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I live in Illinois and just went to https://www.elections.il.gov/

 

Jane, do you know if this is what I should be looking for? "Permanent Early Voting with Grace Period Registration?" It says October 24th through October 28th. 

 

Early voting actually started on Sept 29th but there were a limited number of sites open. Tomorrow starts widespread early voting. Normally 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 on weekdays and I believe 9 to 1 on Saturdays. Early voting is supposed to go until Nov 7th.

 

Just to note as I was browsing it seems some locations have different hours and dates. But I think it you use this search engine you will find multiple sites close to you and then you can decide which works best for your timetable. Some are open for a week where others are open until Nov 7th with longer hours also

 

Here is the site where you can locate an early voting location close to you.

http://www.elections.il.gov/VotingINformation/EarlyVotingLocations.aspx 

 

Hope this helps

Early voting starts tomorrow in Illinois and I plan on voting tomorrow. Despite the multitude of problems Illinois has, voting is not one. I am proud to say we have one of the most progressive voting registration and voting process in the country. Starting during primary season, we actually have same day registration, meaning you can register and vote on the same day including election day. My neighbor is an election judge and was in charge of registrations at her polling site in the primary and said that they had about 200 people who registered on election day. And it was bumpy as expected considering it is Illinois and it was the initial rollout. Hopefully it goes much smoother once general election voting starts, but there has also been a huge voter registration effort in Cook County and the Rockford and Springfield areas. Also oddly Bloomington-Normal in the center of the state(which is normally GOP) except this pocket is a college town and with State Farm's corporate HQ there, a lot of young urban professionals.

 

When I see the lines in places like North Carolina it makes me almost cry but I can't be prouder of people willing to give up so much of their time to ensure that their vote matters.

Congrats to The Cubs!!!!

Thanks. I'm not a big Cubs fan but as a resident of Chicago you can't help but get caught up in the excitement. And it's a grateful distraction from the election crap.

WHAT THE WHAT????

 

North Carolina Finds 2,214 Registered Voters over the Age of 110

 

http://nevo.news/index.php/2016/08/18/north-carolina-finds-2214-registered-voters-over-the-age-of-110/

Early voting starts tomorrow in Illinois and I plan on voting tomorrow. Despite the multitude of problems Illinois has, voting is not one. I am proud to say we have one of the most progressive voting registration and voting process in the country. Starting during primary season, we actually have same day registration, meaning you can register and vote on the same day including election day. My neighbor is an election judge and was in charge of registrations at her polling site in the primary and said that they had about 200 people who registered on election day. And it was bumpy as expected considering it is Illinois and it was the initial rollout. Hopefully it goes much smoother once general election voting starts, but there has also been a huge voter registration effort in Cook County and the Rockford and Springfield areas. Also oddly Bloomington-Normal in the center of the state(which is normally GOP) except this pocket is a college town and with State Farm's corporate HQ there, a lot of young urban professionals.

 

When I see the lines in places like North Carolina it makes me almost cry but I can't be prouder of people willing to give up so much of their time to ensure that their vote matters.

Is it true that during today's speech Trump claimed that he intends to get reimbursement from Mexico after U.S. taxpayers pay for his Wall?!  Who's stupid enough to believe that?! The Mexican President already said he's not paying for that stupid wall.  Ask Trump's unpaid vendors about how good a promise to get paid back is worth.

My Mother told me that she was on the phone with my sister earlier this week and my sister (who had been evacuated from her apartment because of Hurricane Matthew's aftermath in NC) had to cut her phone call short because it was the first day of early voting and she was going to vote.

 

Women are indeed rising up to "Grab 'Em by the Vote" as one slogan put it.

 

Oddly enough, even though I haven't seen Moore's Trumpland, the review I read made it seem as if it were less about Trump and more about backing Clinton even proposing that based on her work with organizations like the Children's Defense Fund speaks more of the kind of President she may truly turn out to be, rather than the political figure that many have come to demonize over the years.

 

Article on how Texas is now within striking distance but that has been the case for se4several weeks, as the GOP Governor reached out to the GOP base in fear of losing the state several weeks ago. Why not ask yourself why the media has never covered this?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/22/democrats-texas-hillary-clinton-polls-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

And early voting in Virginia, up by 63.2 %in Northern Virginia but down by 5% in the rest of the state.

 

 

Would you say that N. Virginia is more left-leaning or more conservative?

He also did not shake Wallace's hand.

 

From Nate Silver

"Huge surge last night in Google searches for how to donate to Clinton's campaign. (Much bigger than for Trump.)"

Holy shït: A disgusted Bill Kristol, of all (terrible) people, just got into a major scrap with those two when he said Trump should be treated as 'a fluke' in the future. Mika protested that he was the nominee and had achieved a major triumph, and Kristol basically called her and Scarborough on giving Trump a pass. It exploded into a tiff, he shouldn't have backed down. It's a weird moment when I find myself rooting for Bill Kristol.

I find it funny that this year's airing of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown--the 50th anniversary airing, no less--is on right before the debate tonight. Talk about a study in contrast. 

From a poll I read this morning, HRC is now up by 2 points in Texas. 

I've always wondered how it's remained red all these years, given it's diverse populace.  Same goes for a lot of the South (my home) - this region is more than just rednecks...

 

I've been thinking that. I know Texas has millions of Latinos and white voters who don't vote republican.

now as far as Missouri, the rural areas vote overwhelmingly republican.....but St. Louis, Kansas City & Jefferson City Vote overwhelmingly democratic. 

AND both the MO Senate and Governor's races are VERY competitive--and right now, the Democrats have the edge.

From a poll I read this morning, HRC is now up by 2 points in Texas. 

I've always wondered how it's remained red all these years, given it's diverse populace.  Same goes for a lot of the South (my home) - this region is more than just rednecks...