Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
Election Countdown special! High quality wallpaper for your enjoyment.
Today's wallpaper is Karate Pepe
Bonus Second version
And a 2D cartoon version
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See something, say something. So, I voted early. First time in over 20 years using a different polling station. The early voting station is for 8 different districts. Once you get your ballot they hand you a number, this number tells you which machine to feed your ballot into. They explained that each machine is for a different district. They also explained that the day before (I went on the second day) they had not handed out numbers, they simply told people which machine to go to. But now they hand out numbers because so many went to the wrong machine and their votes won't count because they were in the wrong districts machine. How many votes did we lose on day 1?? How do I know they are direction me to the right one?? I just don't like it.
Similar for me. I wondered what happened if people fed their ballot into the wrong tabulator. At my polling station you were directed back to a worker to check your early voting ppw and point you to the correct tabulator. There were 4 tabulators total at my location.