What is your plan to vote? We all need to do our homework about how it will work locally.

[onecaliberal]

Plan when and how you’ll vote. Plan for a long wait and plan on protecting yourself with more than a mask if you’re voting in person.

Check voter registration or register to vote.
https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

[LisaL]

1. What would be more than a mask?

Are there other protection methods I don't know about? Mask, goggles, gloves. What else is there?

[herding cats]

2. Eye protection.

Simple safety goggles and gloves, considering the environment would be useful.

[onecaliberal]

13. Exactly.

[LisaL]

21. Well, to me that's a given.

Goggles, mask, gloves is a must.
Ideally mask should be something better than a cloth mask.

[herding cats]

25. Thanks for editing your previous post. ❤️

A mask isn't enough if we're waiting in lines where some folks might not adhere to the guidelines, and gloves when using a voting machine which may not be properly sanitized is prudent.

We all have to be as safe as possible at the polls and adding eye protection and gloves may be just the extra layers we need. We're all in this together and all that matters here is we have a safe plan in place to get out and vote in whatever way we can.

I'm in a vote in person only state unless you're over 65 years of age. I've thought long and hard about it, and I've come up with this three layer plan to be able to vote safely.

[onecaliberal]

26. Double layer cotton mask is good.

[ChazII]

3. Living in Arizona

my ballot will come to my house. I will sit at the kitchen table and fill it out. I will then take it to city hall and place it in the drop box.

[CentralMass]

5. Similar process in Oregon.

[SheltieLover]

4. Early, in person

Mask & eye protection. 👍

[captain queeg]

6. Mail in voting in my state.

I live close to the border between states, not sure if both do mail in voting, but I’m hoping some local group will arrange rides for people who need them and I’ll volunteer to provide rides. For my ballot I’ll mail it in immediately and will take a picture of it. I’d recommend everyone take a time stamped picture of their ballot. Don’t know if that will do any good. But I suppose if there is contention it would be good if millions of people could send pictures of their ballots in.

[onecaliberal]

14. Very good suggestion.

[Zoonart]

7. Early voting in person.

Mask, face shield, gloves.

[onecaliberal]

15. I'm going to early vote too. Our whole state will be mailed a ballot. We're going to fill them out

And take them downtown to the clerks office drop box.

[babylonsister]

8. I'm getting a mail-in ballot in FL and then

I will be dropping it off in a ballot box that will be out there, so I hear. I'll find out but one way or the other I will be voting and won't depend on the PO unless something gives.

[SharonClark]

9. Voting absentee and as early as possible.

I can track my ballot and know it was received by my Democratic county auditor.

[Cha]

10. Hawaii is all mail in ballots. I will be dropping mine off

at the Voters Service Center.

[Staph]

11. I signed up for my absentee ballot today.

COVID-19 is a valid excuse in West Virginia. The ballots will be mailed out from the county courthouse in mid-September, and I'll return it as soon as I receive it.

We can track our ballot requests and ballots on line. Handy!

[abqtommy]

12. We'll vote absentee. Here in New Mexico we don't have to mail in our ballots, we can drop

them off too, at the County Clerk's office or other designated locations. We can also track our ballots online to be sure that the County Clerk has received them.

[onecaliberal]

16. Tracking is a nice feature.

[Luciferous]

17. I have requested an absentee ballot, but I also just volunteered to work the polls in

my area because we have a significant shortage of workers. Even if I wasn't working the polls I would be dropping off my ballot at the clerk's office, not mailing it.

[onecaliberal]

18. Thanks for volunteering. Stay safe.

[Luciferous]

19. Well I already work at a school and I'm relatively young and healthy so I figured

why not?

[onecaliberal]

22. Please don't take your health for granted.

[Luciferous]

24. I'm not but I figure if I'm going to get coronavirus it will probably be at work, not

volunteering at the polls for a day. They are so short on poll workers that my town is only going to have one polling location so they are going to need all the help they can get!

[onecaliberal]

28. Thanks again.

[think4yourself]

20. In person. Election day.

This is war and I am not leaving anything to chance. I don’t trust early voting and Trump has raped the Post Office. Yes, it IS worth risking your life.

[csziggy]

23. Early voting, just like I did today

Wearing a mask and my glasses, I put my driver's license and a card with my choices in my jean pocket, went to the closest library branch - which had only a very short line) - and voted.

The set up was good - they had a man at the entrance enforcing the mask rule with a bottle of sanitizer (I didn't use it since I had just gone to the restroom ten feet away and thoroughly washed my hands) and he gave me a little stylus. When my turn came he sent me to the next desk, where they had a plexiglass panel.

The poll worker had me show my driver's license, I wrote my signature on their little device with the clean stylus which then was put in a container to be cleaned. The poll worker printed my ballot, put it in a folder that she put a sticker on lightly. I was to apply the sticker on the booth I used so the person going around sanitizing them would know which had been used.

Then I carried my ballot and the folder to the scanner, fed the ballot in, and put the folder in a basket. Then I picked up my "I VOTED EARLY" sticker and left the room by a different door. Very smooth, no crowding, and every body was very relaxed. Oh, I did thank the poll workers for being there and keeping voters safe.

This was a different early voting location than I usually go to. I had a dentist appointment and this one was more on the way than the other one, but there was still no crowding and all was good.

[Luciferous]

27. It sounds like they had a good system in place!

[csziggy]

30. Our previous supervisor of elections set up a very efficient system

Adapting it to the needs of the pandemic was actually very easy. All that changed were plexiglass screens masks, and social distancing, which was not hard given that the system had the voter handling the ballot from right when it was printed until it went in the scanner. They have always had a one way path through the voting locations, which simplifies things immensely.

[Luciferous]

32. My normal polling place also has a one way path. We have been reduced to one

polling location because of the pandemic and I voted absentee yesterday so I'm not sure how things will be at the new location.

[csziggy]

34. We have the same number of early voting locations as normal

Which makes sense because it prevents crowding. The new supervisor has been really pushing voting by mail, but getting the ballot to their office reliably would expose me more than just voting early - and be a longer drive.

[Sewa]

29. I'll receive my ballot by mail

Two or three weeks before Election Day. It will sit collecting dust until a few days before the election. Then I will fill it out. The day before the election I will drive to the county courthouse and place the ballot in the ballot dropbox.

[Crunchy Frog]

31. We were planning to vote by mail, but we've decided

to do early voting instead.

We're actually planning to get hazmat suits.

[shanti]

33. Ballot box at City Hall

as soon as possible. Easy peasy. In. CA

[Polybius]

35. In person as always

I'll wear a mask of course.

[brer cat]

36. We have a very convenient drop box.

I don't plan to vote in person unless I don't receive my ballot.

[Vivienne235729]

37. This is a great idea! If I had to wait in long lines to vote, I would be planning too.

I would bring:
1. Small, light folding chair (I bought a green folding camp chair for $6 at walmart)
2. Snacks, drinks (in a small cooler bag). Water for hydration
3. Call some friends and go together (in case we need to take pee breaks and plus, it makes it easier to pass the time). Safer in numbers too.
4. Cell phones, extra battery packs. So important to have. Cell phone in case an incident arises. Video tape EVERYTHING.
5. Bring ID, prooer documentation. make sure ID is current and not expired.
6. MASKS. Multiple ones in case it gets wet or dirty.
7. Be mindful of what you wear. Some voting places do not allow political tshirts. Check with your precinct and local laws.
8. If you play a small, portable instrument, maybe bring it and have an impromptu concert?
9. Sunblock, hat (I live in the desert. This is a must.)
10. Book, ipad, cards, small travel game....
11. MEDS. If you think you may have to be there for excessively long times, take your meds with you. Just in case.
11. tote bag to keep it all in

[Raine]

38. Absentee nt

[Wicked Blue]

39. Vote early, and often