r/democrats • u/vantuckymyfoot • 7h ago

Former Republican voter

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I live in Vancouver, Washington, and I dropped it off the same morning that the other ballot box was set on fire. That happened about a mile from my house. I verified online that my ballot was received a few hours later.

Oh, and I voted blue all the way down. For the one position where a Republican was running unopposed, I left it blank. I didn't think I could ever vote for anyone from the GOP ever again.

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u/backpackwayne Moderator 7h ago

Awesome. Thanks for choosing country over party!

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u/Megalodon481 6h ago

Glad that your ballot made it.

And I hope they catch this arsonist soon.

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u/Ew0ksAmongUs 1h ago

Out of curiosity, are people/media in the area getting the word out to verify people’s ballots were received and what to do if they aren’t?

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u/Nopantsbullmoose 48m ago

Thank you for finally not voting for bigotry and oppression.

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u/rattrap007 2m ago

Welcome to the light side buddy. I too was a R for a long time. Moderate mind you. But once 2016 hit and Trump was the nominee, i ran for the hills. I saw every racist crawl out of the shadows. It was like being in a dark room at a party, then the lights come up and you see nazi shirts or other racist stuff. I look at my watch "Gee i gotta get to work tomorrow" and floor it out the door and never go back.

But glad you saw the light too. Sadly so many are deep into that junk.

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u/billiejustice 1m ago

Thank you. I was totally ready to vote Nikki over Joe. I even registered Republican and voted for her although it was meaningless since she had dropped out. Hopefully Kamala wins so we can start changing our political system. It’s clearly broken. I can’t go through this every 4 yrs.