I went and did my civic duty and voted today here in Texas. On the voting rolls I see my last name 3 times so I checked the first names. My parents, who have been deceased since 2006 are still listed. This is not the first time I saw them listed and each time I tell the fine folks that are manning the tables. They put a note in the listing and have me talk to the person from the county. Each time I sign a statement that they should be removed from the voter rolls. The county was very fast in removing the over 65 property tax exceptions but can't seem to figure out how to remove them from the registered voter lists. What a cluster fark....
Voted. Not to vote for, but just to vote against. They still had my registration/info all mucked up, even tough I moved back to the mainland 3 years ago.
Call me old fashioned but I like to vote on election day unless I know I'll be traveling on that date. There is just something satisfying to me to visit the polls and do my thing.
Even before we had vote by mail here, I was registered as an absentee voter, so I could research my voting choices. I didn't like being surprised in the voting booth by candidates and issues that got little or no attention in the media. This happened a lot, especially with local stuff. Dave
I sat down the sample ballot and searched out all the people on the net. Made my choices and popped them in a note on the iPhone. Was in and out of the polling location in less than 5 min. To me the really funny bit of where I place is that it is a country club. Very exclusive, they'd never let me walk in the place but at voting time. There was some sort of golf outing there today that was rained out. All the participants were at the bar, conveniently placed in the middle of the voting booths.
A thought just struck me Nathan. I would be interesting to see (which you could not) if a vote gets cast against their names each year. Wouldn't suprise me one bit. :nonod: Jim
You know what they say: "Vote early and often!" Find it unbelievable that there are those that think it violates some right to be asked for identification when voting.....
that sounds very much to me like a violation of federal election laws about a 'neutral polling place'. then again, it is Texas.