WOW! Early Voting . . . Ohio

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Andrew Kaczynski ‏@BuzzFeedAndrew

Wow. RT @JimHeath10TV: 1.7 millions cast early voting ballots in '08. Husted says Ohio is already halfway past that with 5 more weeks to go.

[gkhouston]

1. LOL! Probably an unintended result of his attempts to fuck with the early voting hours.

I wonder if those early ballots are primarily from Dem-heavy counties.

[BlueStreak]

2. The nice thing about early voting is that the GOP fraud can be detected before it is too late

If a person has been incorrectly purged from the registration list, there is still time to get that corrected.

[bigtree]

5. that has to be a major part of the reasoning behind the Dem camp's push for e/v

. . . time for folks to regroup and move forward after initial obstacles.

[BlueStreak]

11. No doubt. Although early voting is always a good thing.

[liberal N proud]

3. That is fantastic!!!

[porphyrian]

4. . n/t

[cleduc]

6. Good news as long as

it doesn't include a million dead GOPers ...

[Maeve]

7. They must mean absentee voting

Early (in person) voting doesn't begin here until tomorrow.

[bigtree]

8. right

tweets, thx

[GOTV]

18. I filled out my application for an absentee ballot right away and still have not received it.

Now I'm worried

[RBInMaine]

24. Don't worry. Just call your local elections office at your town/city hall and ask if they sent it.

[GOTV]

38. It arrived!

[Skink]

9. EV is way early there

The best part in Texas is you can vote at any poll site in your city.

[Walk away]

14. That's handy but I like the little blue haired ladies at my neighborhood polling place. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Husted is probably very sad about this

[Iliyah]

21. I don't trust Husted at all.

I hope that Pres O and his campaign have both eyes, both eyes, hands on these MF all over the country who house GOPper legislators, governors and secretary of states.

[global1]

12. You Know The REpugs Might Have Shot Themselves In The Foot Here.....

if you make people wait in long lines at polling places on election day and do everything possible to make it hard for them to vote - what do you think people will do? Well of course - take advantage of early voting. I'm sure that the majority of those people that are utilizing early voting may have thought about this and that is why we are seeing the large numbers of early voters.

[catbyte]

13. No early voting in MI. I will just bring a book. NOTHING will come between me

and that voting booth.

[VenusRising]

15. Way to go, Buckeyes!!

I voted early in '08 and had to wait in line. We delivered Ohio to Obama then and you can do it again!!

[Hamlette]

16. what does "halfway past" mean?

it must be an idiom I'm not familiar with. I'm not being snarky but I don't get where the vote is.

Is it more than halfway TO 1.7 million votes, or does it mean Ohio is .85 million (half of 1.7) more than 1.7 million.

[SCVDem]

17. Living in California is great

Republicans have no power so we have no voting problems. On the contrary, Gov. Brown has expanded registration to election day starting in a few years.

[RBInMaine]

25. We've had it for 39 years, and it works great. Was actually sponsored by R's when they were sane.

Then they went TeaBag and tried to remove it last year, but we did a people's veto and CRUSHED that, so we still have it. It is very convenient for people who move a lot and have to keep re-registering.

[SCVDem]

27. Register on-line

That just started and I took advantage of it since we moved.

I love LA!

5 days later I received my card. Very efficient!

See what happens without republican interference!?

[RBInMaine]

28. We have early vote-by-mail starting this week. Can request ballot online then vote at home.

They send an absentee ballot to ANYONE who wants one. You don't actually have to be out of town. Get it in the mail. Vote in your kitchen. Put it in your mailbox. DONE. Never have to leave the house. No standing in long lines on election day. And I always email our city election office to confirm they received the ballot, just in case it got lost in the mail. Not that I'd be worried, but it is too important not to quickly check. Have never had a problem. Golden.

[SCVDem]

30. Since we never have problems

I go in person to support the volunteers doing a civic duty.

If the ballots were of epic proportions like Florida's this year, mail is really a must.

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. no way!

[krawhitham]

20. Early Voting starts October 2nd in Ohio

[Jersey Devil]

22. I think this means nothing except that people like early voting

They get it out of the way early instead of worrying about what time to leave work on election day, whether they might get sick on election day, etc. Also the polls are less crowded and in states that allow all voting by mail they have more time to review ballot questions, etc. It is just a more relaxed way of voting and it is catching on, which is good, but I don't think you can look at how many vote early this year vs 2008 because early voting was newer then and not everyone realized how much more they would like it than waiting on lines on election day.

NJ now has no questions asked and no excuses needed absentee voting and I only found out about it a few weeks ago. I'd be willing to bet most New Jerseyans never heard of it. In 4 years I bet there will be a huge increase in those who vote absentee.

[bigtree]

33. not nothing

. . . folks highlighting it know well that the state of the race today favors President Obama, and, Ohio election officials have estimated that as many as 40 percent of votes cast will be in the form of absentee and early voting.

[grantcart]

37. no it means 3 very big things

1) The side with the most enthusiasm is building up a big lead. There is only Obama and anti Obama enthusiasm, not a good sign for Mittens

2) If you are organizinng in groups that have lower turnout, this is a good sign.

3) It significantly reduces the effectiveness of late ad buys. Some RW superPacs may give up. Ads if they see a huge EV %.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. I wouldn't be surprised to see Republicans do a total outrage....

The State Legislatures decide to pick Electors and the way they DO THAT has been to honor the results of an election but in Florida in 2000 the Republicans were claiming they could do it on their own regardless of how people actually voted.

I can picture a Republican run legislature award its Electoral Votes to Romney despite the results of the election.

This would then be honored by the Republican run House of Representatives.

Wanna bet there will be more than one Senator signing the objection if they pull that stunt?

[hrmjustin]

26. I heard that the Sec. of State in OH sent out applications for absentee ballots...

... to every voter. So I guess that means more people are voting. I wonder if the gop likes that idea.

[Tribetime]

29. i didn't see anything like that...just where to go to vote

[hrmjustin]

32. the media reported that he sent applications for absentee ballots to every voter.

is that true? I assume you live in OH. Or is it that he is sending them to gop voters.

[Tribetime]

34. all I can say is I didn't get one....I'm in cuyahoga county(cleveland)

[hrmjustin]

35. well that figures. he is such an icky person the sec of state.

[lonestarnot]

31. Hotdiggity!

[WillyT]

36. K & R !!!