It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state... But I happened to
be at the Urban Govt Center, and noticed that they had in person voting
going on. I had read online if you are going to be out of town, then you
can get a ballot; but when I tried that a few weeks ago it said it had to
send the absentee ballot out of state to the address you are going to be at.
I didn't know where I would be out of state so couldn't do that.... But for
the in house voting, you can just say you will will be out of town and they
say ok, and ask for last 4 of SS# and an ID and give you a ballot... They
were fairly busy, but I had no wait. Was nice to get it done with and not
have to wait till Election Day and be in a line. Everyone should be able to
do it early and when convenient!

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:26:42 -0500, "Richard K." >
wrote:

>It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state... But I happened to
>be at the Urban Govt Center, and noticed that they had in person voting
>going on. I had read online if you are going to be out of town, then you
>can get a ballot; but when I tried that a few weeks ago it said it had to
>send the absentee ballot out of state to the address you are going to be at.
>I didn't know where I would be out of state so couldn't do that.... But for
>the in house voting, you can just say you will will be out of town and they
>say ok, and ask for last 4 of SS# and an ID and give you a ballot... They
>were fairly busy, but I had no wait. Was nice to get it done with and not
>have to wait till Election Day and be in a line. Everyone should be able to
>do it early and when convenient!
>

I just applied for our absentee ballots via computer. Within 3 days
the forms were here. We voted and I returned them via the post
office.
Loved it.
Janet US

On Nov 5, 9:40*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:26:42 -0500, "Richard K." >
> wrote:
>
> >It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state... *But I happened to
> >be at the Urban Govt Center, and noticed that they had in person voting
> >going on. *I had read online if you are going to be out of town, then you
> >can get a ballot; but when I tried that a few weeks ago it said it had to
> >send the absentee ballot out of state to the address you are going to be at.
> >I didn't know where I would be out of state so couldn't do that.... *But for
> >the in house voting, you can just say you will will be out of town and they
> >say ok, and ask for last 4 of SS# and an ID and give you a ballot... *They
> >were fairly busy, but I had no wait. *Was nice to get it done with and not
> >have to wait till Election Day and be in a line. *Everyone should be able to
> >do it early and when convenient!
>
> I just applied for our absentee ballots via computer. *Within 3 days
> the forms were here. *We voted and I returned them via the post
> office.
> Loved it.
> Janet US

Vote by mail here in Oregon. Don't even need a stamp as there are drop
off boxes...you can mail it if you want. No wait, plenty of time to
read the voter's booklet. Easy peazy!

On 2012-11-05 17:26:42 +0000, Richard K. said:

> It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state...

There's also congressional, senate, state and local elections to
consider, and possibly local initiatives. So the OTHER 90% of the
ballot could certainly be "close".

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2012110509413023662-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2012-11-05 17:26:42 +0000, Richard K. said:
>
>> It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state...
>
> There's also congressional, senate, state and local elections to consider,
> and possibly local initiatives. So the OTHER 90% of the ballot could
> certainly be "close".

you would think so, but there were about 7-8 uncontested races. A couple
circuit court judges. House seat up, but the Republican in the race never
even aired an ad and only raised a few thousand dollars. Wasn't much on the
ballot this year. But I did my civic duty.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:41:30 -0800, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-11-05 17:26:42 +0000, Richard K. said:
>
>> It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state...
>
>There's also congressional, senate, state and local elections to
>consider, and possibly local initiatives. So the OTHER 90% of the
>ballot could certainly be "close".

Really! If you care at all about either side, the Senate and
congressional candidates are as[more?] important as/than the top of
the ticket.

[In my case we have an interesting State Assembly race- and some
justices to consider.]

Jim

"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:41:30 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
>>On 2012-11-05 17:26:42 +0000, Richard K. said:
>>
>>> It didn't really matter; it's not close in this state...
>>
>>There's also congressional, senate, state and local elections to
>>consider, and possibly local initiatives. So the OTHER 90% of the
>>ballot could certainly be "close".
>
> Really! If you care at all about either side, the Senate and
> congressional candidates are as[more?] important as/than the top of
> the ticket.
>
> [In my case we have an interesting State Assembly race- and some
> justices to consider.]
>
> Jim


It's looking like the presidential race may not be decided for a while... I
heard there may be 200k provisional votes in OH that may take 10 days to
count.

Maybe someone should start a poll on when the race will be officially
sanctioned... Doubtful it will be Tuesday night. Could be hours, days,
weeks! And if it is really is as close as they say, there will recounts and
lawyers involved.