Secretary of State Tre Hargett says through Wednesday, October 14, that a record-breaking 273,325 people cast their ballot by voting early or by absentee by-mail. This is a 91 percent increase from the first day of early voting in 2016 and a 120 percent increase from Day 1 in 2012.
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We voted yesterday. Both of us. In person.
I was a little concerned that it would be too much for Lisa to have to stand in line given her back problems. I told her that I could just take her cripple card (you know, the one I hang from the rearview mirror to park in a handicapped spot when she's with me) down to the Election Commission and get her an absentee ballot, but she said no, it was important to her to vote in person, so off we went.
I shouldn't have worried. While there was a steady flow of people coming and going, we had to wait in line all of 30 seconds.
And because of her vision, the nice folks even let me go with her to the booth to point out which buttons to push.
And no, nobody made me wear a mask, nor did they tell me to leave my sidearm in the truck.
What was funny was they don't allow any campaign signs within 100 feet of the polling place, so as were driving in, there was Trump sign after Trump sign all along the main road to within 101 feet of the building. Must've been at least a hundred of them, with only 3 Biden signs thrown in so the 3 losers in the county wouldn't feel left out.
