June 23rd Primaries

[rupertpenny]

I voted in person this morning in NYC. It was kind of a shit show, no one could find my registration (which was done recently, to be fair) and it was WAY understaffed. I went to two places trying to find where I was supposed to vote and eventually was able to vote by affidavit. I was lucky because I had time to wait around, but it did make me think I should volunteer to be a poll worker in November. 

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

[Velar Fricative]

The ballot I requested weeks ago never made it to my house so I had to go vote in person. It was pretty smooth. Lots more poll workers than I expected.

I’m registered D but one of the R primary candidates for our House seat was right outside the entrance handing out his brochures. Corona brain makes me question everything I know so I was like “Wait, isn’t that not allowed?”

I’m curious about KY. One polling place in the entire city of Louisville is awful.

[froggy76]

Jun 23, 2020 9:39:11 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Jun 23, 2020 9:39:11 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

Pretty sure that’s the rule here too (NY). I’ve always seen people outside my polling sites here.

I voted absentee a week or so ago.

[curlymon]

Jun 23, 2020 10:09:32 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

The ballot I requested weeks ago never made it to my house so I had to go vote in person. It was pretty smooth. Lots more poll workers than I expected.

I’m registered D but one of the R primary candidates for our House seat was right outside the entrance handing out his brochures. Corona brain makes me question everything I know so I was like “Wait, isn’t that not allowed?”

I’m curious about KY. One polling place in the entire city of Louisville is awful.

The news about KY is a bit misleading. Yes, we have one polling place (edit *in Louisville*) but it's huge. It's been open for a week for voting. And we have mail-in voting for the first time, woo hoo!! I'm hoping the mail-in voting happens in November as well. 

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Jun 23, 2020 9:39:11 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

I've always seen them following the distance rules here but this particular candidate was standing right at the entrance.

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 23, 2020 10:30:07 GMT -5 curlymon said:

Jun 23, 2020 10:09:32 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

The ballot I requested weeks ago never made it to my house so I had to go vote in person. It was pretty smooth. Lots more poll workers than I expected.

I’m registered D but one of the R primary candidates for our House seat was right outside the entrance handing out his brochures. Corona brain makes me question everything I know so I was like “Wait, isn’t that not allowed?”

I’m curious about KY. One polling place in the entire city of Louisville is awful.

The news about KY is a bit misleading. Yes, we have one polling place (edit *in Louisville*) but it's huge. It's been open for a week for voting. And we have mail-in voting for the first time, woo hoo!! I'm hoping the mail-in voting happens in November as well. 

I hope so. I know it's a large polling location but I know a lot of people still vote on the actual election day so I really hope people aren't stuck waiting on line for hours. 

[rupertpenny]

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Jun 23, 2020 9:39:11 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

She was inside the polling station wearing a campaign t-shirt and holding campaign literature. She lives in a different neighborhood and was not there to vote. 

ETA: I looked up the law from NY and you're supposed to be 100 ft from the polling location. 

[msmerymac]

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Jun 23, 2020 9:39:11 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Also, I saw my rep, Carolyn Maloney, at a polling station, wearing a campaign t-shirt and carrying around fliers and stuff. A BOE employee said she does this every time. I asked if there was anywhere I could report it and she suggested calling the BOE.

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

I've always been floored by what is allowed in PA, because in both NY and CA (the other states where I've voted) you couldn't even be near a polling place, or have signs outside, or anything. Technically signs aren't allowed on the voting property in PA, either. 

[hocus2]

Jun 23, 2020 10:49:20 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

She was inside the polling station wearing a campaign t-shirt and holding campaign literature. She lives in a different neighborhood and was not there to vote. 

ETA: I looked up the law from NY and you're supposed to be 100 ft from the polling location. 

  You can report her to the elections office and you could possibly notify the DCCC. Was she actually in the primary? Some reps are unopposed.

 My rep was out too but was well more than 100 feed from the polls and had a low profile. She just had a sign and some pamphlets. We was working her way around the district since there are many sites here.  

[rupertpenny]

Jun 23, 2020 10:59:52 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

Jun 23, 2020 10:49:20 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

She was inside the polling station wearing a campaign t-shirt and holding campaign literature. She lives in a different neighborhood and was not there to vote. 

ETA: I looked up the law from NY and you're supposed to be 100 ft from the polling location. 

  You can report her to the elections office and you could possibly notify the DCCC. Was she actually in the primary? Some reps are unopposed.

 My rep was out too but was well more than 100 feed from the pools and had a low profile. She just had a sign and some pamphlets. We was working her way around the district since there are many sites here.  

I think she is often unopposed, but this year she has three challengers. 

[froggy76]

Jun 23, 2020 10:49:20 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Jun 23, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Is this not allowed in NY? In PA, they just have to keep a certain distance from the polling place. We stand outside wearing campaign gear and handing out info. In some polling places, there's enough distance to the polling place inside that we can even sit in the lobby and do this. Every polling place here has party representatives and candidates at them.

She was inside the polling station wearing a campaign t-shirt and holding campaign literature. She lives in a different neighborhood and was not there to vote. 

ETA: I looked up the law from NY and you're supposed to be 100 ft from the polling location. 

Oh wow. Yeah, if I go inside a polling place (like to use the bathroom), I even remove all my pins and nametag so no one can complain that I had campaign or party-related attire on inside a polling location. Keep in mind, though, that the "polling location" might be the specific room where voting is taking place. So if it's in a school cafeteria and she's in the school lobby, it could be ok. But she can't be in the actual room doing that.

[brooklyn]

Jun 23, 2020 11:03:48 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

Jun 23, 2020 10:59:52 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

  You can report her to the elections office and you could possibly notify the DCCC. Was she actually in the primary? Some reps are unopposed.

 My rep was out too but was well more than 100 feed from the pools and had a low profile. She just had a sign and some pamphlets. We was working her way around the district since there are many sites here.  

I think she is often unopposed, but this year she has three challengers. 

I am sooo glad she has challengers this year.

[CurlyQ284]

Record turnout expected in Kentucky!


"Adams said as of Monday morning, nearly 1 million Kentuckians — 973,807 — have either requested an absentee ballot or voted early before Tuesday's primary. As of Monday evening, county clerks across the state had received more than 503,400 of those ballots back in the mail.

The high-water mark for a Kentucky primary election came in 2008, when 922,456 residents voted."



amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3235183001?__twitter_impression=true

[morecoffeeplease]

Chef Jose Andres is a hero. He's setting up food tucks, chairs, and cold drinks at polling places.

[bernsteincat]

Reports are everything is going smoothly and there is virtually no wait in Louisville. There is public transportation going to the location and Lyft is offering free rides to the polls in many large KY cities.

Unfortunately, Lexington’s County Clerk has fucked things up. Where Louisville planned ahead, set up 350 voting boots, and have tons of volunteers to help check people in and get them through, Lex has only 40 (!) voting booths set up and few check in people, so lines are ridiculous there. From what I can see on Twitter, the blame is on the County Clerk because people had been saying for a whole that he needed to prepare for more people, but he did not.

Everywhere else I’ve seen my friends and family report from has been going smoothly with no issues. It sucks that Lexington is bring everyone else down.

[mbcdefg]

The Kentucky Expo Center locked its doors at 6pm, with hundreds of people still waiting in line (major traffic jam delayed people getting there, too). Candidate Charles Booker field an emergency injunction to get them to reopen until 9.

thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504206-charles-booker-campaign-files-injunction-to-keep-kentucky-polls-ope

[Jalapeñomel]

Jun 23, 2020 18:40:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

The Kentucky Expo Center locked its doors at 6pm, with hundreds of people still waiting in line (major traffic jam delayed people getting there, too). Candidate Charles Booker field an emergency injunction to get them to reopen until 9.

thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504206-charles-booker-campaign-files-injunction-to-keep-kentucky-polls-ope

OMG. I’m glad the judge did the right thing.

[morecoffeeplease]

Dr Cameron Webb has won VA05
Not official yet but.

[BicycleBride]

I live in Kentucky. I am very worried that what, for the most part, has been a really successful primary by any metric in which we voted on a completely different day and in a brand new way, is going to be twisted in to a reason we can’t vote by mail in November. There are a lot of aspects of this story that just aren’t being told. It is not a black and white situation. Our democratic governor has done a tremendous job in his management of the pandemic and early on worked closely with the elected republican Secretary of State (who was previously strongly opposed to expanded voting options of any kind) to move the date of the primary as well as set up both early voting and absentee voting to anyone who wanted to utilize it. Previously you had to jump through a lot of hoops to vote outside of Election Day. A postcard was sent to every registered voter informing them of how to request an absentee ballot and other voting options. A stunning number of absentee ballots were requested. Return postage was already paid. Early voting has been open for at least a week in every county and we have 120 counties so it’s not like people had to drive great distances. I really didn’t think we would EVER see such expanded voting options.

Is it a problem that Louisville and Lexington only one voting location? Of course. But here are a few things to understand- polling locations were determined purely by the elected county clerk. Our poll workers in Kentucky are almost exclusively senior citizens and there just weren’t enough volunteers to have more locations. In fact the governor called out the national guard to work the polls in many counties at the request of the clerk because there weren’t enough workers for ONE location. In Louisville at least, practically every precinct has a different ballot. It would be extremely difficult to have, say, 10 location each having a portion of those precincts. It would be very difficult to make sure everyone knew their correct new polling location instead of directing everyone to one huge centralized location. The city ran free transit from all over the county to the convention center and back all day. Voting times today should have absolutely been extended from the start but I don’t know what all might have been involved in making that an option. I think everyone in charge, for the most part, tried to make the best decisions they could when there were no good options. I don’t know what else could have been done.

[morecoffeeplease]

I’m really interested in seeing VA01 results because that’s my old district and I can’t stand Wittman.

[morecoffeeplease]

Really impressive numbers out of Charlottesville!

[Jalapeñomel]

Jun 23, 2020 18:44:01 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jun 23, 2020 18:40:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

The Kentucky Expo Center locked its doors at 6pm, with hundreds of people still waiting in line (major traffic jam delayed people getting there, too). Candidate Charles Booker field an emergency injunction to get them to reopen until 9.

thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504206-charles-booker-campaign-files-injunction-to-keep-kentucky-polls-ope

OMG. I’m glad the judge did the right thing.

It seems that the judge allowed for people in the polling place by 6:30 pm to vote, but those who were stuck in traffic were SOL.


thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504206-charles-booker-campaign-files-injunction-to-keep-kentucky-polls-open

[isabel]

There needs to be a federal push for mail in voting for all states. Some of what I read here is just unreal to me.

[wanderingback]

Jun 23, 2020 19:21:09 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

Dr Cameron Webb has won VA05
Not official yet but.

Yay! I know him in an acquittance type way through some groups, we were in med school around the same time. He’s so impressive and I was so happy when he announced that he was running. Glad he won!

[thelurkylulu]

I have a question about mail in voting and I know you all are smart and will educate me. Is there a difference between “mail-in” and absentee voting? We have always had the option to vote absentee (mail in our ballot). I don’t understand the outrage that I’m seeing in my state over mail-in voting because, unless it’s different somehow, we have had this option forever.

[AndyCohen]

Jun 24, 2020 7:23:11 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I have a question about mail in voting and I know you all are smart and will educate me. Is there a difference between “mail-in” and absentee voting? We have always had the option to vote absentee (mail in our ballot). I don’t understand the outrage that I’m seeing in my state over mail-in voting because, unless it’s different somehow, we have had this option forever.

I think with mail-in voting, every registered voter is sent a ballot and with absentee ballots, you need to request them (and also provide an excuse as to why in certain states). For example, many people in New York never received their absentee ballots so they had to go in person, but if we had mail-in voting, they would send all the ballots out automatically. This results in more people voting because they don’t have to initiate it which favors dems.

[carmenere]

Jun 24, 2020 7:23:11 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I have a question about mail in voting and I know you all are smart and will educate me. Is there a difference between “mail-in” and absentee voting? We have always had the option to vote absentee (mail in our ballot). I don’t understand the outrage that I’m seeing in my state over mail-in voting because, unless it’s different somehow, we have had this option forever.

Mail-in voting refers to allowing all voters to vote by mail, not just those who are "absent" from their precinct for a qualified reason. Basically it's a difference in the volume of votes that will be cast by mail. The outrage is mainly right wing fear-mongering, because removing the barriers associated with in-person voting (ID requirements, time off work, transportation, etc.) generally results in more votes for Democrats. Mail-in voter fraud is very rare (actually, all types of voter fraud are rare), including in states like Washington that already have mail-in voting for everyone.

[msmerymac]

Jun 24, 2020 7:23:11 GMT -5 thelurkylulu said:

I have a question about mail in voting and I know you all are smart and will educate me. Is there a difference between “mail-in” and absentee voting? We have always had the option to vote absentee (mail in our ballot). I don’t understand the outrage that I’m seeing in my state over mail-in voting because, unless it’s different somehow, we have had this option forever.

Yes. Pennsylvania has both absentee and mail in. And to add the confusion, there is a different application for each. 

Absentee is if you physically cannot get to the polls. So my grandfather got absentee ballots after he had a stroke and getting wheelchair transport to the polls was a hardship. I voted absentee for my local elections when I was in college. If you have pre-planned work travel, that's another valid reason. 

Mail in doesn't require a reason. You just get a ballot mailed to you because you want to. When I lived in California, this was the case, and I could even request "permanent" mail in status, so they sent me my ballot before every election, automatically. 

Currently in PA, I think I still need to request a mail-in ballot prior to every election. They do have a tracking feature, though, where you can see when it was mailed to you, when they received it, and when it was tallied. 

[basilosaurus]

Ive been in metro in only for years I really don't understand the fuss.