2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCalifornia, the most voters, the most diversity - and lines at poll places are usually not that long
so whats the difference? California wants people to vote, that's the reason. We have polling places everywhere, family garages, churches (ugh), stores, schools, other businesses. LOTS of places to vote with lots of voting materials for the most part.
What we don't have is republicans in charge of the legislature and the governor's office.
Republicans - don't need 'em and don't have em in positions of power for the most part.
Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)that includes walking to my polling place. I just cannot understand how these other states have so few locations. Amazing
tularetom
(23,664 posts)I don't even know where mine is. I've voted by absentee ballot for the past 25 years or so. They encourage this which also helps reduce the possibility of long lines.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)cally
(21,594 posts)our current Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, is awesome. She focuses on integrity of the vote. I know she is a Democrat and is partisan, but she does not run the elections in a partisan manner.
dballance
(5,756 posts)I live in Oregon and we vote by mail. That should be the least of the things we do to ease voting.
If we can transact trillions of dollars of trades and other banking transactions securely online I think we could find a way to provide secure online voting.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)you can vote by mail.
you can vote early at the polls.
you can have a ballot sent to you, fill it out at home and walk to your poling place and drop it off.
you can vote in person on election day.
California's handling of elections and options for voting and registration are awesome, probably the best in the country.
Retrograde
(10,143 posts)My first vote in California was cast in someone's garage. The two I walked past on Tuesday were in a senior residence and a fire station. My favorite polling place - no longer one, alas - was the Starbuck's at 9th and Irving in San Francisco.
I'm a permanent mail voter now, but when I voted in person I don't think I've ever had to wait more than a minute or two.
marlakay
(11,481 posts)And never waited more than 5-10 min to vote. I lived all over the bay area in some big cities to. Voted at schools, churches, public buildings etc everyone always helpful and polite. I even lived a few years in Modesto in red country and still voting was easy....
cui bono
(19,926 posts)And that says a lot in L.A.!
No line for me at all this time, in and out in 10 minutes. Went in around 2pm I think.
flamingdem
(39,314 posts)easy peazy to vote in CA
Though I wish mine was the lifeguard station in Venice, now that would be like party dude!
zebe83
(143 posts)Has many many polling places. We might have lines in the morning before work. You can only vote at one place, but there are probably 100+ in my county alone.