POLL: I voted early. Who else?

[woolfe9998]

The polls are literally across the street from my house, and there's never much of a line, so I don't mind going on election day.

The POTUS race isn't that interesting this year, especially in my state, but we have a ton of important initiatives, like legalizing pot, abolishing the death penalty, etc. I'm keen to vote on some of these.

 

[zinfamous]

Does your vote count if you vote early and then die before election day?

registration is only updated once per year, I think, so you won't be considered dead until the next voter registration census (assuming that's what you call it). They aren't going to be able to check whether or not you voted--at least, how you voted, I think--so it wouldn't matter.

It's why, every year, there are ALWAYS "Thousands of dead people on the voter rolls!" because that's kinda what people do. They die, every year! It's nuts, I know, but its an eternal fact of life. ....of course the Donald thinks that it is some proof of fraud, as do the dumbest of his surrogates (Mayor 911).

 

[nageov3t]

Does your vote count if you vote early and then die before election day?

laws vary from state to state.

in some states, no -- if an absentee ballot is received from a person marked as dead on the registration roles on election day, it's never opened.

in other states, yes -- notably Ohio and Florida. if the voter was alive at the time the ballot was cast, it's counted.

in most states, either way it's extremely hard to enforce and all votes will likely be counted if the person died after the last time the registration roles were updated barring a recount/audit (but again, how often registration data is updated varies from state to state... I think once/month is pretty average)

 

[TheVrolok]

Wish I could.. Pennsylvania is anachronistic.

 

[HomerJS]

Trying to vote early but Montgomery County PA is late getting out absentee ballots. Uuugh rigged!

 

[Carson Dyle]

Wish I could.. Pennsylvania is anachronistic.

Do they still use those ancient voting machines with the levers?

I've read that they're estimating as many as 2/3 of the votes in Colorado will be cast by early ballot. It's incredibly convenient to be mailed your ballot, then to return it by mail or drop it off somewhere. From all the news reports I'm hearing of early results, it sounds like they open and count them as they're received.