Voting Process & Stickers NOT Political

[sam_gordon]

I'm starting this thread to discuss simply whether you voted, what the process was, and what your sticker looks like (if you got one).

DW & I just got back. Took ~10 minutes from when we walked in until we were walking out. Went to the desk where they confirmed what precinct we were in, got a piece of paper ~2" x 10" with a bar code on it. Go to a machine, insert the bar code, and the ballot comes up on a touch screen. Click on the candidate in each race (or write in, which is actually type in), hit next, select those candidates, finish the ballot, review the ballot, hit print.
The paper comes back out with the votes (and barcodes presumably with the data), go to another machine, insert the paper, it scans, "Thank you, here's your sticker".

For those who haven't voted yet, feel free to come back and update if you do.

I do like our stickers this year.

 

[BrianL]

I took advantage of early voting last week. It was not too busy and I got a machine right away. I don't have a picture of the stickers, but they aree shaped like the state with the customary red/white/blue color scheme.

 

[TippyThomas]

I did early voting and didn't get the sticker.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Mail in ballot, everyone gets them automatically in CA. They even include an I voted sticker lol.

 

[Boopuff]

Posting mine. My husbands was different but I couldn't find it.

 

[sam_gordon]

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Posting mine. My husbands was different but I couldn't find it.

That's cool.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Voted early on Wednesday. Not the sticker they gave me for voting but it looks the same with only the text changed:

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

Yes I voted. Took about 10 minutes especially since not many people were there when I went.
You walk in and there are 10 volunteers lined up to the left of the room with Ipads and printers.
They find your info and you sign the screen and then they print off a large ballot with the bubble fill ins.
You then walk to the opposite side of the room where about 20 standing cubical desks and you fill in your ballot.
Then in the corner there are about 5 large machines that you insert your ballot into and wait for the number to change to show it was counted.
On the way out there is a table with a couple of volunteers that have the stickers.
The stickers are VERY SMALL and just say "I voted" with a tiny flag.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I voted for over 45 years, both in person and by absentee ballot, and have never received a sticker. Not that I want one.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I voted this morning at my town hall. Walked in with someone voting there for the first time and showed them where to go.

No line at all - walked up to a table where a nice volunteer scanned my license and verbally confirmed my name and address. She handed me a paper ballot and an envelope, which I took to a desk with a little stand-up divider like they give to kids taking a test. I filled out my ballot, put it into the envelope and sealed it with the glue stick provided, signed the envelope and dropped it into a slot next to another very patient volunteer.

This is my sticker:

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

I voted early, but it was a paper ballot. It was busy but they were efficient and had a good system. They had stickers in the booth but I didn't take one. I think they just said "I Voted" on a blue background.

 

[rlk]

@NYCgrrl, I still have my sticker.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Mail in ballot, everyone gets them automatically in CA. They even include an I voted sticker lol.

 

[NYCgrrl]

@rlk I’m pretty sure my sticker is in my pocketbook (Why does that apple look like a tomato?!?).

 

[easyas123]

My husband voted early because, ironically enough - he'll be in DC on Tuesday & Wednesday. Well, Ft. Belvoir so just about. Usually we vote in person election day, so I'll be doing that Tuesday morning or mid-day. We live in a fairly rural area so there usually isn't much of a wait. I wish we did have more of a wait, and that we (as in the collective we of US citizens ) voted in higher numbers.
We voted mail-in 2 years ago because we were going to be out of town.

I like to vote on election day in person but I do appreciate the opportunity early voting & mail in provide for when that isn't as possible.

 

[Minnesota!]

Minnesota has such boring stickers - I get jelly when I see all the cool ones other places! We were going to go vote early this week and timing just did not line up. So, will go on Tuesday and brave the masses.

Our sticker is a red circle that declares "I Voted". Whomp whomp.

 

[Meriweather]

Voted by mail....just got the plain "I Voted" sticker. Wasn't going to wear it weeks ago.

I did just get an order from Penzey's spices,and they sent a nice "I will vote Nov. 5" pin

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Stickers here pretty much every time we vote. This is what I got Saturday. Also, I wanted to note that I live in Harris County. So, it's nothing political in the secondary line.

 

[Kitty 34]

I still display an "I voted 2008" sticker on my printer which really truly means only one thing at this point in my life....my printer is ancient!!

 

[texaslover]

Our stickers in TX are boooooring!!! .