The "I voted" thread

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Living in Iowa for college, and chose to vote there since that senate race is WAY more competitive (my vote matters more) than the one in Minnesota.

For the major races, I voted Braley, Branstad, Mowrer (Steve King's opponent)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Whats the fun in early voting (besides people like Franzl, who live overseas)? Your vote isn't even counted until after the Election Day votes.

Per wikipedia, most states count absentee ballots on election day, and also, there are certain states (ex. Ohio, Iowa, Nevada) where the early votes are actually counted before the election day vote.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

AFAIK, in California absentee ballots are counted already, and that used to mean that GOP candidates would take a big lead at first, and then see their lead shrink as the election day votes were counted, but thats changed as a less GOP leaning electorate now votes absentee in Cal.

Indeed, but the effect is still there. In 2012, CA was only 56/42 Obama at 20% in. In 2010, firina was leading early on.