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slightlv

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4. I voted by mail once... and I loved it!

Reply to Tribetime (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:57 PM

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But then trump came, and that killed that. I actually DO like going down to the polls and voting. Gives me a chance to catch up with neighbors who, like myself, are all but housebound because of our infirmities. But we still feel voting is important enough to get out there and do it in person. Unfortunately, one of the pleasures... catching up with neighbors... has been cut so badly because they gerrymandered the crap out of the 2 blocks of us who were mostly democrats. I run into so many more flag-waving trump supporters than I ever had before... and instead of making it a pleasant, patriotic journey... it makes it a blood boiling (at times) chore.

Still... I am woman. And they'll have to forcibly take me from the polls before I won't vote!

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Well, that's one way to keep people from voting in the primary [View all] DFW Tuesday OP

I'm voting in person from now on Tribetime Tuesday #1

I voted by mail once... and I loved it! slightlv Tuesday #4

I've been voting by mail since 2020 here in Michigan.... Jack Valentino Tuesday #12

Same. ananda Tuesday #14

Thank you for fighting back. Nt spooky3 Tuesday #2

Assuming of course that your ballot would get delivered. progressoid Tuesday #3

Since they take photos of your mail before delivery... MaeScott Tuesday #5

Texas Secretary of State... BaileyBill Tuesday #6

Can you vote with a provisional ballot? Envirogal Tuesday #7

When I lived in California, PatSeg Tuesday #8

I get an application for a ballot iemanja Tuesday #10

Do they automatically send you the application? PatSeg Tuesday #13

Yes, if you've voted absentee before. iemanja Tuesday #16

That is fairly similar to how California works PatSeg Wednesday #22

I was caged in TX myself iemanja Tuesday #9

I always get a vote by mail ticket.. I then physically go down to the Elections Office and physically hand it in... mitch96 Tuesday #11

I would if it were possible DFW Wednesday #18

I have always wondered why the overseas voter tally is a non-topic. peacebuzzard Tuesday #15

We Americans Abroad are a convenient group to ignore. DFW Wednesday #19

That is a huge number. 5-9 million. The overseas US troop vote at one time peacebuzzard Wednesday #20

My number didn't even include the military DFW Wednesday #21

And politics has become a circus because of this... peacebuzzard Yesterday #26

I think that decision haunted O'Connor to her grave DFW Yesterday #27

The SAVE Act is designed to hurt American living abroad LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #24

Republicans are not all complete idiots DFW Wednesday #25

Yeah, Texas is just about dead last in helping citizens vote. summer_in_TX Wednesday #17

Thanks for the reminder Saoirse9 Wednesday #23