This day, I voted first. It was an easy experience, and everyone at the voting place was good. I did n’t have to wait in line, and everyone there was nice. The person who took my ID and demanded that I mark the product proving who I am joked about what they would do if the traces grew long.
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I proudly voted for leader, my representative, region director, my companion who is running for revenue commissioner, and another friend who is running to unseat our crooked sheriff — and I eagerly voted yes on all three of Georgia’s ballot questions. Although I did not read in a name more than vote for our state committee chairman, who is under federal prosecution and has no a running against him, I did so with due diligence.
The idea of voting first significantly altered my outlook. I’ve often resisted it, despite the fact that Georgia has only had first election for a few years. When I heard Erick Erickson say on his show that you need to voting early because you never know if the weather will be negative on Election Day, I generally laughed. The weather is never bad on Election Day in Georgia, although I do remember waiting outside in the rain in 2012 or 2016 ( I ca n’t remember which ).
When I do see people posting their” I Voted First” posters, I do think of it almost as talking or maybe even virtue-signaling. Looking up, my stubbornness about not voting earlier might have been a different kind of virtue-signaling.
” I think usually, Republicans tend to want to go vote on Election Day”, Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said. I was undoubtedly one of those.
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Election Day was considered divine, in my mind. I would never do anything during the other 364 time of the year if I had to wait in line and converse with those in range. No matter how anxious I was, the election line for me had a particular brotherhood, and there were enough technical glitches in 2020 to stifle everyone. Sometimes I should’ve seen that as a mark, but that’s another discussion for another day.
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Voting earlier in my county has only recently become a practical choice for me. Early voting began at the state operational building in 2020, and the outlines lasted for a long time throughout the early voting time. That dishonest judge I mentioned had gladhand with people in line and campaign covertly at the polls by being haughty with people.
The province set up early voting locations in a number of different locations throughout the county in 2020 and 2022, but none of them were suitable for me. How did Georgia’s election integrity regulation make first voting more commonplace? How does that help” Jim Crow in the 21st century” disenfranchize people by giving them more opportunity to vote? — and the region added a new early voting area that my family would find more logical.
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The fact that Election Day will be a long, active day for me was the main catalyst for my decision to change my mind about voting first. That’s right: I’ll be busy serving you, dear reader, so it’s a relief to know that I’ve taken care of my vote and do n’t have to worry about it that day. Many people may feel that way, and now it makes sense to me.
Although I am aware that not everyone feels the same way about first election, I have spent decades working on this project. Your vote counts, regardless of whether you vote first or on Election Day, whether you’re punching holes in a poll or tapping a touch! Voting this vote year will help you make your voice heard.