Election Day Thread

[mrsweasley]

Hugs downwarddog 💗

[addymac]

downwarddog big hugs.

[TheoV2]

Our polling location was packed. I've never seen that many people voting, but I'm not sure that's a good thing given where we live.

[goldenlove]

Hello from Michigan! I haven't been on here in a while but I always find comfort with this group on election day so I'll be checking in throughout the day, trying not to panic. We dropped our ballots off yesterday and I confirmed they were received already. I'm in a pretty blue city but we have some sneaky extremists running for school board so I'm worried about the ballot top to bottom.

[byjove]

Nov 8, 2022 7:02:18 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Huge shoutout and thanks to our friends who are poll workers or poll watchers today. I know starbuck and @icedtea are out there hustling for democracy, wasn't there someone else?

Not today for me, but we got an email from HR yesterday that we can get paid time to be a poll worker on overhead, and that was motivation to sign up!

[dc2london]

Nov 8, 2022 8:55:49 GMT -6 byjove said:

Nov 8, 2022 7:02:18 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Huge shoutout and thanks to our friends who are poll workers or poll watchers today. I know starbuck and @icedtea are out there hustling for democracy, wasn't there someone else?

Not today for me, but we got an email from HR yesterday that we can get paid time to be a poll worker on overhead, and that was motivation to sign up!

I love that!!

[sewf]

I sat next to a man on the bus this morning who made me nervous. Camo pants and backpack, black hoodie, extra black duffle bag, military style haircut, white. I try not to judge people by their appearance, but to be wearing that on election day makes me nervous. We have a large houseless population here, especially in that area, so I am being ridiculous, but I think I have lots of trauma associated with politics and past elections that I didn't realize I had.

[jkjacq]

downwarddog, hugs!!!


I'm lucky? that I'm swamped at work so I cant focus too much during the day and C has an appt tonight.
otherwise my halloween candy would be gone by the morning

[flora]

Hello, I’m usually here lurking this inspiring group. We all voted by mail and I just double checked our ballots are marked as received. Feeling nervous but hopeful. Not expecting any surprises here, but really really really hoping our abortion amendment to the state constitution passes as the opposition to it has been egregious lies and bullshit.

[iruntodrink]

flora are you in MI?

[downwarddog]

I do know that almost a million Virginians voted early, which is a great number.

[kayc]

I voted last week and our early voting place was busier than normal. Also, I’m in IL in a Chicago suburb that tends to run red, but based on yard signs this year it’s looking promising for a turn to blue.

[piratecat]

I don't know what I'd do if Mini Trump gets elected as governor again. I can't do another 4 years of him.

[cakewench]

(replaced tweet with Katie's original lol)

[clucky]

Hesitantly and nervously checking in.

[oreobitsy]

I’ll be around more later, am chaperoning a field trip. Seems like a good way to distract.

[richard]

My kids have a digital learning day, so it's real 2020 vibes around the house today with Google class meets and election dread.

[iruntodrink]

It's my 4 year anniversary of participating and not just lurking. I jumped in during the 2018 midterms and have learned so much from you all since! And it was lovely how incredibly welcomed I was 🥰

[orangebird2020]

geekygirly Good luck today! That is great that you are running for something so important. Gives me hope.

I am going to vote today. My day is wide open and I want to see how it feels out there. I can't tell how people are feeling as I didn't get any volunteering in this round.

[LaRo422]

I voted on Friday. My anxiety is at max level today

[teraiin]

We voted!

We had some quirky thing happen that has me very 🧐

I voted without issue but my husband’s registration somehow had his address switched back to his childhood home (same town, same district, we live like .25 miles down the road) he hasn’t lived there since 2011 and he’s voted in every election and it’s always been fine 🤷🏻‍♀️ he was still able to vote he just had to fill out some paperwork to go with it and I guess it will be counted separately with the other “weird” votes

[Cheshie6]

Nov 8, 2022 7:02:18 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Huge shoutout and thanks to our friends who are poll workers or poll watchers today. I know starbuck and @icedtea are out there hustling for democracy, wasn't there someone else?

Not a poll worker or watcher, but the county uses our building as a polling place so I'm managing the building for the next few hours.

[flora]

Nov 8, 2022 9:10:43 GMT -6 iruntodrink said:

flora are you in MI?

VT.

[enchanted]

A lot of those likes are hugs/sympathy/empathy.

[clucky]

Volunteer: texting to ask (again) if candidate can count on your support.

Me: you are amazing and wonderful. Thanks for doing what you are doing. Yes on the vote, ballot has been long since turned in and accepted. Sorry I’m so nervous. Have a great ED!

I need to change my number now.

[Wtfshouldmynamebe]

Just finished voting. It was way busier than normal (but in the past I used to go at like 7am, so maybe that is why). They only had 2 electronic machines so I had to wait. Lots of paper ballots being cast by the olds.

What was cool is that now that schools have today off, many of the poll workers were high school students.

[piratecat]

We also have a very contentious referendum for a new school and I'll be anxious to see if it passes. 1/3 of the kids in the elementary school have been learning in "temporary" trailers for several years, which didn't even have bathrooms until this year.

[athn64]

I am going to vote in a little bit before my dental appointment.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up with Mary Miller as a rep. But I'm going to vote for her opponent and cross my fingers

[clucky]

Nov 8, 2022 9:50:34 GMT -6 @icedtea said:

Nov 8, 2022 9:48:34 GMT -6 clucky said:

Volunteer: texting to ask (again) if candidate can count on your support.

Me: you are amazing and wonderful. Thanks for doing what you are doing. Yes on the vote, ballot has been long since turned in and accepted. Sorry I’m so nervous. Have a great ED!

I need to change my number now.

I know most of the texters and callers for our local ones so I'm always like "hiiii!!!!" Lol

The raise the minimum wage person responded in a conversational way and I had to stop myself from replying again.


I’ve forgotten how to GIF

[iruntodrink]

Nov 8, 2022 9:46:49 GMT -6 flora said:

Nov 8, 2022 9:10:43 GMT -6 iruntodrink said:

flora are you in MI?

VT.

it was strong here in MI, too. The slogan against Prop 3 was "Too Confusing, Too Extreme" and ads used all the key words like it was "on par with NK and China". 🙄