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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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.
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Yeah. . . I didn't have much confidence in my vote when walking out of there. . .
Are you still voting on a machine? If so, why?
It's a paper ballot that you fill out like a scantron, but then when you're done, they have you insert your paper ballot into a "tabulator" which counts your votes. It's at that point that all my confidence in my vote is lost.
thats crazy cos here in the UK we just put the pen and paper ballot into a sealed box and then the election officials count it in front of a room of poll workers so everyone can see and its transparent, so our elections have quite a lot of faith to be fair. Mail in ballots are quite small scale so any fraud is too. Plus we have ID checks now.
Well, really what choice do you have?
I went from Wisconsin, where they have voter I'd, but machines
To Colorado where I can only vote by mail.
So much bs.
We HAVE to reelect Trump to fix this once and for all!!
What do you mean "What choice do you have?" You have the right to request and/or demand a paper ballot. I do it every time I vote, and have never been refused. They're obligated to give you one. If they refuse, then you immediately call the sheriff.
My next question is, why do you insist on living in blue states?
What makes you think I "insisted"?