I just voted. My observation:

[Liberal In Texas]

We tried to vote Tuesday and went to two different early voting places that were jammed. Parking was even a problem not just what looked like a long wait. In my old age I'm developing hip and back issues and walking from a distant parking spot or standing in a queue for a long time is not something I want to do.

So today we chose a location that was not as close. It's a rec center away from the most frequented parts of our local area. We got there right at opening time and were able to walk in with no waiting. The election workers were all very friendly. I asked the lady who helped me if they had been busy the last couple of days and she said they had been slammed. I'm going to guess that the heavy voting here is a good sign. This is a very blue county and dems will do well here. It would be nice if in the red parts of the state dems there would get off their duffs and overwhelm the righties.

Now that that's done, I can worry about other things like what we're going to have for dinner tonight.

[FSogol]

1. I've always found this to be true: "The election workers were all very friendly."

Thanks for the update and your votes.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. I made sure to thank them for doing the work.

[calimary]

15. Yep. That's what I've seen, also.

Friendly and helpful if you needed something or had any questions.

[El Mimbreno]

2. Blue County NM

Close to 70% democratic registrations, clerk's office swamped first day of early voting.
Full house Meet n Greet for our Senate and House candidates yesterday. By show of hands looked like 80-90% had already voted..
Yeah!

[mountain grammy]

3. As much as I love voting by mail

I’m often nostalgic for in person voting. I was a poll worker for years.
Off to mail my ballot. all 4 pages. 💙

[BonnieJW]

4. I get my ballot by mail.

But I deliver it in person. I don't trust DeJoy

[LauraInLA]

5. I guess I'm lucky here in Los Angeles -- our mail service is extremely reliable, and our state elections system

tells us both when the Post Office and the County have received our ballot.

[mountain grammy]

13. Yes we use drop boxes

“Mailing” is my old lady term 😃

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

24. I'm a retired USPS worker and I don't trust him, either.

He was my least favorite PMG and I served under six of them starting with Marvin Runyon.

My favorite PMG was Megan Brennan- she started as a letter carrier in the 1980s and thirty years later was appointed as the first female Postmaster General. I prefer PMGs that are “homegrown” and have actual hands-on experience with USPS operations.

I am just going to vote on Election Day- the school is only about a mile or so from my home and I can “multitask” by getting in a walk before and after voting. I’ve never had to wait for a long time and the poll workers there are always kind and helpful.

[mysitcfairy]

32. Here in my area

The Clerk of Courts is advising people to not use “big blue mailboxes” and use drop off locations only. Too much room for error with the whackos out there.

[Nittersing]

8. Yes. I miss my local voting site.

Been here 40 years and a neighbor of mine was an election clerk for many of those.

I miss walking in and hearing, "Hi Nittersing!" and her flipping right to the page with my name for me to sign.

This week I took my (4 page!!) ballot to the drop box. Received. Counted.

[COL Mustard]

11. I used to be a poll worker

In today’s climate, not a chance I’d do that again.

[valleyrogue]

26. I lived in Nevada for nearly three decades and returned to Oregon,

by which time Oregon instituted mail-in voting. I don't miss voting in person at all.

ALL states should have nothing but mail-in voting. It is great.

[surfered]

6. Exactly! Also a Texas voter; however, in a red area that went 70-30% Republican in 2016 and 2020.

We're lucky they even allow us to vote here, but we did Monday morning with no lines, although I have heard turnout is up, but our population is up, too. I have noticed fewer Trump flags around than in 2020.

[XanaDUer2]

7. We tried twice

We need curbside. Cannot stand 2 hrs. No parking. At a loss

[orleans]

10. is it too late to call your county and get a ballot by mail?

or try voting at a different location in your area or at a different time

please don't give up

[catrose]

17. We also tried twice, 2nd time successfully

The reason was that the 2nd time I took my rollator and sat on it, standing being something I can't do for 10 min much less 45. A pollwatcher came up to me and said my husband and I could go to the front of the line. She turned me over to an election worker who processed us right through.

On the way out, a woman in car with a handicapped placard called to me and asked about the line inside. She was obviously waiting for the line to get short enough to be within her capabilities. I told her what I just learned.

In previous years there have been signs with instructions for the handicapped, but in Ken Paxton's Texas it's bootstrap time. I was looking up Election Central's number when the pollwatcher approached me, so I can't say if that would have helped.

[XanaDUer2]

18. I have severe driving anxiety

And don't like being in busy chaotic driving situations. I hope we can vote. The person with me absolutely cannot walk, but thank you. Glad you were able to

[joanbarnes]

9. Ditto in MO

Hope/wish the sane blue islands can flip on the rubes in the rest of the state.

[txwhitedove]

12. Same here in Spring, just North of Houston. I tried to vote yesterday at 1pm but both parking lots were

full. Will try early tomorrow. No Trump signs, but another Harris/Walz on my block!

[TBF]

16. No Trump signs in my Brazoria neighborhood either -

I did see one bumper sticker.

There are now several Harris/Walz signs. The local ones have Harris/Walz on one side and Allred on the other!

I voted yesterday afternoon at about 3 pm and it was steady but didn't have to wait in line. Many more people than I saw at primary voting however.

[Mollyann]

19. 10 a.m.

Is the sweet spot. I never go the first day and yesterday I was on Grammie duty. It took about 25 minutes of line standing in a suburb to the north of Houston today.

[Liberal In Texas]

20. We tried 10ish or so the second day and it was way too busy.

So today we got there at opening time and just sailed through. A friend of ours went to another location and got there five minutes after opening and also sailed through.

Anecdotal stories. But that worked for us.

[Trueblue Texan]

21. People have been calling the local party office to find out where to vote...

Of course, they can vote anywhere in the county. But to those who are trying to avoid the crowds, I tell them about the church on MLK that never has a line. Today I went to the grocery store and saw a lady that came into the office the other day--she was one I told about the polling place on MLK. Now, it's important to note the reason I told her about it is the county chair was worried the elections office would close the location if more voters didn't use it and I myself voted there on Monday and did not have to wait in line at all. When I saw that lady at the store today, she told me the secret is out...there were long, long lines at that polling site. She was going back this afternoon to cast her ballot. According to voters that have come in the office this weeks, there are long lines everywhere in this DEEPLY red county. I pray that means Colin will kick Cruz's ASS!

[summer_in_TX]

28. Are you in Austin?

My hometown.

The voter registration levels in Austin are off the charts. 96.5 percent of eligible voters are actually registered there. Hope they all get out and vote!

[Trueblue Texan]

31. Brazos County nt

[summer_in_TX]

35. Austin has an MLK Street too.

As does San Marcos, and I'm sure many other cities.

San Marcos is unique in that their MLK Street intersects with LBJ Street. (LBJ went to college there and signed the Higher Education Act there as President.) There is now a Crossroads Memorial located at that intersection.

[summer_in_TX]

27. In Texas many counties now opt to have Vote Centers.

We have had the ability during early voting to vote at any early voting location for awhile now. A few years ago Hays County joined a number of other Texas counties adopting Vote Centers, which allow our county's voters to vote at any location in the county on Election Day too.

Some counties probably don't have the population to go that route. But it makes it possible for those who have moved within the county to still vote and not have to go back to the precinct in which they originally registered.

[Liberal In Texas]

37. Yeah, you could say this is a big city.

And this county, Dallas, is actually a part of Texas that's progressive. Blue. The election department isn't perfect, but it's pretty well run.

I wish the rest of the state was as well run as the big cities.

[mysitcfairy]

23. I went to Election Commissioner training last night

We were told that early voting was up 80% over that last presidential election. They are expecting record voter turnout. Unfortunately they are also preparing us for possible “disruptions.” Law enforcement will be on alert and we were told not to be alarmed by their presence. It’s going to be a long but important day!

[LudwigPastorius]

25. I early voted Wednesday.

I had to wait in line 45 minutes..a first for me. (I'm also in TX, by the way.)

[Blue_Roses]

29. I voted in Texas today too!

My daughter and I went together and we both voted. It wasn't busy where we went, but the election workers said they had been slammed also the last couple of days.It felt so good to cast my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz!!

[OverBurn]

30. As we all know Trump voters are special, they get there own voting day this election. Nov 9.

Spread the news.

[Liberal In Texas]

33. Our county as of close of the day yesterday (24th) had just over 15% of

registered voters who have early voted, in person or mail-in. I don't know if that's good or not.

https://earlyvoting.texas-election.com/Elections/getEVDetails.do

[TBF]

34. We've had about 25% in 4 days accd'ing to my calculations

Here in Brazoria Cty we have roughly 240,000 registered voters (that includes suspended - I'm using that bigger number to err on the side of caution). So far about 61,000 have mailed or shown up in person to vote, and this does include earlier mail in votes as well. My county updates daily.

[txwhitedove]

36. Cruz must be worried. Just had an actual door knocker! He said he was about to ask for my vote

for Ted Cruz, but by my Harris/Walz signs it was probably no. I said emphatically "Fuck No!" No way. Only door knocker this year.

[Liberal In Texas]

38. Gawd...you should have asked the door knocker what he/she thinks is so great about Cruz.

See if they could come up with something!
Of course, you always think of what you should have said after the thing is over.

[txwhitedove]

39. Agree, should have, a nice guy. But, its grandma's pj and chill day, so no. Called to warn my neighbor.

She thinks he saw her sign and walked on.