I guess I shouldn't be shocked that it's the actual GOP but I am. It's just so flagrant

Nothing like committing voter fraud so that you can prove it exists.

Everyone comes out at their own pace.

That brings to mind something that came up during discussion of ballot procedures with my family not long ago.

My great-great-grandfather Zachariah S. Hastings (1838 - 1925) wrote his autobiography and sent copies to his sons in 1911. In it, he describes voting in 1860:

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Chapter Eight - First vote. Oldest brother. War. Return to Indiana. In Tophet again. First Baptism. Clarksburg meeting.

About this time I was, [for] the first time privileged to exercise my right as a voter.

The question was whether the state of Missouri should secede from the union. Brother and I voted in the negative.

Then during the same year, 1860, November the 6th, we were privileged to vote for a President of the United States. The candidates were A. Lincoln, S. A. Douglas, J. B. Breckenridge and John Bell. Brother voted for Bell for he thought Bell was the only one that would save the union. I voted for Douglas because I thought his election would save from the impending war. The manner of voting was then quite different from what it is now. The judges of election sat in the school house by a lower open window and the voters would file up to the window on the outside. For instance when I appeared at the window to vote, a judge from within asked, "What is your name?" I replied, Z. S. Hastings. "For whom do you vote," asked the judge. I vote for Stephen A. Douglas," was my reply. The judge then said in a loud voice, "Z. S. Hastings votes for Stephen A. Douglas." The clerk recorded it. That was all. The next president I voted for was Abraham Lincoln. And, as it is said, of some Democrats who are still voting for Thomas Jefferson, I am still voting for Abraham Lincoln, that is to say, these Democrats are still voting for some of the principles that were taught by Thomas Jefferson, and I am still voting for some of the principles held by Abraham Lincoln.

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Wikipedia tells me, "In the U.S., voting by secret ballot was universal by 1892...."

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I thought it was interesting, anyway.

That's so cool, dcp.

Wow, that's fascinating

Missouri was the only state that Stephen A Douglas won.

So very cool, indeed.

I found out that early voting starts in Somerville this Saturday, one long block away from me, so that's where I'm going.

Nice, Theo!

Yes, Massachusetts early voting is from Saturday, October 17, 2020 through Friday, October 30th.

I requested a mail-in ballot for the presidential election, when I voted early in-person for the MA state primary. I've already filled out my ballot. I'm going to drop it off in person during the first week of early voting.

Our town's hours are kind of erratic, and that first day, early voting doesn't start until 2:00pm, so whether I vote on that day or wait until Sunday or Monday, depends on the lines.

I'm about to go put my ballot in a legit drop box!