Hello, everyone. I am planning on voting in the California recall election. I plan to vote in person with a paper ballot, not electronically. I also plan to vote early instead of on September 14. Is there anything that I should keep in mind before I go through with my vote? Is there anything about voting early that is a problem or is what I’m doing okay?
EDIT: Is there anything that I should bring with me? Pens or pencils?
Just the usual: make sure your ballot gets counted, don't leave until you've voted, and do be surprised to see a miraculous reversal at 2am in Newsom's favor.
Between ballot harvesting and mysterious 2 a.m. ballot dumps, I’m sure that Gavin will get the results that he wants. On the other hand, the fact that they feel the need to do multiple hit pieces on Elder probably means that internal polling shows that Elder would probably actually win in a fair election.
Fair elections are a thing of history. Secession is our only hope now.
Exactly that happened last November. With the the power of mass media, they were easily able to gaslight the normies into compliance.
When you say to make sure that I my ballot gets counted, do you mean that I should track the ballot online or should I confirm that the ballot is counted while I'm in the polling place?
All the above. Use any and all tools necessary.
I'm not sure how I would confirm that the ballot is counted while I'm at the polling place.
I know that there is a place to drop in paper ballots when you fill them out at the polling place. There's also a machine that counts the electronic ballots when you've completed one and printed it out.
Beyond submitting the paper ballot in the drop box, I don't know how I could determine that the ballot was accurately counted. What do you suggest? Am I missing something?
Try patriots.win
As someone trapped in the Southern Sector of the People's Republic of California,
The most important thing is simply not to mail in your ballot, and retain your copy of your mail in ballot. Do not throw it in the trash, do not shred it, stuff it somewhere in your closet or something. Second most important thing - vote on election day itself, early voting is bullshit and shouldn't be legitimized.
Seconding the folks saying going to patriots.win, they will have more info on what to do/expect in the polling place itself.
Why is it important that I keep my mail-in ballot? Also, what's wrong with early voting? I've conflicting information that early voting is either bad or good.
If you throw away your mail in ballot it can be harvested from your trash and then used by someone to vote for Newsom. The only prevention offered is a signature check which, guess what, won't stop someone from signings your name on the ballot. If someone steals your ballot and fraudulently submits it you can be accused of double voting by showing up on election day.
If you vote early it gives them time to "fortify" the vote by changing your ballot.
Voting in person on election day gives them the least amount of time to commit fraud and under the most supervision.
Basically what Divvy just said, on both counts. If you must dispose of your ballot close to election day, shred it.
Voting on election day itself is simply the best, easiest way to protect your rights from being disenfranchised by any number of things - fraud, the rapid pace of current events, your ballot being 'lost' in the mail, acts of God. In my humble opinion, it's not something to take lightly or leave up to needless chance. Make the time to vote on election day, in person. It's worth the inconvenience.
Step 1: Enter the US illegally
Step 2: Be dead
Step 3: Clone yourself