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Forgive my ignorance, but how do you vote in Oregon?

ryanSrich 10y ago
You don't get the option to vote in person. We don't even have voter booths. Instead, the state mails you a voter guide and a ballot that you fill out in the convenience of your own home. This allows you to review the candidates and new proposed bills line by line. Once filled out you simply drop it off at one of the hundreds of drop-off locations and you're done (or mail it in if you have time). This can all be done weeks ahead of November 8th.
- AndrewOMartin 10y ago
  And what if an intimidating person in your household has strong opinions about how you should mark that ballot?
  - ryanSrich 10y ago
    If you can't find a single personal space to fill out a ballot then you have bigger problems.
  - davidw 10y ago
    There is always going to be some potential for that. "Take a picture of how you voted or I'll beat you" would work fine even with polling places, although it'd be a little trickier. The system saves a ton of money and time, and we have record numbers of voters in Oregon this year.
    - jachee 10y ago
      Taking photos of your ballot is actually illegal in my state. (MS) Presumably for this very reason.
      - davidw 10y ago
        Sure, but if the ballot booth provides real privacy... it's not hard to do. It's also a common method of proving you voted a certain way in order to sell your vote. Or hey, you can just peer over their shoulder: https://twitter.com/Gabbienain/status/796031055715246080 https://twitter.com/Gabbienain/status/796031055715246080
        kzisme 10y ago
        This morning when I voted I was surprised that it was hardly a "booth". It had sides to the screen to attempt to block it from view, but it you turn your head you could see the screen next to you - and their screen.
  - philjr 10y ago
    You send them to bed early without dinner
- mikestew 10y ago
  This allows you to review the candidates and new proposed bills line by line. As I said in another comment, there's nothing stopping you from reviewing candidates and bills line-by-line in the convenience of your own home even if you go to a voting booth. Even if you were a completely honest student in school, surely you've heard of "cheat sheets"? Unlike school, they are allowed in the voting booth (at least in IN, NC, and WA when they had voting booths).
wiredfool 10y ago
Oregon and Washington are both vote by mail states, so no polling places on the day.

You don't get the option to vote in person. We don't even have voter booths. Instead, the state mails you a voter guide and a ballot that you fill out in the convenience of your own home. This allows you to review the candidates and new proposed bills line by line. Once filled out you simply drop it off at one of the hundreds of drop-off locations and you're done (or mail it in if you have time). This can all be done weeks ahead of November 8th.

AndrewOMartin 10y ago
And what if an intimidating person in your household has strong opinions about how you should mark that ballot?
- ryanSrich 10y ago
  If you can't find a single personal space to fill out a ballot then you have bigger problems.
- davidw 10y ago
  There is always going to be some potential for that. "Take a picture of how you voted or I'll beat you" would work fine even with polling places, although it'd be a little trickier. The system saves a ton of money and time, and we have record numbers of voters in Oregon this year.
  - jachee 10y ago
    Taking photos of your ballot is actually illegal in my state. (MS) Presumably for this very reason.
    - davidw 10y ago
      Sure, but if the ballot booth provides real privacy... it's not hard to do. It's also a common method of proving you voted a certain way in order to sell your vote. Or hey, you can just peer over their shoulder: https://twitter.com/Gabbienain/status/796031055715246080 https://twitter.com/Gabbienain/status/796031055715246080
      - kzisme 10y ago
        This morning when I voted I was surprised that it was hardly a "booth". It had sides to the screen to attempt to block it from view, but it you turn your head you could see the screen next to you - and their screen.
- philjr 10y ago
  You send them to bed early without dinner
mikestew 10y ago
This allows you to review the candidates and new proposed bills line by line. As I said in another comment, there's nothing stopping you from reviewing candidates and bills line-by-line in the convenience of your own home even if you go to a voting booth. Even if you were a completely honest student in school, surely you've heard of "cheat sheets"? Unlike school, they are allowed in the voting booth (at least in IN, NC, and WA when they had voting booths).

wiredfool 10y ago

Oregon and Washington are both vote by mail states, so no polling places on the day.