Wait Times

[Art]

I voted on Monday and got my driver's license renewed today.

The line was long on Monday morning for early voting in Texas but all the glitches seem to have been worked out (at least where I live) with the new machines which kick out a paper back up. The line was long but moved quickly. Total time to complete the very long ballot, from getting out of the car to getting back in,...about 40 minutes.

The other really good news was on driver's license renewal. Every other renewal in Texas has to be done in person, hate that. The good news is Texas has designated by appointment only sites. I made an appointment on line for 8:00 in the morning today. I was in and out in less than 30 minutes!!! Now if you prefer not to do that or don't have a computer you'll still be stuck at a site with the old system where you might spend at least a couple of hours to get renewed but whatever makes it easier, right??? I might have to ditch my driver's license jokes.

[Allen]

I voted on Monday and got my driver's license renewed today.

The line was long on Monday morning for early voting in Texas but all the glitches seem to have been worked out (at least where I live) with the new machines which kick out a paper back up. The line was long but moved quickly. Total time to complete the very long ballot, from getting out of the car to getting back in,...about 40 minutes.

The other really good news was on driver's license renewal. Every other renewal in Texas has to be done in person, hate that. The good news is Texas has designated by appointment only sites. I made an appointment on line for 8:00 in the morning today. I was in and out in less than 30 minutes!!! Now if you prefer not to do that or don't have a computer you'll still be stuck at a site with the old system where you might spend at least a couple of hours to get renewed but whatever makes it easier, right??? I might have to ditch my driver's license jokes.

Same here in Alabama at least in my county as far as the DL. You can understand the need to get re-photo'd every few years though. People change, some a lot. Appointments for tags too. They have people assigned to answer questions over the phone and on-line as well. Something had to be done to streamline things.

Still don't trust ANY voting machine. Even before the rumors/facts about the Dominion machines having the ability to be hacked my wife and I commented a couple times about the machine that accepts the ballot being a paper shredder and looked out the window it was near to see if it was exhausting our shredded ballots. The workers there weren't amused.

[lyman]

I meant to vote a few days ago, my bank, post office and UPS store all all at the same intersection as the County PD, and the voting place is right behind the ABC store,, (convenient too!!)
and I was at 3 of them in the same trip,,,


will check to see if they are open tomorrow, Wife and I can get that done since I am taking the day off

[Vern Humphrey]

I voted Tuesday. But here in Arkansas, we're victims of our own success. Arkansas, formerly a Yellow Dog Democrat state is now the most Republican state in the Union. There are seven "Constitutional Officers" -- Governor, Attorney General, etc. They are all Republicans. The State House of Representatives is 78% Republican and the Senate is 80%. In my county, not a single Democrat filed for election -- even incumbents elected as Democrats filed for reelection as Independents.

So what can we do to help the Republicans this election?

[Roadkingtrax]

Solid Red or Solid Blue makes for poor decision making.

[lyman]

Solid Red or Solid Blue makes for poor decision making.

this is true

[Art]

Solid Red or Solid Blue makes for poor decision making.

Solid Red or solid Blue often depends on how urban or rural your population is.

Even in the reddest states the cities are generally deep blue. I know in Houston/Harris county Texas officials were kept Republican by the suburbs but that started to change with the election of Barak Obama and now the Democrats control all of the county government offices except for one of the Judges (Judges are elected county wide in Texas) who was appointed to fill a vacant seat. The Dem Judges are Soros funded and of the no cash bail/racial equity stripe which has resulted in a sharp increase in the crime rate. The Republicans have campaigned hard on the law and order issue this time so we'll see what happens with the Judges. The County Judge race, ( in Texas the County Judge is "the Mayor" of the County) is very competitive with the latest polls showing the Republican, who has run a smart and well funded campaign slightly ahead.

Rural Texas has kept Texas "red" but the statewide races can be surprisingly close, Ted Cruz only won by three points against a flawed candidate in "Beto" O'Rourke his last time out. O' Rourke took 60% of the urban vote. Cruz was hurt in rural and some parts of suburban Texas (I believe and I'm not alone) because he was the last man standing against Trump.

The Governor's, Lt. Governor's and Attorney General's races can sometimes be too close for comfort, and if the Dems ran better candidates they'd actually have a chance. Gov. Abbot (often referred to as Gov. Grab-it by other Republicans) is not popular with his base but will probably win against the heavily funded but unelectable "Beto" O'Rourke by double digits. The AG is a deeply flawed candidate under constant criminal investigation. If the Dems had run a slightly less radical candidate I think they'd have had a chance to pick off that job.

You have to know your electorate.

[Vern Humphrey]

You have to know your electorate.

To know your electorate, you first have to know yourself. The Democrat position is the electorate are too stupid to understand that the Democrats are the best party, and if they just talk down to the voters and insult them a little more, they'll understand and vote Democrat.

[bostonbound]

Madison County, AL - Huntspatch (think Dogpatch, from li'l Abner). I haven't had to wait more than 5 minutes to vote (usually far less), or 30 minutes to renew a licence plate or a driver's license.

This IS a liberal county, but I do love my liberal friends.

[bruce]

Voted second day of early voting. Took no more than 10 minutes. Sincerely. bruce.

[lyman]

voted a few days ago,

bit complicated, in a way, than the last election,

walk in , show id, repeat the information on the id to the clerk,
she clicks some buttons and prints out a receipt,


I take the receipt to another clerk, at another table, who uses it to print my ballot, (fresh off the printer)
then I go to another room, next door, mark my ballot and go to the exit door and put it in the machine,

took longer to type than it did to do,

in person absentee voting, as it was called,



the fool I voted against will probably win, he is gerrymandered well, but one can hope,

and as I tell folks
you should not complain if you don't participate ,

s

[Art]

the fool I voted against will probably win, he is gerrymandered well, but one can hope,

and as I tell folks
you should not complain if you don't participate ,

s

That can't be right, Lyman. Everybody knows only Republicans gerrymander .