Vote early. Almost every single area in the US has early voting at least 2 weeks before elections. People complain about long lines and lack of ballots on election day. You know what you get if you stumble into a polling place before that? A couple of bored poll workers in an otherwise empty building. You get your ballot, fill it out, and leave within 5 minutes. I seriously don't understand why this isn't used more.
There's been a misinformation campaign for years that early/mail votes "don't count" or get thrown away, so people wait until "real" election day to make sure things are "handled properly"...
There's also been a Republican campaign for years to actually try and make those votes not count.
People like to procrastinate
Or they don't know it exists... my state just started this year and I had no idea until this comment caused me to check.
I straight up thought early voting was universal. Specifically in the US. Sure, states might have different allotted times for how early you can vote, but I for sure thought that all of the US States had it. This is wild to me.
In Ohio you have to vote early at the county election board and last I checked it was only open regular business hours. For me that means 30 minute drive in, pay for parking, 30 minute drive home. Waiting until election day I can walk to my piling place in 10 minutes, wait in line for 30-45,then walk home in 10 minutes. For a lot of places it's not as easy as voting on election day.
I always found it weird that voting in the US takes so long
The longest I had to wait in queue was 5 minutes. Normally I just walk in, vote, had out
Vote early. Almost every single area in the US has early voting at least 2 weeks before elections. People complain about long lines and lack of ballots on election day. You know what you get if you stumble into a polling place before that? A couple of bored poll workers in an otherwise empty building. You get your ballot, fill it out, and leave within 5 minutes. I seriously don't understand why this isn't used more.
There's been a misinformation campaign for years that early/mail votes "don't count" or get thrown away, so people wait until "real" election day to make sure things are "handled properly"...
There's also been a Republican campaign for years to actually try and make those votes not count.
People like to procrastinate
Or they don't know it exists... my state just started this year and I had no idea until this comment caused me to check.
I straight up thought early voting was universal. Specifically in the US. Sure, states might have different allotted times for how early you can vote, but I for sure thought that all of the US States had it. This is wild to me.
edit: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/early-voting-dates
In Ohio you have to vote early at the county election board and last I checked it was only open regular business hours. For me that means 30 minute drive in, pay for parking, 30 minute drive home. Waiting until election day I can walk to my piling place in 10 minutes, wait in line for 30-45,then walk home in 10 minutes. For a lot of places it's not as easy as voting on election day.
I always found it weird that voting in the US takes so long
The longest I had to wait in queue was 5 minutes. Normally I just walk in, vote, had out