How easy is it to vote where you live?

Hawaii has only vote by mail. It couldn’t be simpler.

Very easy. Mail in your ballot which they mail to you early, either using a mailbox, post office, or a ballot drop box.

Super easy. Adequate locations for voting. I’ve never had to wait more than about 15 minutes at the worst. Usually it is walk up and start voting. There are the usual campaigners at the appropriate distance from the voting locations but they aren’t obnoxious. If you feel like talking to them you can, if you don’t feel like talking to them you walk on by. No one harasses you.

No problems. I mail in, but have gone to the actual polling place – walked in, no problem. It kind of depends on which polling place in town as to whther there’s a line. Once there were at least 50 people waiting so I left and found a different place where I just walked right in. I was shy and new to voting and the woman was so helpful and kind.

Very easy – both when I used to go to the polling place and now when I do mail-in to a drop box or PO. There is also early voting.

First, my county has 8–9 pre-election-day polling places available for people three weeks in advance of election day. I haven’t voted in my actual polling place (a nearby Middle School) for four years.

Second, as an old coot (over 65 years of age) I can jump to the front of the line.

So it’s easy to vote.

Very easy. My nearest polling place is a short walk—a middle school library. I didn’t know the old coots could cut in line! Maybe I’ll go back to voting in person, if I don’t have to stand for long. Lately I’ve been doing mail-in for the convenience. There are also numerous drop-off points in my area.

Very easy in Missouri. No drop boxes but yes to early voting. I go about 7am and never wait.

Very easy in California. California believes in the right to vote, and will not adopt voter suppression like some other states.

Very easy. Polling place is just a couple blocks away. We have organizations that provide free rides to the only Polling station we have.

Anything more than a polling place in each neighborhood where citizens vote paper ballots in person in ONE DAY is too easy. And too insecure.

I agree @snip. Paper ballots would be unsecure. But I’ve been voting since Jimmy Carter. For the life of me I can’t recall one single time where paper ballots were even an option at polling stations. Course I never asked either. BUT I never saw anyone laboring over a paper ballot at polling stations either.

@SnipSnip I don’t see a problem with making it easier for people to vote as long as it is secure.

Yep, paper ballots is the easiest and the most secure. Ensuring people prove they are who they say they are and that they are citizens would pretty much make it as safe and secure as possible. The only people that should ever be allowed to mail in a ballot would be servicemen serving overseas (or that are at sea) and people that are physically unable to move or move easily. And all of those are easily provable. Mail in ballots ought to also have a spot not only for signature but for finger print to prove it is who it claims to be.

I wonder if Trump thinks he can still vote, after sentencing ? ? ?

@janbb It is a right to be exercised by each citizen. If it’s important to each of us, we will get to the polls and vote on election day.

I’m in NY. We say our name and address, and they look it up in a book and we sign and they compare signatures.

@SnipSnip The sick, the infirm, those in the hospital, those traveling for work or vacation, are just a few examples of people who may not be able to get to the polls.

@jca2 Exactly, and people who have to work all day the day the polls are open. it’s interesting how some are trying to make voting harder; almost as if they are afraid of voting access.

@janbb Right. And if someone is going to say that work shouldn’t stop you because the polls are open from early in the morning until evening, what about people who work long shifts, overtime shifts, etc. (cops, firemen, nurses, doctors) or long shifts unexpectedly?