I Voted Today...

[FGB]

I think I can safely say the early voting in Texas is going to be HEAVY.

Never saw a line of people going out of the room,down the hall and outside along the side of the building past the corner and cars were pulling in way faster than people leaving. I even saw eight Nuns standing in line. The five o'clock rush is going to be a bitch!

However, it is the first day....

 

[Tryharder62]

I don't understand all this early voting. I vote on election day. Of course I live in very small town USA, where you walk in and the election moderators know your name and where you live and what you had for supper.

 

[FGB]

Lucky you!

I vote early so I don't have to hunt where ever they changed my voting place to!


Precinct, Location

1 — Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 2511 E. Lufkin Ave., Lufkin

2 — Emanuel Assembly of God, 1818 N. Timberland Drive, Lufkin

3 — Lufkin Restoration Center, 5574 E. Hwy. 103, Lufkin

4 — Redland School, 1121 Winston 8 Ranch Road, Lufkin

5/36 — Chambers Park Community Center, 500 Pershing Ave., Lufkin

6 — Allentown Congregational Methodist Church, 2339 FM 843, Lufkin

7/8 — Cross Road Baptist Church, 5714 Old Union Road, Lufkin

9/13/14 — St Paul’s Methodist Church, 1505 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin

10 — Denman Avenue Baptist Church, 1807 E. Denman Ave, Lufkin

11/11B — Huntington Civic Center, 1179 Hwy. 69 north, Huntington

12/37 — Fuller Springs Baptist Church, 5003 Fuller Springs Drive, Lufkin

15/38 — Burke Community Center, 3783 Tidwell Road, Diboll

16 — Diboll City Hall, 400 Kenley Drive, Diboll

17/17B — Zavalla Sub-Courthouse, 134 Warren St., Zavalla

18/34 — Angelina College, 3500 S. First St., Lufkin

19/39 — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 606 Bending Oak, Lufkin

20 — Greater Shiloh Baptist Church, 1519 Williams St., Lufkin

21 — Lufkin Shrine Club, 3906 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Lufkin

22 — Pollok Baptist Church, 1053 Paul Townsend Road, Pollok

23/24 — Hudson Fire Station, 4013 Ted Trout Drive, Lufkin

25 — Woodlawn Baptist Church, 3702 state Hwy. 103 west, Lufkin

26 — Bald Hill Baptist Church, 128 Leon Tillman Road, Lufkin

27 — Beulah Community Center, 12182 FM 58, Lufkin

28 — Fairview Baptist Church, 3742 FM 2108 and FM 58, Lufkin

29 — O’Quinn Baptist Church, 7433 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Pollok

30 — First Ora Missionary Baptist Church, 110 Faye Jones Road, Huntington

31 — Prairie Grove Baptist Church, 155 Prairie Grove Road and FM 1818, Diboll

32 — Shawnee Prairie Baptist Church, 14792 FM 1818 and FM 844, Huntington

33 — Salem Baptist Church, 965 Ralph Nerren Road, Huntington

35 — Harmony Hill Baptist Church, 2708 S. Chestnut Drive, Lufkin

40 — Southside Baptist Church, 1615 Tulane Drive, Lufkin

 

[Ms_Ann]

I'm not looking foreword to it.

 

[jameslewis]

Oregon has vote by mail. We got our ballots last week, so today I did my part to rig the election.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm not looking foreword to it.

I certainly hope not, since forewords are something you'd find in the preface of a book.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I certainly hope not, since forewords are something you'd find in the preface of a book.

I don't read books.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't read books.

Or use a dictionary, perhaps. I sort of believe that you don't read much of anything.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Or use a dictionary, perhaps. I sort of believe that you don't read much of anything.

Maybe you need to reevaluate your belief system.

 

[Shagly]

Lucky you!

I vote early so I don't have to hunt where ever they changed my voting place to!


Precinct, Location

1 — Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 2511 E. Lufkin Ave., Lufkin

2 — Emanuel Assembly of God, 1818 N. Timberland Drive, Lufkin

3 — Lufkin Restoration Center, 5574 E. Hwy. 103, Lufkin

4 — Redland School, 1121 Winston 8 Ranch Road, Lufkin

5/36 — Chambers Park Community Center, 500 Pershing Ave., Lufkin

6 — Allentown Congregational Methodist Church, 2339 FM 843, Lufkin

7/8 — Cross Road Baptist Church, 5714 Old Union Road, Lufkin

9/13/14 — St Paul’s Methodist Church, 1505 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin

10 — Denman Avenue Baptist Church, 1807 E. Denman Ave, Lufkin

11/11B — Huntington Civic Center, 1179 Hwy. 69 north, Huntington

12/37 — Fuller Springs Baptist Church, 5003 Fuller Springs Drive, Lufkin

15/38 — Burke Community Center, 3783 Tidwell Road, Diboll

16 — Diboll City Hall, 400 Kenley Drive, Diboll

17/17B — Zavalla Sub-Courthouse, 134 Warren St., Zavalla

18/34 — Angelina College, 3500 S. First St., Lufkin

19/39 — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 606 Bending Oak, Lufkin

20 — Greater Shiloh Baptist Church, 1519 Williams St., Lufkin

21 — Lufkin Shrine Club, 3906 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Lufkin

22 — Pollok Baptist Church, 1053 Paul Townsend Road, Pollok

23/24 — Hudson Fire Station, 4013 Ted Trout Drive, Lufkin

25 — Woodlawn Baptist Church, 3702 state Hwy. 103 west, Lufkin

26 — Bald Hill Baptist Church, 128 Leon Tillman Road, Lufkin

27 — Beulah Community Center, 12182 FM 58, Lufkin

28 — Fairview Baptist Church, 3742 FM 2108 and FM 58, Lufkin

29 — O’Quinn Baptist Church, 7433 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Pollok

30 — First Ora Missionary Baptist Church, 110 Faye Jones Road, Huntington

31 — Prairie Grove Baptist Church, 155 Prairie Grove Road and FM 1818, Diboll

32 — Shawnee Prairie Baptist Church, 14792 FM 1818 and FM 844, Huntington

33 — Salem Baptist Church, 965 Ralph Nerren Road, Huntington

35 — Harmony Hill Baptist Church, 2708 S. Chestnut Drive, Lufkin

40 — Southside Baptist Church, 1615 Tulane Drive, Lufkin

So you got paid to vote?

 

[juttjaw]

I also rigged the election today...

 

[Hypoxia]

Our mail-in ballots arrived last week. We like to drop them off at the county courthouse in person but haven't been to town yet -- probably tomorrow. I'm still working through the plethora of hairy propositions offered here. Some are tough, with real heavies backing both sides. But I've already marked the top of the ballot -- Green again. As if it matters...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Our mail-in ballots arrived last week. We like to drop them off at the county courthouse in person but haven't been to town yet -- probably tomorrow. I'm still working through the plethora of hairy propositions offered here. Some are tough, with real heavies backing both sides. But I've already marked the top of the ballot -- Green again. As if it matters...

It matters to you. And that's all that matters, yey?

 

[Fala]

I think I can safely say the early voting in Texas is going to be HEAVY.

Never saw a line of people going out of the room,down the hall and outside along the side of the building past the corner and cars were pulling in way faster than people leaving. I even saw eight Nuns standing in line. The five o'clock rush is going to be a bitch!

However, it is the first day....

My experience here in Travis county, Tx was great! We arrived at the site at about 4pm and I was standing in the voting booth within 3 minutes of walking thru the door!

I saw on the local news here that boxes of cookies were being passed down the lines at some of the locations...cool eh!

I'm just glad to be done with it. I've been glued to this election madness 24/7 the last few days and I'm just kinda sick of it all by now.

Tonight, I'm watching "Murder, She Wrote". LOL

 

[Fala]

Lucky you!

I vote early so I don't have to hunt where ever they changed my voting place to!


Precinct, Location

1 — Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 2511 E. Lufkin Ave., Lufkin

2 — Emanuel Assembly of God, 1818 N. Timberland Drive, Lufkin

3 — Lufkin Restoration Center, 5574 E. Hwy. 103, Lufkin

4 — Redland School, 1121 Winston 8 Ranch Road, Lufkin

5/36 — Chambers Park Community Center, 500 Pershing Ave., Lufkin

6 — Allentown Congregational Methodist Church, 2339 FM 843, Lufkin

7/8 — Cross Road Baptist Church, 5714 Old Union Road, Lufkin

9/13/14 — St Paul’s Methodist Church, 1505 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin

10 — Denman Avenue Baptist Church, 1807 E. Denman Ave, Lufkin

11/11B — Huntington Civic Center, 1179 Hwy. 69 north, Huntington

12/37 — Fuller Springs Baptist Church, 5003 Fuller Springs Drive, Lufkin

15/38 — Burke Community Center, 3783 Tidwell Road, Diboll

16 — Diboll City Hall, 400 Kenley Drive, Diboll

17/17B — Zavalla Sub-Courthouse, 134 Warren St., Zavalla

18/34 — Angelina College, 3500 S. First St., Lufkin

19/39 — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 606 Bending Oak, Lufkin

20 — Greater Shiloh Baptist Church, 1519 Williams St., Lufkin

21 — Lufkin Shrine Club, 3906 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Lufkin

22 — Pollok Baptist Church, 1053 Paul Townsend Road, Pollok

23/24 — Hudson Fire Station, 4013 Ted Trout Drive, Lufkin

25 — Woodlawn Baptist Church, 3702 state Hwy. 103 west, Lufkin

26 — Bald Hill Baptist Church, 128 Leon Tillman Road, Lufkin

27 — Beulah Community Center, 12182 FM 58, Lufkin

28 — Fairview Baptist Church, 3742 FM 2108 and FM 58, Lufkin

29 — O’Quinn Baptist Church, 7433 U.S. Hwy. 69 north, Pollok

30 — First Ora Missionary Baptist Church, 110 Faye Jones Road, Huntington

31 — Prairie Grove Baptist Church, 155 Prairie Grove Road and FM 1818, Diboll

32 — Shawnee Prairie Baptist Church, 14792 FM 1818 and FM 844, Huntington

33 — Salem Baptist Church, 965 Ralph Nerren Road, Huntington

35 — Harmony Hill Baptist Church, 2708 S. Chestnut Drive, Lufkin

40 — Southside Baptist Church, 1615 Tulane Drive, Lufkin

You are kidding??? The tiny town of Lufkin had that many sites open for early voting?

I believe there were only about a dozen that are "open every day, 7am-7pm" during the early voting "Oct 24-Nov 4" in the entire Travis county....Austin, Tx.

Luckily, one was just down the street from us.

 

[underguy1]

Do Americans en masse understand that you have one of the most crooked electoral systems on the planet?

 

[Fala]

Do Americans en masse understand that you have one of the most crooked electoral systems on the planet?

yah, things aren't perfect here by far....but where else am I going to vote?

I'm just waiting for the perfect candidate that will change all that.

 

[underguy1]

yah, things aren't perfect here by far....but where else am I going to vote?

I'm just waiting for the perfect candidate that will change all that.

I can't imagine what that means in relation to my question.

 

[underguy1]

yah, things aren't perfect here by far....but where else am I going to vote?

I'm just waiting for the perfect candidate that will change all that.

There's a big difference between 'not perfect' and 'crooked'.

 

[Fala]

There's a big difference between 'not perfect' and 'crooked'.

So what do you expect me to do about it?

 

[Emerson40]

Do Americans en masse understand that you have one of the most crooked electoral systems on the planet?

Who in the whole wide world, in your opinion, has the most balanced and fair electoral system?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Who in the whole wide world, in your opinion, has the most balanced and fair electoral system?

Atlantis.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/50/d5/2a/50d52af0862b3eaa157f29d868364d03.jpg

and maybe R'lyeh.

http://www.geekireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cthulhu-image.jpg

 

[Hypoxia]

Who in the whole wide world, in your opinion, has the most balanced and fair electoral system?

I've no first-and experience with elections except in USA and Guatemala but while gargling around I found this comment which seems pretty reasonable:

New Zealand and Germany have MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) which are pretty good, at least compared to some others... As the name suggests, seats are allocated proportionally: You vote directly for a party, not a particular candidate, and if your party gets (say) 30% of the vote you get 30% of the seats.

The advantages are:

much less two-party duopoly (it's nigh on impossible for a single party to get over 50% so you must build a coalition if you want to govern).

every vote counts. No "Democrat in Texas" or "Republican in California" type scenarios.

Problems:

representatives are not directly elected, so in theory are less accountable (I don't really buy this)

the Big Two parties still take the lion's share of the vote because they have years of brand value and other incumbency advantage.

the small parties in the middle wind up holding the balance of power. So they often get to throw their weight around more than they should, which can cause some instability.

Problem with evaluating the USA electoral system is that there ain't one. No single system, anyway. We have many layers of incompatible systems, public and private. The USA political process operates in failure mode.

Don't ask me to design a perfect system. Not my job.

 

[about_average]

I saw on the local news here that boxes of cookies were being passed down the lines at some of the locations...cool eh!

I guess trump was right about the rigged election.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

The Democrats and courts shit when Florida changed its early voting rules.

Before, early voting was two 5 day periods (M-F) where the polls were open from 7am till 5pm. No problem.

After, early voting is 8 straight days where polls are open 6am till 9pm. Democrats and judges went wild over the blatant racism.

Following the 2000 election debacle Florida eliminated re-counts. HRC gets what she gets.