I hope you parents are giving your nanny time off to vote!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just take the kids with me to vote. Why do some of you on here have to act to weird? It’s not hard. This is why most of you are always job hopping, meanwhile nannies like me stay at each job for 5+ years.

Stop. My polling place and home are an hour plus can in traffic. Stop you’re ridiculous self-congratulation. I am a highly paid nanny with the same family for over five years. I would not want my charges stuck in the car for two hours.

[b]

No, you stop. Have you not heard of a mail in ballot??? Also, you can vote anywhere. I did it last time at a polling place near my work with the kids. It’s called a provisional ballot.

Are you kidding me?! I am a nanny, but I’ve also worked as an elections inspector (ie. one of the election workers). A person is only allowed to vote in their precinct. That’s it. If you try to vote somewhere other than where you are assigned, you’re absolutely right that you MIGHT be issued a provisional ballot while they attempt to figure out whether you were actually in the right place or not. If they can’t confirm that you’re in the right place (in the state I worked, we contacted the county clerk, and given the number of other issues, this rarely resolved with a confirmation), your vote isn’t counted.

Now let’s tackle “mail-in ballots.” I don’t know how it works in DC, MD or VA. MI only has absentee ballots, you have to fill out an absentee ballot application first, and there are very specific criteria:
age 60 years old or older
unable to vote without assistance at the polls
expecting to be out of town on election day
in jail awaiting arraignment or trial
unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
appointed to work as an election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence

Being out of town is all day, not just part of the day. So, sure nannies who at least 60 or can’t read can get one, but most other nannies couldn’t. MI also doesn’t have early voting as an option.

I prefer to know that my vote was tallied. Perhaps that’s just my perspective because I’ve been the one rallying numbers at the end of the night, and I know provisional ballots are kept separated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happy to give our amazing nanny the full morning off, paid of course, to vote and drive her family to the polls. DH and I both feel strongly that Election Day should be a federal holiday and would have given her the whole day except we are volunteering driving in our neighborhood.

You are both a good employer and a good citizen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just take the kids with me to vote. Why do some of you on here have to act to weird? It’s not hard. This is why most of you are always job hopping, meanwhile nannies like me stay at each job for 5+ years.

Stop. My polling place and home are an hour plus can in traffic. Stop you’re ridiculous self-congratulation. I am a highly paid nanny with the same family for over five years. I would not want my charges stuck in the car for two hours.

[b]

No, you stop. Have you not heard of a mail in ballot??? Also, you can vote anywhere. I did it last time at a polling place near my work with the kids. It’s called a provisional ballot.

Are you kidding me?! I am a nanny, but I’ve also worked as an elections inspector (ie. one of the election workers). A person is only allowed to vote in their precinct. That’s it. If you try to vote somewhere other than where you are assigned, you’re absolutely right that you MIGHT be issued a provisional ballot while they attempt to figure out whether you were actually in the right place or not. If they can’t confirm that you’re in the right place (in the state I worked, we contacted the county clerk, and given the number of other issues, this rarely resolved with a confirmation), your vote isn’t counted.

Now let’s tackle “mail-in ballots.” I don’t know how it works in DC, MD or VA. MI only has absentee ballots, you have to fill out an absentee ballot application first, and there are very specific criteria:
age 60 years old or older
unable to vote without assistance at the polls
expecting to be out of town on election day
in jail awaiting arraignment or trial
unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
appointed to work as an election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence

Being out of town is all day, not just part of the day. So, sure nannies who at least 60 or can’t read can get one, but most other nannies couldn’t. MI also doesn’t have early voting as an option.

I prefer to know that my vote was tallied. Perhaps that’s just my perspective because I’ve been the one rallying numbers at the end of the night, and I know provisional ballots are kept separated.

[b]

Special elections inspector, do you have arms and legs? Can you walk to a mailbox, put a stamp on your ballot and mail it? I’ve voted provisionally 4 times. Now I mail my ballots. But by all means, keep inconveniencing your employers. Let me guess, millennials???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just take the kids with me to vote. Why do some of you on here have to act to weird? It’s not hard. This is why most of you are always job hopping, meanwhile nannies like me stay at each job for 5+ years.

Stop. My polling place and home are an hour plus can in traffic. Stop you’re ridiculous self-congratulation. I am a highly paid nanny with the same family for over five years. I would not want my charges stuck in the car for two hours.

[b]

No, you stop. Have you not heard of a mail in ballot??? Also, you can vote anywhere. I did it last time at a polling place near my work with the kids. It’s called a provisional ballot.

Are you kidding me?! I am a nanny, but I’ve also worked as an elections inspector (ie. one of the election workers). A person is only allowed to vote in their precinct. That’s it. If you try to vote somewhere other than where you are assigned, you’re absolutely right that you MIGHT be issued a provisional ballot while they attempt to figure out whether you were actually in the right place or not. If they can’t confirm that you’re in the right place (in the state I worked, we contacted the county clerk, and given the number of other issues, this rarely resolved with a confirmation), your vote isn’t counted.

Now let’s tackle “mail-in ballots.” I don’t know how it works in DC, MD or VA. MI only has absentee ballots, you have to fill out an absentee ballot application first, and there are very specific criteria:
age 60 years old or older
unable to vote without assistance at the polls
expecting to be out of town on election day
in jail awaiting arraignment or trial
unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
appointed to work as an election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence

Being out of town is all day, not just part of the day. So, sure nannies who at least 60 or can’t read can get one, but most other nannies couldn’t. MI also doesn’t have early voting as an option.

I prefer to know that my vote was tallied. Perhaps that’s just my perspective because I’ve been the one rallying numbers at the end of the night, and I know provisional ballots are kept separated.

[b]

Special elections inspector, do you have arms and legs? Can you walk to a mailbox, put a stamp on your ballot and mail it? I’ve voted provisionally 4 times. Now I mail my ballots. But by all means, keep inconveniencing your employers. Let me guess, millennials???

Again, as stated several times on this thread, not all states make mail in ballots available. Let me guess, you have reading comprehension issues?

[Anonymous]

Absolutely! Nanny will come in late after she votes in her own neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just take the kid or mail or go before or after work. Most parents are not taking off to vote and to take off they'd have to use leave which defeats the purpose of a nanny.

Yes this. I used to be a nanny and my son now has a nanny. It's not possible for me to take the morning off to vote. I just started a new job. I mailed in my vote. Some of the nannies here are so entiteld. Newsflash not all employer's have tons of PTO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just take the kid or mail or go before or after work. Most parents are not taking off to vote and to take off they'd have to use leave which defeats the purpose of a nanny.

Yes this. I used to be a nanny and my son now has a nanny. It's not possible for me to take the morning off to vote. I just started a new job. I mailed in my vote. Some of the nannies here are so entiteld. Newsflash not all employer's have tons of PTO.

Most of the posters responding have been employers, PP. Calm down! The “entitled” parroting is getting old.

Another employer her who is giving our nanny time off to vote.

[Anonymous]

What is with this snowflake generation? Mail your vote or take the kids. Why are you inconveinings your employers?? My boss is president of a company and has meting everyday starting at 8am. I’m not asking for the morning off to vote, come on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is with this snowflake generation? Mail your vote or take the kids. Why are you inconveinings your employers?? My boss is president of a company and has meting everyday starting at 8am. I’m not asking for the morning off to vote, come on!

Ugh... another idiot parroting “snowflake” nonsense without reading the thread.

Asked and answered, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just take the kid or mail or go before or after work. Most parents are not taking off to vote and to take off they'd have to use leave which defeats the purpose of a nanny.

Yes this. I used to be a nanny and my son now has a nanny. It's not possible for me to take the morning off to vote. I just started a new job. I mailed in my vote. Some of the nannies here are so entiteld. Newsflash not all employer's have tons of PTO.

Most of the posters responding have been employers, PP. Calm down! The “entitled” parroting is getting old.

Another employer her who is giving our nanny time off to vote.

Good for you. I wonder if your nanny will actually use the time to vote. Jokes on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just take the kid or mail or go before or after work. Most parents are not taking off to vote and to take off they'd have to use leave which defeats the purpose of a nanny.

Yes this. I used to be a nanny and my son now has a nanny. It's not possible for me to take the morning off to vote. I just started a new job. I mailed in my vote. Some of the nannies here are so entiteld. Newsflash not all employer's have tons of PTO.

Most of the posters responding have been employers, PP. Calm down! The “entitled” parroting is getting old.

Another employer her who is giving our nanny time off to vote.

Good for you. I wonder if your nanny will actually use the time to vote. Jokes on you.

I could not possibly care any less. The time is hers. There is no joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is with this snowflake generation? Mail your vote or take the kids. Why are you inconveinings your employers?? My boss is president of a company and has meting everyday starting at 8am. I’m not asking for the morning off to vote, come on!

+1

My employer is not giving me time off to vote. Mail in your vote or go over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

My nanny isn't an American citizen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just take the kids with me to vote. Why do some of you on here have to act to weird? It’s not hard. This is why most of you are always job hopping, meanwhile nannies like me stay at each job for 5+ years.

Stop. My polling place and home are an hour plus can in traffic. Stop you’re ridiculous self-congratulation. I am a highly paid nanny with the same family for over five years. I would not want my charges stuck in the car for two hours.

[b]

No, you stop. Have you not heard of a mail in ballot??? Also, you can vote anywhere. I did it last time at a polling place near my work with the kids. It’s called a provisional ballot.

Are you kidding me?! I am a nanny, but I’ve also worked as an elections inspector (ie. one of the election workers). A person is only allowed to vote in their precinct. That’s it. If you try to vote somewhere other than where you are assigned, you’re absolutely right that you MIGHT be issued a provisional ballot while they attempt to figure out whether you were actually in the right place or not. If they can’t confirm that you’re in the right place (in the state I worked, we contacted the county clerk, and given the number of other issues, this rarely resolved with a confirmation), your vote isn’t counted.

Now let’s tackle “mail-in ballots.” I don’t know how it works in DC, MD or VA. MI only has absentee ballots, you have to fill out an absentee ballot application first, and there are very specific criteria:
age 60 years old or older
unable to vote without assistance at the polls
expecting to be out of town on election day
in jail awaiting arraignment or trial
unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
appointed to work as an election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence

Being out of town is all day, not just part of the day. So, sure nannies who at least 60 or can’t read can get one, but most other nannies couldn’t. MI also doesn’t have early voting as an option.

I prefer to know that my vote was tallied. Perhaps that’s just my perspective because I’ve been the one rallying numbers at the end of the night, and I know provisional ballots are kept separated.

[b]

Special elections inspector, do you have arms and legs? Can you walk to a mailbox, put a stamp on your ballot and mail it? I’ve voted provisionally 4 times. Now I mail my ballots. But by all means, keep inconveniencing your employers. Let me guess, millennials???

Are you deliberately being obtuse? In MI, you have to fill out the application first, listing your reason, before you’re ever given your ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just take the kid or mail or go before or after work. Most parents are not taking off to vote and to take off they'd have to use leave which defeats the purpose of a nanny.

Yes this. I used to be a nanny and my son now has a nanny. It's not possible for me to take the morning off to vote. I just started a new job. I mailed in my vote. Some of the nannies here are so entiteld. Newsflash not all employer's have tons of PTO.

Newsflash: not all states allow mail-in ballots without a heck of a good reason.