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naraburns  nihil supernum  16d ago (text post)   26860 thread views

U.S. Election (Day?) 2024 Megathread

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Busy day at my local poll mines! I was at the polling station a bit after 8am and there had already been over 200 voters this morning. There remains something wonderfully non-cynical about everyone going to the voting booths on election day, secure in the knowledge that they can vote their conscience without fear of reprisal. I am in a deep, deep blue city and it's all civic good cheer here.

all civic good cheer here

I don't think I have ever had a negative interpersonal experience with another voter while voting. This is been my experience all the times I have ever voted by myself of with my parents as a kid.

I've always had only positive experiences with other people in voting lines. But I do cynically wonder whether that's only the case because the norms are "no campaigning within 100 feet of the polling place" rather than "everybody talk about what you really think about the candidates".

I've got a comment saved form /r/PoliticalDiscussion:

I'm calling shootings in at least six polling locations tomorrow, if not more.

Pawn stars meme: Best I can do is bomb threats from Russia to Georgia.

No, our Georgia this time.

I would take the under on that one

I couldn’t agree more. Even going last week in a Texas suburb, it was bustling. Local candidates out campaigning. An actual presence from both parties. And, of course, the powerful “I voted!” Sticker. Whoever thought of that was a genius.

Which sticker?

Mine was round, the middle third taken up by a white bar stating “I ✅oted!” Above the bar, stars, with stripes below.

But any will do. It’s the civic religion of it that matters!

Mine was a unicorn shitting glitter or something.

I really, really hate it.

Absolutely agreed on the power of the sticker. And it's awesome how local businesses are getting into it and giving freebies and discounts for people wearing one. It's like a remaining vestige of civic pride and community involvement.

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