I voted by mail in Maryland, unfortunately. However, I do here reports from Franklin, TN (red area) that all 10 EV sites have a 45 plus minute wait. (Williamson County, TN). Very large red turnout....
I live in a mid-sized suburb in Texas.
The closest voting center was closed on Monday due to a coronavirus exposure event, but they were open today. I drove past it but chose to go to a different town’s library to vote instead. It took me half an hour today to get through the line to vote.
The lines yesterday were more than an hour long. The line to vote in Dallas at the American Airlines Center made the news, because it wrapped around the building once and started a second loop.
Pennsylvania does not have in-person early voting.
Despite that there were reports yesterday of an in-person early voting station operating in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park.
The skullduggery is well underway.
Reporting from the People’s Republic of Nothern Virginia the lines for advance polling are around the block ... with very substantial Biden presence outside polling places ... guess its all those government workers doing their civic duty ;-)
We voted early yesterday, Lago Vista Texas, Travis County. Everyone working there and all voters we saw were whites. ALl ages but mostly older like us. Long lines. Town of 6000 people. I heard lines were super long ALL day. Everyone seemed happy and in good mood, and in the past when I worked at polling precincts those were Republicans. I know Travis county and Austin in particular can be super liberal. I think we are a bit more conservative out here in the boondocks.
I live in Tarrant County, the only major urban county to vote Republican. The neighborhoods in my area are somewhat red, but some neighborhoods/suburbs are purple.
There was a police presence at the voting locations but no reported violence.
There was a general demographic mix. A fair number of blacks in BLM and “anti-Trump as *@(&” along with whites, Hispanics and Asians in other garb.
Received my mail-in ballot. Haven’t mailed it back yet, but when I do I will either drop it at the B of E or a main post office, and leave the mail carrier out of the equation. Mine is the kind with a voter specific inner envelope. We are not getting generic mail-in ballots here
No early voting in MO.
Mail-in ballots can be requested but have to be notarized.
Absentee ballots have to be signed by a witness confirming that you have a valid reason for using absentee.
I am actually training election judges this year in Tarrant County TX (Fort Worth). We just finished training the early voting poll workers and yesterday was the first open day for EV. My husband and I had a nice breakfast and then went to the election center and there were no people in front of us to cause us to wait! easy peasy.
However, I do want to discuss the enraging propaganda against our Gov Abbott for insisting only 1 location in all of Harris County (Houston) to accept mail in ballots. Everywhere on my FB my liberal friends are accusing Abbott of intentionally suppressing votes.... especially since there is a huge minority presence in that area. The truth is the governor is only following the law. Texas is a Voter ID state. You MUST present proper identification before you are allowed to vote. The state is merely trying to make sure to follow the current laws. You can’t tell that by reading ANY articles or news stories for they are ALL about the evil Republicans. They make me sick to my stomach. You can’t just drop off your ballot anywhere. Someone needs to match signatures, SEE that person and get their signature before that ballot is accepted. And it goes in an official box that is tamper proof. But the Democrats make MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Where are some of the sites in Franklin.
County office on Main street the only one I know of.
I voted yesterday in Papilion Nebraska at the Sarpy County Voter Registration office. This is a very conservative blue county just south of Omaha and the home of Offut Air Force Base and Stratcom. There were about 6 people voting there when I got there about 330pm. A whole bunch of people arrived when I was filling out my ballot and a line formed out the door of the small office. This was my first time not voting on election day so I have nothing to compare it to as far as whether this was typical. I finished filling out my ballot in about 4 minutes.
As for me I am a white dude in my mid to late 50’s. I used to be a Republican but I quit the party in disgust the day that John McCain secured the nomination. I am now what is known in Nebraska as “non-affiliated”. I did vote a straight R ticket as is the norm.
I voted in person @ noon today.
Berkeley county - outside of Charleston, SC.
Looong line - over an hour to vote.
Voting location well staffed, well run.
Line reportedly much longer this morning.
Voted Trump/Pence/Graham/Mace.
Side note - Met Nancy Mace at the local Waffle House (where she used to work) Monday morning. Very sincere, likeable and personable. She asked me to vote early, so I did.
Big turnout = landslide??
*FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING TX* (yesterday)
I’m in one of the most conservative precincts (+90% GOP) in one of the most conservative (~80% GOP) big counties in America.
2016: 5-10 min line to vote
2020: 1 hr 15 min line to vote
Never seen this big of voter turnout in my life.
However, one gentleman gave his passport to the poll worker and she said she couldn't use it. Apparently, Missouri has coded the voters so that you have to use a bar code from a driver's license to print up your individual ballot. He had a driver's license so all is well.
The important news of that is that Missouri is not a picture ID state but using the bar code from a license, which DOES have a picture, goes along with the law but you ultimately have to have a picture to vote.
I don’t believe in early voting. If you can’t get to the polls by the time they close on election day then that’s too bad.
Very red area of Trump’s best county in 2016 (not in terms of %, but gave him his largest raw vote margin over HRC), Montgomery Co., Texas (far north edge of Houston metro). Just went by - longest lines I have ever seen, although people are distanced. About an hour or so wait.
Blue city in Texas reporting here! Went this morning to cast my early vote there was a line of perhaps at least 20 to 30 people ...social distancing made it look longer than what it was. Optics. I decided to wait until the afternoon rolled around and headed back out there and it had around between 15 to 20 people or so, but I am one that gets patient in lines so I will wait until next week to cast my vote for America!! To close... apparently the record-breaking lines of Enthusiasm to vote early yesterday against orange man bad might diminish by election day if today is any indication! If this continues the Democrats are in big big Doodoo! Keep your fingers crossed!!
Showed up at 0634 and polls open at 0700. I was number 26 in line. Ended up being 28 after a couple handicap seniors got in front. I spent about 10 minutes inside (ID check and voting). Was out the door at almost exactly 0800.
Smooth experience and when I left it appeared the line was over 2 hours long. I froze though because I didn’t bring a jacket, was in polo shirt with temps in upper 40’s.
This is in Northern Cobb County in GA.
1) Long lines? No, but it was early morning
2) What state, county, city, area? Be specific.
Georgia, Monroe County, City of Forsyth
3) Is your precinct a Red or Blue area?
A sea of RED with a few tiny blue islands.
4) How does EV turnout compare to year’s past? Typical
5) Demographics? Gender, race, age, etc.? F, W, 55
Tennessee Early In-Person Voting began today - it took about an hour for me to complete the process, line of voters almost out the door. Social distancing, masks, and picture id required. Hand sanitizer, ball point pen and Q-tip for operating the touch screen provided. Glad I avoided the upcoming rush!
Fayetteville, TN, Lincoln County
TN is a red state
Longer line this year as opposed to 4 years ago
Population of 7,105 with growth rate of 0.62%
Average age is 42.2 years
White 71% Black 25% 4% mixed
71% own homes 29% rent