Well, I have voted. Much earlier than normal for me, but as I was basically voting to throw the bastards out nothing much could change in the 10 days I allowed for my ballot to make the torturous 20 mile journey to the County Recorder's office. 2 miles per day? I could walk it there and back in time to get the election results pretty easy.
Early voting is a travesty, partially necessitated by the fact that election day is not a holiday. Here in AZ if everybody voted in person it would result in LONG lines due to the closing of 80% of the poling places in a 'cost cutting' measure. Urrrrrgggghhhh.
I wonder what the % of people will use 'I forgot' on Novemeber 4th? Another can of worms that I probably don't need to open.
That can of worms probably should be opened which would help strengthen my point on attention span. Closing 80% of the poling locations in a cost "cutting measure" sounds like a move to suppress the vote or to increase the mail in ballots which would be easier to manipulate the outcome. Sounds pretty "fishy" to me. The county couldn't find somewhere else in the budget to cut expenses? Might be time to look into local finances?
The results of this election may not be known until after the turkey is carved so you could have walked in your vote and took a three week vacation and be back in time for the results.
Thanks for the read, support and comment. Most of all thanks for exercising the vote,
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It's state wide, and no question in my mind an effort to restrict the vote. Yuma actually is not too bad because at the same time as the precincts were closed they made voting at any poling place legal and if there is a long line at the Library I can go 5 miles to the next poling place. Maricopa county (Phoenix) is just awful, and Pinal (Tucson) isn't much better.
I'll check tomorrow to see if my ballot is in. The early ballots in AZ are counted day of the election so we should at least have a 'trend line' within an hour of the polls closing.
With the amount of heavy absentee voting taking place around different states some news is saying that they might be able declare states won or lost in a matter of an hour or two of the poles closing and not just getting a trend line. I guess there is quite a bit of interest in this election for sure, especially the so called battleground states.
I heard on NPR today that as of 0800 this morning Arizona had a 34% voter turnout. That's 8 days before the election! If it just doubles by the end of election day it will be considered a significantly large turnout. And over half the votes will be counted by the time the polls close.