Fortunate it is that in my section of the state, every uncontested position was democrat.

Wait, legally enabled straight ticket voting is thing that exists? What?

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As the 2020 election thread is mainly focused on the Presidential election, I have created this thread for Americans to discuss ballot measures and constitutional changes in their own state, and of course for non-Americans to comment on as well.

In Florida, there is:

1) To amend the constitution to explicitly state that only citizens can vote. I voted no based on the recommendation of the ACLU and the fact that this is already the status quo in Florida anyway so at best this measure is right-wing virtue signaling against the (utterly non-existent) voting of undocumented immigrants and at worst might make the voter registration process harder as state officials might demand even more documentation than they do now to prove citizenship.

2) To raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour and then by 1 dollar every year until reaches 15. I voted yes despite the fact that the minimum wage should be 15 immediately but it's this or nothing.

3) To have open primaries. I voted yes because both major parties are against it because it undermines the duopoly. I think primaries should be open because every once in awhile a decent candidate comes along and people who don't normally vote or who aren't affiliated with a party should be able to vote without jumping through bureaucratic hoops to change their affiliation.

4) To make it so that the constitution can't be amended unless a referendum is approved 2 elections in a row. I voted no because this is nothing more than the establishment trying to undermine what little direct democracy we have.

So, what's going on in your state? Anyone legalizing weed this year or anything else fun?

[San Lumen]

Texas did away with straight-ticket, it might have been so the previous round or two.

I have no issue with this, as I took particular relish in voting for every democrat I saw. Fortunate it is that in my section of the state, every uncontested position was democrat.

Wait, legally enabled straight ticket voting is thing that exists? What?

Some states have the option where you can select straight ticket when inserted into the machine its an automatic vote for everyone of that party.