Valley View vs. Franklin
Ross vs. Wilmington
WPAFB Welcome Home
Home > Blogs > Chatterbox > Archives > 2010 > August > 19 > Entry
Early voting starts five weeks before the Nov. 2 election. Is that too early?
Ohio’s early voting starts Sept. 28, five weeks before the Nov. 2 election. Is that too early?
MELINDA JORDAN, Moraine: “Yes. I’ve never been a big fan of early voting because it doesn’t give candidates enough time to campaign.”
ROBERT HICKS, Miamisburg: “I think everybody ought to wait till Election Day to vote.”
CLYDE BARNHILL, Camden: “I think that’s too early. Maybe two weeks ahead would be better. I’ve never done early voting. Voting on Election Day is my habit.”
ANN WELCH, Dayton: “I much prefer that people go to the polls on Election Day. If you’re concerned enough to vote, you should take the initiative to show up on Election Day.”
MARGARET GOLD, West Carrollton: “I think it’s too early. November is when I always vote.”
Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | Categories: Elections
Tweet
Comments
By Joanie
August 19, 2010 1:27 PM | Link to this
I like early voting, but I think 5 weeks is too early. There’s only one early voting site in my county. I’d like to see two or three more sites and a shorter time period, maybe 2-3 weeks prior to election Day.
By NCF
August 19, 2010 2:36 PM | Link to this
I do not like “early voting” because it has the potential for having votes mysteriously springing up out of nowhere, and next thing you know Al Franken is a US Senator. Given the technology used to tally the votes, the only allowable justification for voting early should be if you are traveling and know for certain you will be unable to vote on Election Day. In an ideal world, our driver’s license would have a voting magnetic strip that would allow us to vote at any polling place across the US. Swipe your ID through the reader, and the screens show the ballot for your hometown, regardless where you are standing. And, yes, they would be able to strip your personal information from the voting stripe on your license, so it only indicates your voting district and political party (for the primaries, you know.) That way, the only people who would need to vote by mail would be the persons who are traveling abroad.
By karon
August 19, 2010 4:18 PM | Link to this
Remember passenger trains would create plenty of jobs and give Ohioians other options of travel besides car and highway! Strickland supports these trains, Kasich does not! Vote Strickland!