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		Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2010 => Topic started by: Texacon on November 02, 2010, 09:54:53 AM
		
			
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				I just got back from voting and was curious ... How far do you travel to vote?
 
 It is a little over 10 miles to our polling booth so around 21 miles for me.
 
 KC
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				2 miles round trip. 
			
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				Almost two whole blocks, it's a grueling journey, uphill, both ways. 
			
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				I go about 5 miles, 10 miles round trip.  I could vote closer, but it is in downtown, and parking is a PITA. 
 
 
 eta:  I voted a week and a half ago, in early voting.
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				Less than a mile.
			
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				Less than a mile.
 
 
 300 yards.
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				2 blocks
			
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				About a 5 minute drive.  On a side note, the laborer's union hall next door is packed this morning. Call in an airstrike. :)
			
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				About six miles.
 
 There's a problem here in Nebraska, because some years ago the state legislature decided to define precincts by population, not by geographical area.
 
 We have a county here larger than the whole state of Connecticut, that based upon population only, warrants only four precincts.  This means some people have to make 120-mile round-trips to vote.
 
 We also have several counties the size of Delaware or Rhode Island, one or two precincts.
 
 The problem was supposed to be fixed, but I dunno if has been yet.
 
 To their credit, the solid stalwart red citizenry of rural Nebraska, despite having to go these tremendous distances, maintain their much-above-national-average voting turnout.
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				About six miles.
 
 There's a problem here in Nebraska, because some years ago the state legislature decided to define precincts by population, not by geographical area.
 
 We have a county here larger than the whole state of Connecticut, that based upon population only, warrants only four precincts.  This means some people have to make 120-mile round-trips to vote.
 We also have several counties the size of Delaware or Rhode Island, one or two precincts.
 
 The problem was supposed to be fixed, but I dunno if has been yet.
 
 To their credit, the solid stalwart red citizenry of rural Nebraska, despite having to go these tremendous distances, maintain their much-above-national-average voting turnout.
 
 
 Seriously??  Dang!
 
 KC
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				About 125 feet.
 
 We live across the street from a school.  ;D
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				About a mile. There is a church in my entrance to my neighborhood. Makes it super easy.
			
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				Less that a mile, but there are at least 4 polling places within a mile radius, so I went to the wrong one at first.
 
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				We did early voting, the one we went to is about 6 miles away. It was a new place that was used for the primaries. Really convenient. Other one is about the same distance, but more people know about it.  ;D
 
 
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				To the mailbox . . . but to be fair, I have to walk all the way down the driveway!  ;D
 
 (The actual polling place is at the police station which is less than an 1/8th of a mile away)
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				4 miles round trip.
			
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				About 300 yds. My whole island is one town, one polling place at the town hall, and we only have about 300 or so registered voters.
			
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				Depends which one.  I did early voting at the library, which is less than a mile away.  My assigned voting place is a church about 2.5 miles from home.
			
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				About a mile each way here......our local junior HS
 
 doc
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				About two blocks away at a church. 
			
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				About two blocks away at a church. 
 
 
 This is the only time I'm glad you are in California.
 
 KC
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				About 30 miles. I go to work, which is 15 miles, and then vote on the way back home.     :D
			
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				Afghanistan.   ;D
			
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				150 miles round trip. was going into town otherwise mail in ballot I would have done.
			
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				Afghanistan.   ;D
 
 
 Was your ballot delivered in a timely manner?  There were some states that didn't meet mailing the deadline......
 
 doc
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				1/2 mile more or less.  A brisk walk usually but drove today since I had to get stuff for lunch.
			
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				1/2 mile more or less.  A brisk walk usually but drove today since I had to get stuff for lunch.
 
 
 A real conservative HAS to drive, just to create more carbon emissions!  ;D
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				Was your ballot delivered in a timely manner?  There were some states that didn't meet mailing the deadline......
 
 doc
 
 
 Yeah Texas did a good enough job of getting to my residence in Germany that my wife had time to send it to me here and I was able to send it out.  It had to be postmarked no later than today.  I sent it two weeks ago.
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				My voting place is about three miles away by road, probably about a mile as the crow files
			
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				About six miles, round trip, but today I went to vote from work (about 5 miles one-way), then went home, then back to work.
			
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				A real conservative HAS to drive, just to create more carbon emissions!  ;D
 
 
 And I had to park the Benz next to a pitiful Prius.
 
 Postus intreuptus with at GOTV call for the Repub congress candidate.  It was a kid !!  Woo Hoo.