GlendatheGayWitch

I was surprised to learn that there are still states where you can only vote one day. California and Texas have allowed early voting for over 40 years and it's so easy to vote. Texas even passed a law requiring polls to be open at least 9 hours the first week of voting and at least 12 hours the second week and final day of voting. I've only waited in line twice and the longest I've waited was 10 minutes.

Kind if reminds me of the scene in The Truman Show when they talk about the cereal to the hidden camera.

I thought they were banned to prevent free food and thus discouraged homeless people.

Idk why people procrastinate and go the last day. Texas was the first state to allow early voting in person(1980). It's been around long enought that everyone should know about it. The people I've talked to who don't vote just come up with excuses about not voting and the voter apathy is really strong here. The idea that your vote doesn't count also needs to go away, TX has been very close to turning blue for a while. In 2016, Hillary needed only 5% more of the registered voters to win TX, in 2020 Biden needed less than 4%. In fast in 2020, Biden won more votes in TX than NY and Trump won more votes in CA than TX. We are so close, people just need to look up their local polling place and get there. Some are even open on the weekends.

Edit: I've only waited in line once to vote, because I always vote in the first 2 weeks of voting and that was for less than 10 minutes. The long line excuse only works on the final day to vote with everyone procrastinating. The polls are typically open the same hours during the second week of voting as the last day, so there isn't really any special reason to go on the last day.

Only for certain people. However we were the first state to have early in-person voting!

Hillary only needed 5% more of the registered voters to win in 2016. Biden needed less than 4%. We just need people to turn out.

In 2020, Biden received more votes in TX than NY and Trump received more votes in CA than TX.

www.votetexas.gov has everything you need for the election. You can register to vote, check your voter registration, check your polling locations and hours, and see the important dates. Voter registration must be received by Oct 7.

Polls open Oct 21-Nov 1, with a final day to vote on Nov 5. Polls will be open at least 9 hours the first week and at least 12 hours the second week and final voting day. Go in the first 2 weeks and there won't be a long line! I've never waited more than 10 minutes when voting the first two weeks.

Yes. We ended up lost on our hike while using it.

Second time was better, we were geocaching and were able to find quite a few if them. Although it might have been easier to find using points on a map with a compass.

I worked in a grocery store for a while. There was something smelly in the store and it took us a couple days to find it. Someone hid some meat (it might have been shrimp and/or beef) they didn't want behind 4 bags of dog food at the very back of the shelf.

Looks like you can play Lingo (the original name of the game) at www.lingolingolingo.com

I only just looked it up, so I'm not sure if it ends up repeating a lot of the puzzles or not.

It's definitely been getting worse. The written directions aren't always accurate. Exits sometimes have the wrong label. Lanes are missing on the highways when they merge and separate.

I've also seen a similar thing with routes not always showing up or giving bad directions. It attempted to take me through a school bus barn and even through someone's yard once.

You could probably do better buying insurance off the ACA marketplace, even without premium assistance if your job didn't offer insurance.