I just early voted in Florida, turnout was HUGE.

[CaptainTruth]

I always early vote in person because I don't trust mail-in voting here, too many mail ballots are rejected because the signature "doesn't match," which is a subjective judgement, not a scientific one.

I'd say turnout today was about 3x what I normally see in any election, even a presidential election. I hope that's a good sign.

For reference in my area in 2020 41% voted Biden & 57% voted Trump, we'll see what happens this time.

[lark]

1. Yay, this is good news!

I was a little disspirited when there were only 4 people early voting at 11am on the first day of EV. Duval County has gone blue in 2018 and 2020, so light turnout is not good.

[JT45242]

2. What was mix of female to male...old vs young that you saw?

Hoping a lot of young pissed off women bringing on Roevember

[RKP5637]

3. Yeah, same here! n/t

[CottonBear]

4. Good luck from your neighbor in Georgia!

G0TV Florida Democrats! 🗳 🍊 🇺🇸

[Lucky Luciano]

5. That's not good...a huge turnout in MAGAt land.

[Mister Ed]

6. Or maybe it is.

The MAGAs are always stoked. They never fail to come out and vote. It may be that the impressive turnout observed is due to increased Dem turnout in the area.

[Pinback]

12. Agreed.

Big turnout is good for us. Republicans are led by the rings in their noses. Dems can be herded slightly less well than cats.

[BradAllison]

17. Florida is a lost cause

Might as well be Louisiana or Mississippi at this point.

[Chainfire]

7. I am glad to hear about the good turnout.

My wife and I voted on the morning of the first day of early voting, there were tumble weeds blowing around the parking lot and the poll workers were lonelier than the Maytag repairman.

With the present junta that runs the Gunshine state, I am not sure that we will get an honest vote count. Florida government is crooked from the governor to the local dog catcher.

[IronLionZion]

8. Hope you throw out DeSantis and Rubio

hoping for a blue wave this year

[LisaL]

9. Not sure it's good news, considering you live in a red county.

[malaise]

10. East Coast Floridians please vote early

Tuesday will be wet and windy



https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php

[tavernier]

14. Done last week. Family too.

[malaise]

15. Good

[jaxexpat]

11. People are voting here in Jax but,

they may have to fight their way through a wall of Republican political signage illegally installed on the public property where the county has set up a polling station. That's how it was when my wife and I voted last week in Mandarin.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

19. In Virginia

Political signs and even parties can set up outside the polling place, but they can’t be closer than 40 feet from the entrance.

First thing we do election morning is have someone mark off the 40 foot line.

Both Democrats and Republicans set up tables with sample ballots, voting guides, etc. all day long outside of every precinct I’ve ever seen here.

[jaxexpat]

21. Wow, "politicked on" to within 40' of the doorway.

That seems a little intense given the current "amiability" among the parties.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

22. Never been an issue

Representatives from both parties are cordial with election officers, voters, and each other.

It doesn’t have to be angry and bitter.

[jaxexpat]

25. When we first moved here my wife observed a scene at the 2004 polls.

A young black woman was stopped by a white guy who claimed he was a "poll warden" as she tried to enter the voting building. He told her she was at the wrong place and she needed to "find her own place". She produced her documentation and seemed a bit angry/resigned at the behavior of the self appointed voter judge. My wife was pretty mad about it and i wouldn't have wanted to be that guy if he hadn't backed off. He did and everybody voted but it was intense.

[Rural_Progressive]

13. Surprised about the signature issue

All of Washington State votes by mail. The county auditor's offices use the same program that the State Patrol uses to validate signatures and things seem to work well. At least in our county if your signature isn't accepted the auditor's office will do their best to get in touch and work things out if your ballot is legit, they really bend over backwards to ensure that the will of each voter is honored.

[groundloop]

18. Yep, that's exactly the way it ought to be. Sadly many GQP administrations don't see it that way.

[sop]

16. It wasn't crowded when I cast my ballot in person on the first day of early voting.

Don't like mail-in ballots; my signature isn't always the same, and I fear election officials are looking for any excuse to throw out ballots.

[Mr. Evil]

20. My son and I voted today.

There was a line and it took us about 20 minutes to get in. But, we noticed there was a lot more younger people than usual. I take that as a good sign.

[republianmushroom]

23. LIKE

[mitch96]

24. I hand carried my mail in ballot to the elections office. Don't trust the mail with my vote

sad to say. Early voting in west central Florida was crazy busy. I drove up and handed my ballot to an election worker and he put it in the box. Easy peasy... a 5 min job..
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