This is a picture of the sticker I received after I voted today. I could also have had a piece of candy, but I passed on that. I voted because I felt I should — given my opinions of some of the candidates, I didn’t expect to feel so happy afterwards.
Here they really encourage people to vote, and they make it easy. The official primary is June 7, but we can vote early for about a month before that. For a while the hours for early voting were Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Now they’re Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Is voting that easy where you are? Do you feel good after you’ve done it?
May 28, 2016
Voting is very easy here. One may have to wait his / her turn to vote in a queue, but the process is quick, efficient and the queues keep moving at a brisk pace. I always vote and I enjoy the afterglow even if the candidate I voted for does not win.
The thing that touched my heart is there were several people there in addition to the person checking me in. I assume the others (volunteers I think) were watching to verify it was done properly. Before when I voted early I just went to the county clerk’s office, got and filled out my ballot, then fed it into the machine. This was more like the official voting day. And it was super friendly. Much better than deciding the winner with guns.
Voting is efficient in the UK too. Polling stations are open from 7 am to 10 pm, and you can also get postal and proxy votes. But there have been suspected fiddles involving postal votes in some areas. Political parties have been filling in ballot papers en bloc in places like care homes for the elderly.
Thanks for the example of the nursing homes. Some people are always going to try to game the system.
It’s pretty easy here too.
In fact I believe we can even mail in most of our votes.
I was proud of my niece who could vote for the first time and was SO HAPPY to do so.
That is, until her mothers harassed her into telling her who she voted for (the same person her sisters voted for) and when my sister found out she said some awful things to her. One of them being that she thought she had raised her better. Yep, caused an awful argument that I purposely stayed out of.
Ultimately my sister apologized.
No wonder I hate politics, it turns some people onto something I don’t like.
But yes, I usually feel pretty good but I doubt I will after I vote for President.
XOXO
Wow! How horrible for your niece. They say one should never talk about politics or religion, at least with a lot of people!