A Florida area known for being a "hotbed of Trump support" is reportedly seeing a bump in enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday. As Trump and Harris gear up to face one another in November's election, each candidate has made an effort to make inroads on the territories typicall...
  • CaptDust
    1081·
    5 months ago

    Some places will let people request an early ballot and you can drop it off at the local board of elections. I recommend that over the diaper line if possible.

    Edit- not sure how to vote absentee? Check this resource and select a state for information

    https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote/absentee-early-voting

    • SuperIce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      5 months ago

      CA just does universal mail in ballots. I can read about the issues and candidates at home while filling out the ballot and then walk a block to a letter drop box to submit my ballot. Then I can just track its status online. It’s great.

      • something_random_tho@lemmy.world
        41·
        5 months ago

        It really is a good system that’s super easy and builds confidence in the election through online tracking. No wonder Republicans don’t want it in their states.

      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
        8·
        5 months ago

        Same, except I skip the mail part and take it directly to a drop box. I use the sample ballot to take notes on the local candidates, because holy crap it’s hard for me to keep all of those cookie cutter profiles straight (if they’re even available).

      • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
        31·
        5 months ago

        Honest question: With this kind of system, how do you verify who filled in the ballot? In my country we have “mail in” voting, which consists of going to a polling station in some other district than the one your from, filling in a ballot in the normal way, and then they send it for you.

        Also: I’ve seen people talking about how you have to vote in person on election day, don’t the polling stations open before that? I usually vote a couple days before election day, the polling stations open like two weeks before…

        • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
          3·
          5 months ago

          You have to register to receive a ballot. Registration is with the state and they run an id check on you. You only get a single ballot. Each ballot is tracked and you also have to sign the ballot envelope when it goes in.

          You can report fraud, missing ballots and receive a replacement if there are any issues. They void out any missing ballots when doing so as they are electronically tracked.