2024 Election "I voted" thread.

[elguapo 4,586]

My wife, our first time voter son, and I pulled the lever for the good guys on Saturday. Fuck Trump, Fuck Abbott, Fuck Cruz, etc.

[RPM 26,315]

Didn't see the thread until now. I voted on Day 2. Where there were unopposed, I did not vote in that race. In the rest:

5 minutes ago, elguapo said:

Fuck Trump, Fuck Abbott, Fuck Cruz, etc.

This.

[TexasHooch 5,122]

Took over an hour.  Lots of gray hairs.  Everybody behaved.

[TexEx15 17,509]

6 hours ago, Parliament said:

Local bar is having an election night watch party.  Not sure I’d recommend that.

That’s a terrible fucking idea.

[Vegas64 673]

My work just announced we get the whole day off on Tuesday Nov 5th, so I can vote then and not worry about a line! woohoo

[bolverk 29,652]

19 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

My work just announced we get the whole day off on Tuesday Nov 5th, so I can vote then and not worry about a line! woohoo

Don't wait.

[HOOKEM4 5,036]

30 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

My work just announced we get the whole day off on Tuesday Nov 5th, so I can vote then and not worry about a line! woohoo

I let my employees take off to go early vote. It should be supported. Idgaf who they vote for and would never talk about that with them. I just want all the younger folks to participate and don't want to create roadblocks for them. Super proud that almost all of them took advantage. My only stipulation was they show back up with their sticker. 

[msbesq 385]

Voted today in East College Station(Katy). Busy but walked right in at lunchtime. Fuck Trump and Cruz.

[Dnaguy 11,916]

Is waiting in line for the second Monday of early voting a humble brag, sad, good, or basic AF?

I feel all this things right now

[miguelito 11,253]

It was busy in Kendall County/Boerne, but they had plenty of people working there.  In and out in 5 minutes. 

The old lady that checked me in said that on Sunday they reached 44%.  I asked, of last year's total?  She said no, of all eligible voters.  She was all excited. 

 

 

[TexEx15 17,509]

5 hours ago, HOOKEM4 said:

I let my employees take off to go early vote. It should be supported. Idgaf who they vote for and would never talk about that with them. I just want all the younger folks to participate and don't want to create roadblocks for them. Super proud that almost all of them took advantage. My only stipulation was they show back up with their sticker. 

Our agency policy allows 2 hours for voting on Election Day. I can’t unilaterally grant time off for early voting but I do allow my Directors and encourage them to allow their staff to flex their time for early voting. Want to go first thing in the morning or a long lunch? They can make it up later in the day. Not perfect but trying to do what I can in my power to encourage voting.

Edited October 29 by TexEx15

[Stunns38 3,460]

Done. Took less than 15 mins in West Dallas at the community college.

[Biff Tannen 45,663]

5 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

My work just announced we get the whole day off on Tuesday Nov 5th, so I can vote then and not worry about a line! woohoo

Not sure where you are (Vegas?), but just go vote early if you have the option. 

[UT_OB1 2,213]

We voted at UH clear lake this weekend. The kids came with us, and an odd bonus was they thought college was so cool.  They’ve been on UT campus but that was pre covid and probably don’t we’re too young too remember. Never occurred to me that just swinging by the local small college might make them excited about going to college. 

[Dnaguy 11,916]

27 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

We voted at UH clear lake this weekend. The kids came with us, and an odd bonus was they thought college was so cool.  They’ve been on UT campus but that was pre covid and probably don’t we’re too young too remember. Never occurred to me that just swinging by the local small college might make them excited about going to college. 

Never?

[Underdog 28,544]

2, 1

[Whitewater Horn 968]

Voted yesterday in San Marcos, in and out under 10 minutes. I love seeing the people who volunteer as poll workers. If I happened to vote for both Harris and Allred, is it true that I will owe an apology to 3.2 fellow Texans who will lose their jobs? That’s what all of the campaign advertising from the very reliable and unbiased Franklin News Foundation has hammered into my mailbox and phone. 

[TexArcher 37,761]

Just voted in Cedar Park, was in and out in 10 minutes.  

Also, voting against Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in literally the same second of your life is pretty close to orgasmic.  Tap, tap!

Please vote.  Unless you watch Fox News.  Everybody else, go -- it literally could not be easier or more fun.

 

Edited October 29 by TexArcher

[Hank Kingsley 20,903]

No line at the Hilton on Post Oak in Houston. In and out in 5 minutes. 

Straight D ticket. I voted against three people in local elections that I've known a long time. If you support or are sympathetic to Trump, you're not getting my vote. Simple as that. 

 

 

[UT_OB1 2,213]

11 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

Never?

Lol. The youngest is still too young to care about that. The oldest probably just started caring in the last year, and there isn’t a lot of male eye candy in the library building on a Sunday evening. 

[troph 24,781]

I voted today at the bee cave library… busy and not all olds. Many women. Seemed different than prior times. 
 

poll workers were great, at the ballot box the poll worker explained how secure things were. I told him I was not concerned but I appreciated the explanation. 

[tchookem 3,900]

Drove up to Denton and back on Saturday to pick up my son. Took him to the Wilco Annex on Old Settlers on Sunday. We waited about 30 minutes. Then, I drove him back to Denton, dropped him off, and came back that night.

I guess you could say it took us 30 minutes to vote, or it took me 12 hours and 30 minutes to vote.

Either way, I got to spend time with The Boy and got to be there for his first time voting. Totally worth it.

[troph 24,781]

Oh and I took my 16 year old with me and he saw me vote straight ticket D… told him at this point the Republican Party is infected with hate and they cannot be trusted. Hoping for a core memory…

[TexArcher 37,761]

17 minutes ago, troph said:

Oh and I took my 16 year old with me and he saw me vote straight ticket D… told him at this point the Republican Party is infected with hate and they cannot be trusted. Hoping for a core memory…

Love it.

I am not a straight-line liberal.  I actually agree with traditional conservatives on a handful of things.  I would have considered voting for a moderate Republican, if such a thing had ever emerged.

Now?  I hope I live another hundred years to vote straight D.  The modern Republican party should pay for this shit for at least that long.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,859]

fiancé and I went and picked up our marriage license today and the county office on airport was jammed with voters. took us 10+ minutes to find a parking spot and that was after stalking a lady through the lot. lol. I asked the woman assisting us and she confirmed that most of the lot was filled with voters - that it's not nearly that full at 10a on a Tuesday. hoping that's a good sign that week 2 will see an uptick of voters (in Texas)

Edited October 29 by Longhorn_Fan68

[troph 24,781]

13 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Love it.

I am not a straight-line liberal.  I actually agree with traditional conservatives on a handful of things.  I would have considered voting for a moderate Republican, if such a thing had ever emerged.

Now?  I hope I live another hundred years to vote straight D.  The modern Republican party should pay for this shit for at least that long.

I told him I used to vote Republican. 

[Dbeasy 15,040]

I’ve projected the winners based on this thread. Kamela and Colin win Texas with 94% of the vote. 

[texasdago 7,566]

Wife went to Wheatsville Co-Op on S. Lamar.  Said it was 15 minutes.

[Slacks 6,819]

Voted yesterday Sheraton Brookhollow at 11a. Walked right in.

[Brisketexan 105,057]

55 minutes ago, texasdago said:

Wife went to Wheatsville Co-Op on S. Lamar.  Said it was 15 minutes.

But now she smells of patchouli.

[texasdago 7,566]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

But now she smells of patchouli.

And we now might own ear candles

Edited October 29 by texasdago

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,859]

2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

And we now might own ear candles

I read that as "we might now have our own ear candles" as if you were borrowing the ones you were using.

[texasdago 7,566]

24 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I read that as "we might now have our own ear candles" as if you were borrowing the ones you were using.

Of course... we're socialist Kamala voters that live in a Communist Socialist Fascist transgender commune dedicated to books on drag shows

[UT_OB1 2,213]

3 hours ago, TexArcher said:

Love it.

I am not a straight-line liberal.  I actually agree with traditional conservatives on a handful of things.  I would have considered voting for a moderate Republican, if such a thing had ever emerged.

Now?  I hope I live another hundred years to vote straight D.  The modern Republican party should pay for this shit for at least that long.

I’ve never voted democrat (skipped last 2 presidential as my own protest) but voted straight democrat this time with my daughter. 

[High Plains Drifter 11,026]

 

On 10/21/2024 at 6:33 PM, bolverk said:

Rural West Texas reporting: 25 minutes maximum to leave the house, drive to the location, wait 10-ish minutes in line, cast a ballot, and return home.

 

Same. Went at lunch. Nobody in line. Had four very polite olds helping me out. Took three minutes. Would have taken only two minutes except for the obligatory small town chit chat. 

 

 

Also, I'm working my way through the thread, repping all the voters, even slorch. Only made it to the second page so far. 

 

[TexasEd 8,066]

10 Minutes in NW Travis County

[VivaNaranja 466]

Netted 3 votes for Kamala/Allred et al in Fort Bend County. Took my grandmother and great aunt (both in their late 80s) with me. All kinds of hassle but we did it. My grandmother requested a mail in ballot (unbeknownst to me) but decided she didn't trust the USPS under DeJoy to deliver it. We waited in line for over an hour on the first day of EV, then the poll worker checking IDs said she had to return her mail in ballot to invalidate it before she could vote. Drove her back, then returned with her mail in. Skipped to front of the line due to her disability - we couldn't at the first precinct because I voted there.

My great aunt moved from Philly last year. I would rather she voted in PA but she has dementia and needed to be where I can help take care of her. We have been trying for months to get a TX ID for her. Damn near impossible because she was born in Rural Arkansas in the 30s (making a birth certificate a real challenge). She's also had multiple different names. We got her an ID but it hasn't arrived so she didn't have a valid picture ID for early voting. It was scheduled to arrive before Nov 5, and Texas' SOS said she would be registered starting  Nov 4. I called Fort Bend registrar's office and they confirmed she could EV regardless. I looked up the rules and technically an expired passport is valid no matter how long it has been expired for anyone over 75. However hers expired in 1973 so I didn't want to risk it. Brought her VUID, Pennsylvania ID, temporary TX ID, birth certificate with different name, and a letter from Social Security to her TX address, along with a Reasonable Impediment Declaration form. Then the poll worker just took a look at her PA ID and let her vote - this was technically not a valid form of ID and it gave me extra joy to see the look on my Trumpy FIL's face when I told him they took her invalid ID.

TLDR: Helped two old ladies vote straight ticket D with me in an incredibly difficult process that would be damn near impossible for someone pushing 90 to accomplish on their own. Worth it.

[Scheiss Meister 8,407]

I took my dad to vote in Brenham today.  No line when we got there, and the election folks helped him with a minor glitch.  He needed an updated address; it was an easy fix.  He told me that he had been afraid that it would be harder, but he is very happy that he has voted.  Afterwards I asked if he voted for trump.  He gave a very emphatic negative response.  

[Felix 607]

Voted Thursday with my wife, sister-in-law, and my three daughters.  No pics.  Youngest was voting for the first time.  We made a big deal of it.  No wait at all.  Got there at just the right time because when we left the line was forming.  The womenfolk were fired up to vote.

[Derka 6,140]

two seconds after i took this photo one of my former students called me- he was right behind me standing in line, voting for the very first time. hell yeah. 🤘🏼 

[Derka 6,140]

oh yeah, voter demographics were wildly different this time than the previous two times i’ve voted at the same location. i’m used to it being 80% old white people in overalls and camo. today it looked more like the crowd at blues on the green. it was a fairly eclectic mix of people that was much younger, and much more liberal in appearance than what i’m used to. this jibes with the 180 my neighborhood has done in terms of political yard signs. very encouraging day today.

Edited October 30 by Derka

[Wally Fairway 5,539]

Voted yesterday, less than 10 minutes. 

[Victor Lazlo 1,776]

5 hours ago, Derka said:

two seconds after i took this photo one of my former students called me- he was right behind me standing in line, voting for the very first time. hell yeah. 🤘🏼 

[UpperWestside 6,160]

Voted on the first morning of early voting this past Saturday. It was, as it has been every single time, quick and easy. Having to fill in a paper ballot still seems a bit old-fashioned, but it’s cool. Harris is going to win and that orange grifter is going to get some time in a nice prison not long after that.

[HornOnTheBayou 8,905]

8 hours ago, Derka said:

oh yeah, voter demographics were wildly different this time than the previous two times i’ve voted at the same location. i’m used to it being 80% old white people in overalls and camo. today it looked more like the crowd at blues on the green. it was a fairly eclectic mix of people that was much younger, and much more liberal in appearance than what i’m used to. this jibes with the 180 my neighborhood has done in terms of political yard signs. very encouraging day today.

And the lines at that site were insane. I think I read it was one of the busiest sites in Travis County. Always a long line outside when I drove by last week.

[troph 24,781]

9 hours ago, Derka said:

oh yeah, voter demographics were wildly different this time than the previous two times i’ve voted at the same location. i’m used to it being 80% old white people in overalls and camo. today it looked more like the crowd at blues on the green. it was a fairly eclectic mix of people that was much younger, and much more liberal in appearance than what i’m used to. this jibes with the 180 my neighborhood has done in terms of political yard signs. very encouraging day today.

Yeah yard signs out in LT have shifted dramatically. 

[Texas Jeff 1,944]

Eight Travis County locations have extended voting hours on the last two days of early voting.  Polling places normally close at 7pm, but these locations will be open until 10pm on Oct 31st and Nov 1st:

* Austin Permitting and Development Center (close to Highland ACC)
* Ben Hur Shrine Center
* Carver Branch Library
* Lakeway Activity Center
* Pflugerville ISD Rock Gym
* Southpark Meadows
* Travis Co Clerk (on Airport)
* UT Texas Union

Here's a list of all locations and hours for Travis Co:

https://votetravis.gov/wp-content/uploads/Travis-County-Early-Voting-Sites-Flyer.pdf

[GhostOfTomJoad 9,323]

Well, gotta thank Mrs GOTJ for being on top of things. She checked the SoS list of counted ballots & her name is listed but not mine. She's emailed the Wilco elections administration the deets to see what's what. I voted 10/21, she voted 10/22.

Is this the point where I yell and shout election interference & that a transgender illegal immigrant freshly escaped from prison stole my ballot & cast a vote for Trump on the way to raping children & eating someone's pet?

[Valmy77 13,225]

33 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Well, gotta thank Mrs GOTJ for being on top of things. She checked the SoS list of counted ballots & her name is listed but not mine. She's emailed the Wilco elections administration the deets to see what's what. I voted 10/21, she voted 10/22.

Is this the point where I yell and shout election interference & that a transgender illegal immigrant freshly escaped from prison stole my ballot & cast a vote for Trump on the way to raping children & eating someone's pet?

Interesting. How do you check the SoS list?

[Texas Jeff 1,944]

Every county posts a list of who voted. In Travis county it is posted by day, so you have to know the day you voted. Not sure about a statewide list.

You should be able to go to your county’s voting info website and get a list.