We were number 461 and 462. That seems like a lot for mid morning in a smallish precinct. It was nice being somewhere without any voting history, lol. It hasn’t gone well for me. 2012 - hospitalized the next day with DVTs/PEs 2013 - puked my guts out from morning sickness 2016 - DD was in the PICU
ETA: I guess this year my “thing” is that I look deranged thanks to a broken blood vessel in my eyeball.
Post by katieinthecity on Nov 7, 2017 10:50:29 GMT -5
I voted at 7:45 after I dropped the boys. No line, but steady stream of people. I would have liked to see it busier but hoping there was an early rush that I missed. Really nervous.
Post by Velvetshady on Nov 7, 2017 11:01:10 GMT -5
DH and I were going to vote whent he polls opened this morning, but yesterday he found out he had to be in the office for a 7:30am meeting (meaning he had to leave at 5:30am ) I'm now waiting until ~1pm to vote and hoping DH gets back before the polls close tonight. He is a Fed--it should be illegal for Feds to schedule 7:30am meetings on Election Day the day before. I told him that if his boss (or bosses boss--who is the real problem) has an issue with him leaving at 3:30 today, he needs to file a formal compliant with HR. Of course, add to the pile of HR compliant's he's building...
DH and I were going to vote whent he polls opened this morning, but yesterday he found out he had to be in the office for a 7:30am meeting (meaning he had to leave at 5:30am ) I'm now waiting until ~1pm to vote and hoping DH gets back before the polls close tonight. He is a Fed--it should be illegal for Feds to schedule 7:30am meetings on Election Day the day before. I told him that if his boss (or bosses boss--who is the real problem) has an issue with him leaving at 3:30 today, he needs to file a formal compliant with HR. Of course, add to the pile of HR compliant's he's building...
Legally, it's if your polling place isn't open three hours before your regular start time or three hours after your regular end time, admin leave is authorized so you can vote. www.chcoc.gov/content/excused-absence-voting-4
Now, if there are already HR complaints and they GNF about whether people are home in time to vote, then that's another issue
Do the Trumps think the election happens every November 8th, regardless of the day of the week? That's the only explanation I can come up with for thinking it's tomorrow. Which, fine by me if all the people who support Trump would rather vote tomorrow.
DH and I were going to vote whent he polls opened this morning, but yesterday he found out he had to be in the office for a 7:30am meeting (meaning he had to leave at 5:30am ) I'm now waiting until ~1pm to vote and hoping DH gets back before the polls close tonight. He is a Fed--it should be illegal for Feds to schedule 7:30am meetings on Election Day the day before. I told him that if his boss (or bosses boss--who is the real problem) has an issue with him leaving at 3:30 today, he needs to file a formal compliant with HR. Of course, add to the pile of HR compliant's he's building...
Legally, it's if your polling place isn't open three hours before your regular start time or three hours after your regular end time, admin leave is authorized so you can vote. www.chcoc.gov/content/excused-absence-voting-4
Now, if there are already HR complaints and they GNF about whether people are home in time to vote, then that's another issue
Well, his normal starting time is 8:30 so not open 3 hours before, normally leaves at 5:30, so not open 3 hours afterward. Normal election day, we are in line at 6am, he drops me off on the way to work--he has a 2 hour commute. But then managment tells him yesterday about this 7:30am meeting he has to attend, in person. If he works 8 hours, plus the normal 1 hour lunch--he'd then leave at 4:30--not 3 hours before polls close (and 2 hour commute on a good day). He plans on skipping lunch and leaving at 3:30pm--no admin leave required. Knowing his current boss and bosses boss, they will fight him leaving then and would fight him using Admin Leave as well. DH is pretty sure the bosses boss actually scheduled this meeting at this time to disrupt VA voters from being able to vote today (and yes, his bosses boss thinks tRump is awesome). Know the saying that the cobbler's kids have no shoes? Well, these guys have no clue and/or DGAF about Federal Labor laws and don't bother to follow any.
Post by georgeglass on Nov 7, 2017 11:33:08 GMT -5
H says everyone he's asked about the election is voting Northam and it makes me laugh that my introvert husband is asking his colleagues about their voting but then I remember that he's doing it because HE isn't voting, and then I get pissed again.
I’m in what feels like one of the last super Republican parts of Loudoun, and while there was a huge tent for the R side no one was taking heir sample ballots. It made me very happy, and then I remembered feeling so happy leaving last time and I got sick to my stomach.
I hope people learned their lesson after last year.
This reminds me that I need to GTG with you before you leave the area!
I’ve received at least one flier (and really expensive ones at that) from an incumbent Republican delegate every day for the past month or two. Sometimes they’re on my front door. Sometimes they’re sent by the state party with Gillespie and the others on it.
He wasn’t on my ballot. BECAUSE WE AREN’T IN HIS DISTRICT.
am I the only loser who teared up walking into the polling place, remembering how hopeful we were a year ago doing the same thing?
Not at all. I still have nausea when I think about that night. And thinking about this picture that I took after we walked back from voting. How true I felt her shirt could be (she's such a leader, lol). Now I see this picture and just want to cry for a whole other reason.
I cannot wait to go vote. Stupid H and his late meeting.
Turnout was up in my district in NoVA. The a Dems are out in force.
Given the amazing turnout for Karen Keys-Gamarra in the Fairfax County school board election back in September, I'm actually kind of optimistic about Dem numbers.
My coworker says her two children applied for absentee. One came back denied and too late to edit and reapply. One never came at all and she called multiple times and was assured it was in the mail.
This is why there shouldn’t need to be a reason to vote absentee. Everyone who wants to should be allowed.
Seeing that turnout in NoVA precincts is north of 30% at noon - some include absentee and some don’t. Not sure if that’s good or bad! Seems high.
ETA: Seems that Alexandria is up 8% from 2013 so far.
ArlNow, Arlington on-line news, is reporting that Arlington is at nearly 40% & are expecting to get near or over 50%. Which is significantly more than turnout that pushed McAuliffe over the edge.
Anyone in RoVA or solid red districts have turnout reports?
Post by karinothing on Nov 7, 2017 14:44:32 GMT -5
VA GOP tweeted a picture of a silver pickup with a Gillespie sticker and a American flag. And said "it's silver note black, but you get it. Headed out" soo...they are harking back to the anti Gillespie commercial where the GIllespie voter chased down minority children. So are they saying they are going to run down minority children? WTF