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« on: October 22, 2015, 04:47:05 PM »

Either by some kind of bad circumstance or registration problems or whatnot?

(age doesn't count obviously)
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2015, 05:01:28 PM »
« Edited: October 22, 2015, 05:10:42 PM by TDAS04 »

No, thank God.

Voting has always been pretty easy for me.  I usually vote early in the morning (without long lines) at a small church (the polling station), where old people give check IDs and give out ballots without much hassle.
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2015, 05:25:06 PM »

When I was registered as a Libertarian in Los Angeles County, I kept having my name not on the list at the polls and having to do a provisional ballot. I never followed up to see if my vote actually counted, but wouldn't be surprised if they didn't since none of the votes ended up being so close that they would need to take mine into consideration. There was no apparent reason for it all, but it's very curious that when I re-registered as a Republican one election, everything went fine.
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2015, 05:47:23 PM »

This is the smallest of possible complaints, but I was going to caucus for Ron Paul in the 2012 Republican caucuses (I didn't support him over Obama, but I thought he was the least objectionable Republican left, and would lead to a better overall election). But because the caucus started pretty early and ended pretty late, and you had to commit to going to the whole thing, there just wasn't enough time in my day to participate. It's a small problem, but I can imagine a lot of people who were working that day (it was a Saturday) probably weren't able to caucus, and thus the results were skewed towards the retired, the unemployed, and those who only work weekdays, as well as against those who were observing the Sabbath.
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2015, 05:54:14 PM »

No. If I were, it would become quite unpleasant.
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2015, 10:19:38 AM »
« Edited: October 27, 2015, 09:14:20 AM by Mr. Illini »

Last year I had to have my friend that I had gone to vote with sign an affidavit confirming who I was. It was my first election living at my current address and so I had recently registered to vote here. The clerk's office messed up my name on the registration and so my name on my proof of residence (a piece of mail required to present upon first time voting) did not match that which appeared on my voter registration.

The poll worker was very nice and wanted me to vote, but he said had I gone to vote alone rather than with my friend (who signed the affidavit) he wouldn't have been able to allow me to vote.

A couple of my neighbors have had their names badly misspelled when they filed to vote as well and we live in an 80% Obama precinct in a county with a Republican county clerk (despite being a Likely D county). I can only wonder if his office does this on purpose and then passes it off as "entrance error" to prevent our liberal precinct from voting.
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2015, 05:26:28 PM »

Yes, my absentee ballot arrived at my family's address while I was at school, and I wasn't given it until I received a pile of mail in December.
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2015, 07:49:09 PM »

No, but I had the obviously Democratic poll workers give me very dirty looks when they handed me my Republican ballot in 2012 and 2014
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2015, 07:51:13 PM »

When I was registered as a Libertarian in Los Angeles County, I kept having my name not on the list at the polls and having to do a provisional ballot. I never followed up to see if my vote actually counted, but wouldn't be surprised if they didn't since none of the votes ended up being so close that they would need to take mine into consideration. There was no apparent reason for it all, but it's very curious that when I re-registered as a Republican one election, everything went fine.

They're trying to tell you to support a real political party and not a joke party for sixteen year old potheads.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2015, 11:21:11 PM »

No, voting has been pretty easy for me since I turned 18.
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2015, 12:30:28 AM »

No, I live in Austria - a place which can handle elections properly.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2015, 10:11:33 AM »

Almost did. I can vote online in municipal elections. I was camping during the last one and had to drive a fair distance so I could use the Wifi at McDonald's.
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2015, 02:26:04 PM »

Almost.  My dad had voted earlier in the day and they had checked my name as already having voted instead of him (we don't have the same first name, but they start with the same letter). They got it sorted though eventually.
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2015, 03:03:58 PM »

Not yet (probably never will).

When I was registered as a Libertarian in Los Angeles County, I kept having my name not on the list at the polls and having to do a provisional ballot. I never followed up to see if my vote actually counted, but wouldn't be surprised if they didn't since none of the votes ended up being so close that they would need to take mine into consideration. There was no apparent reason for it all, but it's very curious that when I re-registered as a Republican one election, everything went fine.

Thanks for reminding me to never register as a libertarian. Sorry you had to go through that.
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2015, 06:40:16 PM »

campaigning in the general election I spoke to three people who were going to vote Labour but had their postal ballot ruined by some mishap. Anyone from the UK knows that postal ballots are such a flawed system. Considering we lost the seat by 130 votes I was pretty pissed off
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2015, 06:49:18 PM »

No, but I and a fellow election judge have had to deny someone on election day in 2012 Sad


She hadn't voted since 2002, and decided to show up to vote. Her name wasn't on the paper register (in 2014 we switched to digital, which is so wonderful), so I had to call the county HQ for permission to issue a provisional ballot. I called and called and called and then the judge and other clerk tried calling, but the HQ was completely overloaded. Several times, the fire station in Crown Point picked up because the phones kept jumping (which I still don't understand how that happens?). We tried for nearly 40 minutes, but in the end she had to go to work and left without voting.


I still don't know what the problem was. Maybe they drop you after you're a no-show after several elections? Her address and personal info hadn't changed in years.
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« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2015, 07:04:03 PM »
« Edited: October 24, 2015, 07:06:19 PM by Alex 🍒🎹👻 »

I'll have to deny everyone with an olerd ID than the one they're (automatically) registered with from voting, tomorrow (that's the law)
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« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2015, 08:19:17 PM »

Not yet.  There have been many times when I didn't bother with it, which was most of the times, but on those occasions when I actually wanted to vote, I voted.

Usually I only vote in the November elections, not the March ones, and then only in even numbered years.  So, at best, I only vote 25% of the time, and probably not even that because often it's just a safe-seat US congressman and a few uninteresting referenda.  I think this year I will actually vote in the municipal and school board elections because the current school policies are becoming disagreeable.  I'll let you know if life gets in the way, but I can't imagine that it would.  The place is only a few blocks away and it's open before I wake up and stays open till after I get home from work.
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« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2015, 08:26:40 AM »

No, but I don't blame that on being a white male.  (ROFL at liberals.)
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« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2015, 10:04:38 AM »

I was out of state for the 2013 special senate election. I could've requested an absentee ballot but it wasn't that high on my list of priorities. And I've skipped a few minor municipal things. Neither of those really count as being "prevented" from voting, though.
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« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2015, 11:26:12 AM »

In 2000 I was escorted out of the polling place for a little dustup with a republican poll watcher, I was eventually allowed to vote but 3 cops (one of whom was my first husband) stood between me and her "just in case".
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2015, 11:36:10 AM »

In 2000 I was escorted out of the polling place for a little dustup with a republican poll watcher, I was eventually allowed to vote but 3 cops (one of whom was my first husband) stood between me and her "just in case".
What happened may I ask?
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« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2015, 01:11:59 PM »

Yes; the local voting registration deadline was different from the state one.  I registered in line for the state one and not the local one, so I was not allowed to vote in the local election.
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2015, 02:40:12 PM »

No (white)
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« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2015, 07:54:48 PM »

I almost was last year because I was working, ironically doing GOTV for a Democrat that I personally couldn't stand. I snuck away at the last minute to vote for the Green Party candidate ironically enough.
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