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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't vote early because it gives the county time to lose my vote. [/quote]

I vote by mail. I get a text when my ballot is received at the post office, a text when it's received at the county, and a text when it's successfully counted. Nobody is losing anything. [/quote]

Not exactly a secret ballot. [/quote]

You've obviously never worked at a polling place. You should - everyone should - so you can understand how secure our elections are.

If you vote in person (early or otherwise) you put your ballot into the scanner yourself and no one sees it: that is a truly secret ballot. FYI, it goes into a locked box at the bottom of the scanner that can only be opened with a special key, following special procedures; when voting closes, those ballots are put in a secure box in case they need to be recounted manually later. That whole process is watched by multiple people representing both parties.

If you vote with help - by mail, by car, or with an election worker to read to you at the polling place - then yes, somebody could see parts of your ballot. For example, if you are disabled you can stay in your car while a team (both parties represented) carries your voted ballot to the scanner and deposits it; they're not trying to look at it but they could probably see some of it as it scans in. Same with mail ballots: someone checks the outer envelope for a valid signature and someone else scans the ballot in. [/quote]

I have visited mine on a regular basis. They are barely able to verify my eligibility to vote. It usually takes two of them to find me on the list of registered voters. When I leave I don't take the "I voted" sticker. I have had them chase me down to give me the sticker. Just really really odd people staff those places. [/quote]

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