Vote!

GM,

Hawaii will be all mail-in ballots, and the return envelopes are postage prepaid.  How easy is that?  Am I going to vote?  Darn tootin!

And thank you for volunteering at your polling station.  People like you show America still cares.

I think many don't vote because they don't want to be on a jury. If you vote, you are eligable for the jury duty.

modelmaker66

I think many don't vote because they don't want to be on a jury. If you vote, you are eligable for the jury duty.

 

That is really faulty reasoning on their part,if you simply  have a drivers license you can be called for jury duty

Hmmm...  I got three jury notices in the past four years.  I had to show up for two, got dismissed on one.  In my adult life, I was on two murder and one family abuse trial.  Not fun, but that’s a p*** poor excuse for not voting.

None of my coworkers EVER had to serve jury duty.  They vote, so I wonder why they got off.

I've been called to jury service three times while I was working.  I've been retired twenty years now and never been called now that I have time.

Don Stauffer

I've been called to jury service three times while I was working.  I've been retired twenty years now and never been called now that I have time.

 

 

Don you can always volunteer for Grand Jury, Civil or Criminal, if the interest is there.

Real G

Hmmm...  I got three jury notices in the past four years.  I had to show up for two, got dismissed on one.  In my adult life, I was on two murder and one family abuse trial.  Not fun, but that’s a p*** poor excuse for not voting.

None of my coworkers EVER had to serve jury duty.  They vote, so I wonder why they got off.

 

I've been called for jury duty several times including just as the pandemic hit. That was cancelled before the date. One of the times, I was seated for a drug dealing charge and wound up as foreman. I had stuff going on at work that needed my attention, but it had to wait. The experience was very informative. The trial was NOTHING like you see on TV dramas. The arresting officers had to establish their bona fides with a series of very dull and sometimes repetitive questions. The guy had one witness, his girlfriend, who admitted to bringing him to the scene of the crime. The description of the arrest was like a Keystone Cops. One of the perps ran out of the alley, turned right up the street, turned right again, turned right a third time and then turned right back into the alley where he ran from. He was promptly arrested. We found the defendant guilty as charged on two counts of drug distribution. 

Don Stauffer

I've been called to jury service three times while I was working.  I've been retired twenty years now and never been called now that I have time.

 

 

I have been called for Jury Duty several times, and I always go, I believe that serving in a jury is one of the responsibilities of being a citizen of this great nation of ours, together with the right to vote.

As for voting, I always go in person, in my neck of the woods ( South Florida ) there has been several occurrences were mail in votes has mysteriously disappear and reappear depending of who was winning, therefore, I vote in every election in person and make sure that my vote is counted. I come from a Socialist country, I know first hand what a disaster socialism is, therefore, I will NOT vote for someone that is pushing to turn the USA into a socialist “Utopia”.

This is the last political opinion from me, I do not want to get kick out of this blog.

Joe

Thanks to everyone who participated in supporting what we all stand for.

I was assigned to run a precinct polling place, a promotion from the last several where I've been a clerk.

The training was fascinating and really helped me understand all of the jargon being tossed around this week.

Unfortunately, I was notified on the 28th that I was exposed to a person who was exposed to a person...etc.

So I had to get tested, and then wait until either that person tested negative or I waited 14 days.

All tests came back negative by Halloween but by then the county had to release me and go to an alternate so I was sidelined.

But there was a record turnout, which is great.

Go USA!

Bill

GMorrison

Thanks to everyone who participated in supporting what we all stand for.

I was assigned to run a precinct polling place, a promotion from the last several where I've been a clerk.

The training was fascinating and really helped me understand all of the jargon being tossed around this week.

Unfortunately, I was notified on the 28th that I was exposed to a person who was exposed to a person...etc.

So I had to get tested, and then wait until either that person tested negative or I waited 14 days.

All tests came back negative by Halloween but by then the county had to release me and go to an alternate so I was sidelined.

But there was a record turnout, which is great.

Go USA!

 

Bill

 

Thanks, Tojo.

Bill

I always vote, though Oregon uses mail-in ballots which I'm not particularly trusting of, so I drop them directly in the ballot box at the county courthouse. (Istill don't trust them).

My feeling are that if you don't vote, you do not have any grounds for complaining about your government; federal, state, or local.

If you don't vote, "Shut the hell up." (just my opinion)

You mention jury duty; I have been called seversal times and sat on one jury and I was flected Foreman. I usually don't get selected because one of the first questions they ask the potential jurists is, "Are you, any of your family members, or close friends directly associated with law enforcement?" My answer is, or has been; "Yes, yes, and yes."

The next thing I usually hear is "Thank you, you are excused."

Hey, I ain't gonna lie; the truth is what this stuff is all about.

I have been called up every two or three years, going back to my early twenties.

Usually I get excused, mostly because I have lived in areas with huge jury pools.

In maybe ten call ups, I think I made it through to a verdict once or twice.

The last time, I was foreman and we convicted on a DUI.

My father taught me early on that if I ever was taken to court, I'd want "me" on the jury.

Experience has confirmed that, so I try to hold up my end of the bargain.

Bill

I never saw any advantage of early voting, until this year.  I voted about ten days early.

In a way I regret not voting on Tuesday- it is such a tradition.

But I am in my eighties, on dialysis because of stage four kidney failure, and my doctors told me if I get COVID I probably would not survive, so I wanted to avoid any crowds.  I did drive by my polling place that afternoon, and there was no crowd.  Still, I participated. 

Oregon has been totally mail ballots for 20 years.  This year was a little different ......the State paid the postage.

When my ballot came, it was filled out that night and taken to a drop box the next morning.  Had already read up on candidates and measures.

Then had to put up with all the mud slinging ads for another 2 weeks.

We did that too.

My daughter procrastinated until the day before the election. Then she had to take an Uber to the County courthouse to drop it off.

Her roomate was registered in Georgia. Her mom sent her the ballot USPS one day. She got it Friday and sent it back USPS one day on Monday to her mom, who walked it in.

I was listening to an interview with Senator Lee. He was asked about voter fraud in Utah. Yes we have a problem he said somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

Young LDS on their mission overseas call their moms, who fill them out, sign them and mail or drop them off. No no...

Bill

Yeah Bill;

 I heard about that, No,No. As to jury duty. I was a foreman in a Multiple murder case in Georgia. In Cal I was called, Did the Voi Dire (Latin for Pre Qualify?) and was still selected even after both attorneys knew I did Business with the accused! He was found Guilty of all charges with one abstension. Guess who that was?