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Post by willow on Oct 26, 2022 12:20:54 GMT -6
I have court at 8:15 on Nov 8 and I'm annoyed about it. I like to vote in the morning before the rush happens after work so I just have to be really on top of the morning that day.
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Post by byjove on Oct 26, 2022 12:21:07 GMT -6
Yes. They usually schedule parent teacher conferences for EDay and then the students are home anyway. It also helps improve parent participation because they can vote and meet the teacher with one stop. That’s really smart. Our PT conferences are next week. Womp Same. 2 days off. And then off for voting Tuesday. On top of the two days off we had this week...
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Oct 26, 2022 12:23:38 GMT -6
That’s really smart. Our PT conferences are next week. Womp Same. 2 days off. And then off for voting Tuesday. On top of the two days off we had this week... Oh our schools aren’t closed for Election Day. They are closed for all saints day, and minimum days the remainder of next week for conferences. Then back to a normal week on 11/7. I guess I should see if it’s a polling place.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 26, 2022 12:25:03 GMT -6
One of the orgs I've been texting with 2x/day insists that you get trained on every single shift, even if you just texted on that exact script 2 hours earlier and boy, howdy does their trainer like to hear themselves talk. This stuff is part of my literal job. Just let me help you without eating up 30 minutes of extra time. This feels inefficient. There should be a data bank allowing people to skip that step. I've texted with more groups and campaigns than I can count and have never seen this
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 26, 2022 12:25:19 GMT -6
We use schools and churches on E day, city hall and a mobile voting van for early voting. Schools are not closed, so the kids eat lunches in the classroom.
However, they just, AHEM, 'hardened' all the schools in the district so you can not get into the building on a normal day without being buzzed in from the ring doorbell outside, but on E day they leave the main AND cafeteria door unlocked. It makes NO SENSE.
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Post by athn64 on Oct 26, 2022 12:29:03 GMT -6
We vote at the American Legion. Of course, election day is now a state holiday, so the kids aren't in school anyways. The parking would be absolutely terrible at the school.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 26, 2022 12:32:20 GMT -6
you can not get into the building on a normal day without being buzzed in from the ring doorbell outside This is amazing to me bc this has been the case in every school I've worked in dating back to 2004
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 26, 2022 12:47:44 GMT -6
you can not get into the building on a normal day without being buzzed in from the ring doorbell outside This is amazing to me bc this has been the case in every school I've worked in dating back to 2004 My district just did it this year. Its really dumb. The middle school my kid attends isnt in one building so the kids have to badge in and out during passing periods but they all just leave doors open.
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2022 12:49:57 GMT -6
Our polling location is the local high school gym and schools have the day off. Voting at a school is a new one for me, but welcome to small town life I guess. Previously in CA our polling locations were either at local community centers or even a neighbor's garage. It sort of threw me the first time we had that set up, but that one was nice because the area it covered wasn't very big so the lines were rarely more than 3 or 4 deep no matter what time of day you went.
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Post by bitsandpieces on Oct 26, 2022 13:13:38 GMT -6
Almost all the voting happens in churches schools city hall and firestations around here. Do they use different places in other states? Most of the trouble so far in az has been in ballot drop box locations that are deemed by the wacky people as unattended and could be "stuffed" by "mules". I dont think they are going to cause troubles in a preschool or elementary cause they want to do political theater and the optics of doing crazy shit at a school will cause lockdown vibes that wont look right even to their crazy supporters I’ve voted in many a polling place located at a school, but I can see why bitsandpieces is uncomfortable given the current political climate. For sure. It is a perfectly normal place for a polling location. It's just the idea that it is literally across the hall from classrooms and the recent shenanigans. I agree that the likelihood of an issue is very low, it just sucks that this is the world we live in.
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Post by bitsandpieces on Oct 26, 2022 13:16:28 GMT -6
This is a private preschool, and as far as I know they are planning to have school on election Day. Additionally, in Arizona you can vote in person at most polling locations starting sometime this week or next week. So it isn't just one day to lock down.
On top of all of that, this particular School is less "hardened" than our last preschool in terms of access.
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Post by clucky on Oct 26, 2022 13:19:15 GMT -6
The number of campaign signs that appear at school E day always gives me a slight panic. Mainly because then I remember I mail in vote, but then because I know people will be in and out all day. It is a much more blue area, which both concerns me and makes me think most probably also MIV. I wish they didn’t have school that day.
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Post by byjove on Oct 26, 2022 13:37:21 GMT -6
This is a private preschool, and as far as I know they are planning to have school on election Day. Additionally, in Arizona you can vote in person at most polling locations starting sometime this week or next week. So it isn't just one day to lock down. On top of all of that, this particular School is less "hardened" than our last preschool in terms of access. Are you able to reach out to the head of the preschool and share your concerns?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 26, 2022 13:38:00 GMT -6
This is amazing to me bc this has been the case in every school I've worked in dating back to 2004 My district just did it this year. Its really dumb. The middle school my kid attends isnt in one building so the kids have to badge in and out during passing periods but they all just leave doors open.
I'm sorry, I kinda hate that for you
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Post by jaygee on Oct 26, 2022 13:54:44 GMT -6
My county was the pilot for all mail in (or drop off) ballots for CA so I haven’t gone to a polling place since the 2016 primaries. #blessed
When I was kid my parents voted at a school but the school wasn’t closed. But that was the 80/90s.
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Post by potatocakes on Oct 26, 2022 14:26:41 GMT -6
My county was the pilot for all mail in (or drop off) ballots for CA so I haven’t gone to a polling place since the 2016 primaries. #blessed When I was kid my parents voted at a school but the school wasn’t closed. But that was the 80/90s. Permanent vote by mail is the best! I went with my mom to her polling place as a kid, and it was a fire station, but they also used the school library (at the front of the school, which wasn't and isn't hardened at all) for voting for folks that lived closer to the school.
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Post by addymac on Oct 26, 2022 14:34:52 GMT -6
This weekend I learned that in other countries you don’t have to register to vote. Like some of our friends are from Denmark and they said once you turn 18 it’s automatic. So you can go to vote without having to deal with the registration shit. How nice would that be?
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Post by milano on Oct 26, 2022 15:11:19 GMT -6
*snip*
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2022 15:13:18 GMT -6
This weekend I learned that in other countries you don’t have to register to vote. Like some of our friends are from Denmark and they said once you turn 18 it’s automatic. So you can go to vote without having to deal with the registration shit. How nice would that be? when I moved here and registered my new address i received a letter with my voting place within 2 weeks. Automatically registered. If i move, i am required to update my address and it will automatically update my registration for voting. Also i receive texts to remind me to vote, where to vote and when. It also has a link to find out what I'm voting for.
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2022 15:29:15 GMT -6
My county was the pilot for all mail in (or drop off) ballots for CA so I haven’t gone to a polling place since the 2016 primaries. #blessed When I was kid my parents voted at a school but the school wasn’t closed. But that was the 80/90s. I will say, it's annoying to go from automatic mail in ballots to a state that doesn't even offer early voting, only absentee voting with very limited eligibility. On the other hand, we'll be taking both girls with us for the first time since the primaries of 2020 and I'm weirdly looking forward to it. They better behave and not make me regret it. 😆
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Oct 26, 2022 15:52:11 GMT -6
My county was the pilot for all mail in (or drop off) ballots for CA so I haven’t gone to a polling place since the 2016 primaries. #blessed When I was kid my parents voted at a school but the school wasn’t closed. But that was the 80/90s. Even before all mail in, I’ve been requesting vote by mail for well over 10 years. I haven’t voted in someone’s garage since first moving here; I usually drop off my mail in ballot day or at the local one now (our fire station).
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Post by jaygee on Oct 26, 2022 16:03:26 GMT -6
My county was the pilot for all mail in (or drop off) ballots for CA so I haven’t gone to a polling place since the 2016 primaries. #blessed When I was kid my parents voted at a school but the school wasn’t closed. But that was the 80/90s. Even before all mail in, I’ve been requesting vote by mail for well over 10 years. I haven’t voted in someone’s garage since first moving here; I usually drop off my mail in ballot day or at the local one now (our fire station). I was absentee for a long time too because of work travel but when I was in town I would vote in person or drop my absentee ballot off. Mostly because I liked to vote on the day and get my sticker. But now they send the sticker so I’m good. Lol. The only times I voted in a garage was in SF and it was quirky and definitely reminds me of the city. One of those was the dumb election that led to Arnold (recall 1.0) and since I was living in SF I had no idea it would happen because our exit polls were like 90% no.
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Post by beaf12 on Oct 26, 2022 16:15:53 GMT -6
We have early voting at city halls now, then polling places are usually churches/schools. Just about 4 years ago they started giving kids the day off for Election Day. Also, when I lived in Cincinnati I voted in someone’s garage, it was very weird! willow, can you get to city hall this week and early vote?
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2022 16:27:37 GMT -6
When y'all say garage, do you mean like auto repair shop? Or just somebody's two car garage with the door open???
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Post by richard on Oct 26, 2022 16:29:42 GMT -6
When y'all say garage, do you mean like auto repair shop? Or just somebody's two car garage with the door open??? Getting hot...at the body shop..doing something unholy (voting for the GOP).
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Post by richard on Oct 26, 2022 16:30:01 GMT -6
I'm sorry, my children won't stop singing that song.
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2022 16:31:31 GMT -6
When y'all say garage, do you mean like auto repair shop? Or just somebody's two car garage with the door open??? For me it was someone's garage with the door open and the voting machines and check in table all set up inside. I also forgot that we had early voting at City Hall and I did that a few times too.
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2022 16:50:23 GMT -6
When y'all say garage, do you mean like auto repair shop? Or just somebody's two car garage with the door open??? For me it was someone's garage with the door open and the voting machines and check in table all set up inside. I also forgot that we had early voting at City Hall and I did that a few times too. this is fascinating to me.
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Post by enchanted on Oct 26, 2022 16:59:05 GMT -6
This weekend I learned that in other countries you don’t have to register to vote. Like some of our friends are from Denmark and they said once you turn 18 it’s automatic. So you can go to vote without having to deal with the registration shit. How nice would that be? I've said that before. It is absolutely dumb that it isn't automatic, but I also know the point is to make it harder for people to vote.
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Post by sifl on Oct 26, 2022 17:07:57 GMT -6
For me it was someone's garage with the door open and the voting machines and check in table all set up inside. I also forgot that we had early voting at City Hall and I did that a few times too. this is fascinating to me. I have also voted in a neighbor’s garage.
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