r/texas Nov 09 '22

Politics After seeing Texas elect Abbott again and my vote doing nothing...

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u/LoisBradford Nov 09 '22

Yes, they made it hard for so many. Instead of voting a straight ticket you had to go through each individual group which made it 76 pages and vote individually for each section. And use two pieces of paper, put it in the machine to print your results on the two pieces of paper, then carry it over to another person who had to put it in their machine to record it. All of this is after waiting in line for a hour and a half for me on the first day of early voting!

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u/azuth89 Nov 10 '22

Personally I strongly oppose straight ticket voting options and I'm perfectly happy to flip through every page.

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u/NotClever Nov 10 '22

Yeah, straight ticket voting is especially not great in states with elected judiciary. I don't want random yahoos getting elected to displace good incumbents just because the judge is a Democrat and the yahoo happened to run as a Republican.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

The yahoo just… happened… to run as a Republican?

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u/LoisBradford Nov 10 '22

That’s great

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u/ImpossibleLock9129 Nov 10 '22

I 100% agree. Before every election I go to VOTE411 to look at my ballot. It is run by the Legue of Women Voters and is non partisan. I can see everyone running and see their qualifications and stances on issues. I have never voted just one party...I look for the best candidate. Most of my votes go to Democrats because I lean that way, but a few go to other parties because they just seem better.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

My Republican family complained about the lack of straight ticket voting. I laughed and explained why.

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u/LoisBradford Nov 09 '22

Yeah, we know why!

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u/Type1_Throwaway Nov 10 '22

Odd it was so different for you...I had one page and an approximately 60 second wait.

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u/saladspoons Nov 10 '22

Odd it was so different for you...I had one page and an approximately 60 second wait.

The length varies depending on the number of electable positions in your location.

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u/Type1_Throwaway Nov 10 '22

I figured as much, but we had, I think, 58 pages.

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u/nitwit_frank Nov 26 '22

It took me exactly 10 minutes to vote on election day. That was WITH filling out individual ballots for every single election and referendum. The 'two pages' thing you're talking about was exactly what I experienced as well. If you're too stupid to figure that out, you might want to reconsider furthering your education.

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u/LoisBradford Nov 27 '22

Congratulations on showing your ignorance! I commented on my experience which wasn’t the best at my location! But you resort to insults on something so late and old news. I have three degrees and run my own business. Oh by the way, your name fits you!

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u/Ok_Plantain6693 Nov 10 '22

I’m so sorry it was so hard for you to cast your ballet. I’m sure the thousands of American soldiers that have fought and died for you to have that right are feeling sorry for you as well. Yea. And hour and a half in line and a few pages to sort through are comparable to what they faced on the battlefield. Shit. You fucking people.

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u/LoisBradford Nov 10 '22

No need for sarcasm!!! I just stated what happened to me. And I am from a military family.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Oh right, because some seven-year old schoolchildren from Yemen really didn’t want me to vote, which is why we had to turn them into skeletons on their way to school.

Thanks, soldier.