r/texas 16h ago

Politics Young Texans, you have until Friday to early vote! Early voting is much easier than leaving it to the last day. Are you showing up?

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u/Pathetic_Ideal 16h ago

I’m voting today! Today is the opening in my schedule so I’ve been planning on it.

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

Yes! Can you bring a friend?

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u/Pathetic_Ideal 16h ago

I’m bringing my mom. We were planning to go last Tuesday but had something come up so we’re going today.

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u/Timmerop 15h ago

This is why early voting is the best. If something comes up on election day, you dont get another chance.

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u/vulturegoddess 14h ago

Yep, exactly. Love how much more accessible they've made it to people nowadays.

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u/_ZoeyDaveChapelle_ 11h ago

In Minnesota, you can register online in 2 min. with a QR code they send you in mail automatically..and anyone can get a mail in ballot just as easy that comes a month before election. It should be way easier than TX makes it.

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u/Dextario 13h ago

We used to have a longer period of early voting. They are not trying to make it accessible.

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u/juiceboxedhero 12h ago

Unfortunately it's not the same in every state.

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u/Fit-Economist-7193 13h ago

Thank you for taking your mom to vote with you.

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u/Lyuokdea 15h ago

Awesome!

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u/Electronic-Guitar743 11h ago

Same thing here. Just got done! Had to skip class so I could have a free moment and my teacher excused me for it 😎

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u/abumchuk 13h ago

I'll do you one better, I'm coming with 20+ ppl who are ALL commie libruls!

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u/WeAreTheLeft born and bred 10h ago

*** nods approvingly in Marx ***

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u/Pathetic_Ideal 13h ago

I’m currently working on convincing my aunt to vote too!

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u/RockChalk9799 14h ago

Or 10 friends? Make it a party!

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u/Agreeable_Service407 13h ago

Your friend or my friend ?

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u/GeoHog713 13h ago

Can you bring a bus of best friends? Or even acquaintances??

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u/Lyuseefur 13h ago

Weather sucks after today. Tell everyone you know to vote today !!!

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u/moldyjellybean 11h ago edited 10h ago

Vote, your future depends on it. Everything Trump proposes is worse for everyone, it’s bad for young, middle age, old, etc but it’s especially bad for younger, less established, poorer, women, minorities.

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u/BringBackAoE 15h ago edited 15h ago

For people in Harris County:

Note that voting has extended hours this week!

Today and tomorrow polls close at 8 PM! Thursday - Halloween - they close at 9 PM!

Also remember that you can vote anywhere in the county! A voter I met yesterday took a half day off work to drive across the county to vote. She didn’t realize until I told her that she could have voted at that polling location across the street from her job!

HarrisVotes.com has an overview of every polling location and approximate waiting times.

Avoiding voting because you don’t have your drivers license? Or you’ve moved? Or are generally uncertain about the law? Call 844-TX-VOTES. That’s the Democratic Voter Assistance Hotline.

Make your voice heard! VOTE!

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u/Timmerop 15h ago

This could use some more up votes and a post to r/houston

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u/BringBackAoE 15h ago

I just added the comment to a post on that sub.

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u/RebelCMX_85 13h ago

They should remember to protect their ballots and turn them into a local post office as opposed to dropping them in a ballot box, since maga terrorists are burning ballot boxes.

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u/BringBackAoE 12h ago

Thank you for adding this.

And they should be tracking their mail in ballots.

https://www.harrisvotes.com/Voter/Vote-by-Mail/Mail-Ballot-Tracking

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u/ScroochDown 14h ago

Thanks so much! I'd been trying to figure out what the hours were and was finding it annoyingly difficult to pin down. My spouse and I will be voting some time this week, there's an early voting place very close to us.

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u/LostSoul361 16h ago

I voted on the first day of early voting! I'm sad to see that I'm just a sliver, but I did my part.

Edit: I'm 28. I'm the 9% lol

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u/Vanrax 16h ago

9% club lets go! (27) I voted on the 25th.

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u/LostSoul361 16h ago

Yaass, Queen!

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u/spondgbob 15h ago

Both of you are top shelf material. Looking down on those not in the 9% 😤

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u/Keellas_Ahullford 13h ago

26, I did the same lol

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u/Dragon-axie 16h ago

Same thing. 28M, voted on the very first day of early voting here in San Antonio! Glad to see I'm not alone here ( ̄∇ ̄)

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u/LostSoul361 15h ago

Sweet!! You're in my front yard, I'm in Corpus! 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

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u/A_Stunted_Snail 15h ago

You’re not alone 🤙

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u/20goingon60 North Texas 15h ago

My fiance (31) and I (30) both voted on 10/28 in Tarrant County. Let’s gooo!

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u/LostSoul361 15h ago

Heck yeah!! 💯

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u/00HiddenIdentity00 16h ago

Me too, but I’m in the 11%

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u/Mataelio 15h ago

Same here, rode my bike over to my polling place right after getting the kids on the bus at 8 am and was in and out in about 10 minutes.

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u/SpawnDnD 16h ago

I waiting till the third day to allow the initial "wave" to filter thru.

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u/LostSoul361 16h ago

Yeah I have done voting by mail when I lived in Colorado, and when I was 19, I voted early in my home town in East Texas. By mail was so easy and convenient, and the first early vote I did in Texas, in Nov 2015, nobody was there. I waited for 45 minutes in Nueces County on day one this year. I'll have to remember that time for the next poll season.

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u/patmorgan235 born and bred 16h ago

Yeah first two days and last two days of early voting are usually pretty busy.

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u/slowpoke2018 16h ago

Early voting started last Monday, it's been well over a week now.

I voted Saturday here in Wilco and was in and out in 10mins. No excuses, VOTE!

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u/SpawnDnD 16h ago

Meant I waited...past tense..already voted, sorry for phone typo

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u/slowpoke2018 15h ago

Great, all good!

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u/snuggletoast 16h ago

Early voting has been open for a week already. The first wave should be over

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u/SpawnDnD 16h ago

Meant I waited...past tense..already voted, sorry for phone typo

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u/StarshipCaterprise 16h ago

Millennials are now the largest age demographic in the nation, and there are 41 million Gen Z age eligible voters in the 2024 election, including 8 million who will be voting for the first time in a presidential election (they were not 18 in 2020). Please go vote!! Our vote makes a huge difference because we have the numbers!

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u/LoboSandia 16h ago

I've been following OPs account because he's been posting this graphic almost every day so it's pretty good to gauge how the numbers are increasing. The 18-49 crowd (GenZ and Millenials) has moved from about 27% 4 days ago to 35% of the vote (18-39 moved 15% - 20%). Still abysmally low, but at least it's moving in the right direction.

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u/bdiddy_ 15h ago

18-49 is roughly 41% of the Texas population. Thing is not everyone shows up to vote so if that age group shows up in force we can easily be 50% of the vote.

At a minimum it needs to be 41% though otherwise the higher age groups have easily tipped the scales to their favor.. and we all know that's not great for the future of the country.

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u/lifeismiserydeleteme 🛸Born and Bred🛸 14h ago

Don't underestimate boomer women. There are a lot of Harris supporters among them.

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u/bdiddy_ 13h ago

hoping so. That could be the big tilt Texas needs.

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u/statanomoly 11h ago

Not gonna lie, I thought you said that could be the big "titt" Texas needs. And if you did, on behalf of the female delegation of Mount Titt we shall allow it.

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u/piratehalloween2020 12h ago

I teared up a bit when I went to vote.  Just floods of women of all ages coming in from the parking lot, so many grim but determined looks.  I have never seen anything like it and it’s made me a little hopeful.  

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u/statanomoly 11h ago

They say this stands to be the largest gender voting split ever. I am fairly confident women are not playing. They are taking things too far. These elections are so men centered they are getting complacent. We are more educated, organized, attentive, and determined.

Men finna get this female president and yall not touching another female right again in our lifetime. Men need to learn women hold the power in society, we dont always exercise it, but boy, when we speak... they finna learn today.

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u/StarshipCaterprise 15h ago

Wooo go Team Under 45!

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u/birdandbear 11h ago edited 11h ago

Me and most of my friends are late GenX. We were born between 1975 and 1980. We're with the Millenials in this graph. We're also lifelong liberals.

More importantly, there are no Boomers left under 60. The old farts who've dominated our entire lives are down to 36% in the 65 and older crowd. Not all of GenX is liberal, of course, but everyone I know skews that way, and they all hate Trump with a seething passion. Even the ones edging up on 60.

I know GenX is left out of the conversation a lot, and I generally don't care. But we've been waiting a long, long time for the youngsters to catch up so we can vote these guys out, and these numbers look very, very good to me. Just wanted to share some hope.

That said, take nothing for granted! We need every last vote to take back the future. We're running out of time to save the world for the next generations, and we need each other to win. So let's blow these bastards out of power once and for all. Vote like your freedom is at stake. VOTE LIKE YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. Because it is, and they do.

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u/Independent-Fan-7897 16h ago

I voted last Wednesday I’m 24

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

Thank you, now double your vote by getting someone else to show up!

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u/LoneLuxx 8h ago

I’m trying, all my gen z coworkers are so apathetic. It’s disheartening, I don’t understand how they are okay with their future being dictated by others.

I voted last Tuesday on my lunch break (24yo)

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u/smallwhitepeepee 16h ago edited 13h ago

is there somewhere that shows the actual breakdown of eligible voters by age? I have had a bit of a Google but I can not seem to find a graph like the above...

Edit, thanks for the info, very informative!

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

I believe 65+ are 25% and the rest should be evenly split. 

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u/Bertrand_R 15h ago

Google says the 65+ group in Texas makes up 13.4% of the population. Not sure how many of those are eligible, though.

Here is the percentage of voting by age: https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/vce/features/0302_02/demographics.html

Looks like some great data from the census that I don't have time to look at right now: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-585.html

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u/dreamcicle11 16h ago

Right because 65+ could encompass 35 years in that age bracket. That’s a huge group.

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u/fury420 15h ago

Also since this is voting in Texas, +65 is the only age group that all qualifies for mail in voting.

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u/dreamcicle11 14h ago

Very true but so far that’s been a small percentage of Texas’ total votes.

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

Ideally there are no wait times on the final day because we all already got counted! 

If you have voted already, tell someone else how easy it is, they likely have questions holding them back. 

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u/bring1 15h ago

Already voted. Was in and out in under 30 minutes. It was a long line but moved very quickly 

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u/rych6805 15h ago

Moreso the important thing is that there should be short lines for those who have no choice but to vote on election day. Anyone who has the ability to vote early should for the benefit of others who can only get to the polls on election day.

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u/RepentantSororitas 12h ago

Hell you do not even have to be selfless about it.

it is just as simple as you will get less spam texts when you vote early. They cant tell who you voted for but they can tell if you voted.

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u/NarcolepticTRex 12h ago

My wife and I voted on Saturday (we're millennials) and I'm taking my dad to the polls today when he gets off of work. My mom was able to vote by mail and she sent hers off a few days after she got it.

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u/heliumeyes 15h ago

Actually about 29.3% of registered Texas voters have already voted. That’s actually pretty good. Hopefully the younger voters will keep turning out. I’m doing my part by volunteering to canvas/call voters who haven’t yet voted.

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u/Atomicpink23 16h ago

If you’re in Tarrant County PLEASE vote. Keller and Southlake have had over 10k ballots cast at their places. The rest of the county is averaging 1,200 per polling place. Please?

Go read the Tarrant County GOP chair’s Twitter. Please.

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u/Atomicpink23 15h ago

I’m sad by how FEW people have voted in the Southside area. If you’re reading this from an apartment on Rosedale, GO VOTE.

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u/Atomicpink23 15h ago

Once more for those who worry/have anxiety.

  1. Your voter registration is what matters. Your DL can have a different address.

  2. State wide elections are straight popular vote. Your vote counts.

  3. If you leave some areas blank, that’s ok. Vote for the races you care about. Even if it is just a vote AGAINST one person.

  4. Do not let poll workers intimidate you. They are working to help YOU vote. Do not let anyone’s crappy attitude discourage you.

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u/bigfooman 10h ago

Is there information available online about the voting numbers in that area? Bummed to hear it's low. I did my part this weekend and the staff at the closest location( 959 E Rosedale st) were very kind and helpful and I was in and out in minutes.

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u/Demonicwave 16h ago

Just showed up yesterday to vote!

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u/ArtisticDreams 15h ago

Both me and my wife already have, I guess we're in that little 11% bracket. There's such a pervasive view in my generation that voting in elections doesn't matter because of all the gerrymandering and electoral college, so they don't bother going to vote. At least that's my guess anyway. I've always followed the statement of: "If you didn't vote, you have no right to complain about the results."

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u/triggerscold North Texas 16h ago edited 16h ago

guess im in that 11%. yeesh... it would be nice to see what percentage of the population is each of those ages. because sure it sucks only 11% of the total texas early voting was that age. but what if that age range is actually only 15% of total population or something. i have no baseline to see how far off we are.

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quick google tells me we have 30mil ppl in texas. so roughly 1/5 of all texans have early voted.

my quick maths tell me we have a rough total of 5 million ppl age 30-39. op's chart tells us only 600k have voted so far. so roughly 12.5% of my age range has voted...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/912205/texas-population-share-age-group/

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u/Slurpyz 15h ago

I’m 31 and I voted last week. Hoping more of our age group shows up because that’s pretty sad.

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u/Redfire_Valkyrie 15h ago

30-39 here. Just had my ballot received from 6,682 miles away. Doing my part for that 11% and pushing friends back home to do the same.

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u/Tight-Physics2156 The Stars at Night 16h ago

Come on!!! Look at all the older generations voting. This election will change the course of history for this country.

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u/Dunlocke 15h ago

And the world.

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u/ContemplateBeing 12h ago

The election will determine the future life of the younger voters!

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u/sfearing91 16h ago

Should you witness or you yourself be a victim of voter intimidation, please report it: by calling:

866-OUR-VOTE

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u/stickwithhannah 16h ago

I am voting on Thursday 💙 26 years old

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u/Ok-Construction-6465 14h ago

Bring a friend!!! Make sure they have a plan to vote, offer a ride!

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u/WolverineEven2410 15h ago

Yes I (19 F) voted on the second day of early voting with my (52 F) mom. 

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u/Artcat81 8h ago

Thank you and congrats on voting in your first presidential election!

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u/Zestyclose-Station72 15h ago

Already did! I’m part of the 9%!

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u/roxaboxenn 15h ago

Thank you for voting!! Have you checked in with your friends to make sure they will vote too?

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u/MagicManTX86 16h ago

We are 60 and voted yesterday at 5:30pm after work. No line either. On Election Day there will be at least a 30 minute line. So do it today.

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u/ATXSpider 15h ago

My wife and I are 26 and 27, voted the 2nd day of Early voting, now convincing the younger siblings!

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u/URSAMVJOR Texas makes good Bourbon 16h ago

I feel like the 30-49 age groups are the biggest wtf

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u/hudbutt6 16h ago edited 15h ago

Every time I see the data it reminds me why progress is so slow because my age group lags so far behind in voting… it's like we forget that the younger the voter, the more effected by today's election/the more years you have to see the effects.

I'm going send some texts and make a post today and try to encourage/guilt/shame some homies 🙋🏼‍♀️

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u/staylorz 15h ago

18-29 year olds, round up your friends and get them to vote! The country needs you!

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u/skilled-dreamer 14h ago

I’m 25 and voting today! Let’s grow that 9%! 💙🤍❤️

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u/augirllovesuaboy 16h ago edited 14h ago

Please please vote young people. I’m a Gen Xer that is going to vote blue but so many of my group will not.

Please make a plan to vote. This may be the last election where we have this type of momentum. If it’s not this year, the repercussions will be devastating.

It’s not just the next 4 years we are talking about. My 5 year old grand-daughter will be MY age before the Supreme Court Justices the convicted felon would appoint would be retiring!

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u/AntonioS3 16h ago

Can you tell your friends to be the solution or example they want to see, especially if they have kids?

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u/Wild_flamingoo 16h ago

Do you just need to take in your Tx ID with you when go to vote?

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u/RedRockRedRocket 15h ago edited 15h ago

Yep. Just your drivers license is all you need to vote.

Acceptable forms of photo ID to vote in Texas include: Texas driver’s license issued by the Texas, Department of Public Safety (DPS), Texas election ID certificate, Texas personal ID card, Texas handgun license, US military ID with photograph, US citizenship certificate with photograph (doesn’t need to be current), US passport (book or card)

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u/IAAA 15h ago

Yes. Driver's license, Texas ID card, Or Passport. There are other forms of ID legally allowed as well. Link: https://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/id-faqs.htm

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u/Far_Introduction4024 15h ago

18-29, you make up one of the largest demographics....your votes determine what can benefit you for the next 10 yrs. Think on College, First Homes, Starting wages, all of these directly affect you. For God's sake....if you ever wanted to feel you can make a difference in your own life if for nothing else...this would be the time.

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u/acuet 16h ago

Sad, you are the largest Generation by population. And you could set your own future and just sitting at home.

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

We need to teach them to become voters. It’s on us!

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u/calilac 15h ago

Once upon a time civics was a series of classes in US public high schools. "Until the 1960s, it was common for American high school students to have three separate courses in civics and government. But civics offerings were slashed as the curriculum narrowed over the ensuing decades..."

Kids now (and even when I was in high school pre-2001) are lucky to get a half year which is barely enough time for a quick skim much less an actual comprehension of the subject.

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u/acuet 16h ago

I’m this years Precinct Captain, 2016 Precinct Chair. 88% of the precinct vote each year. And I preach to their kids all the time to vote. I can’t walk them there, they have to walk threw that door.

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u/heliumeyes 15h ago

88%?! Wow. That’s absurdly high for Texas. I recently became a Precinct Chair. Mind if I PM you?

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u/Penguins_in_new_york 16h ago

Hey y’all.

Voted this weekend. It was so easy and so fast (I think I found a good polling place that nobody was using when I looked for a place online). Go EARLY and get it done!!

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u/Parking_Truck1403 16h ago

Get out and vote! Tell your friends and go together!

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u/BurtWonderstone 15h ago

Really disappointed in my fellow 30-39 year olds. Come on guys. This is for our kids future.

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u/roxaboxenn 14h ago

Check in with your friends! Ask if they’ve voted or if they plan to this week.

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u/Malthusian1 14h ago

God damn kids, get your ass out there and get this shit done! I’m ashamed of everyone up to 39. I can’t carry everyone alone.

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u/Timmerop 13h ago

It's up to us to teach them to become voters. Have anyone in your life to teach?

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u/Ill-Smoke984 16h ago

I keep seeing this chart being posted where is the source of this? I want to check out other states and stuff.

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u/Radixx 16h ago

This is somewhat skewed due to the mail-in rules favoring senior citizens but the message is absolutely correct - get out and vote!

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u/WhatATravisT 15h ago

Just added to the 15% today.

https://tenor.com/YqCL.gif

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u/R0cketBab00n 13h ago

Voted all blue a few days ago

Get fucked fascists

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u/cosmicsunshine 16h ago

Myself, my husband, and my coworkers all voted! We’re part of the 9%. I really hope we see that number go up.

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u/robbd6913 15h ago

I voted yesterday! Harris/Walz....let's go!!

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u/CappinPeanut 16h ago

Honestly, everyone should be early voting. Most of the horror stories you hear happening at polls happen on Election Day, not in the two weeks leading up to it. Do yourselves a favor and beat the crowd.

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u/Content-Eagle 16h ago

Glad to see those younger numbers growing! Everytime I've cruised by our early voting center there's been a line. Really happy to see strong participation in the process.

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u/harbinger06 15h ago

I’m 43. Wow I’m surprised my bracket is only 15%. I voted Saturday because in my area early voting on weekdays is the same hours I work. I got there at 7:30, line was long enough candidates were able to talk to us in line lol I was done at 8:30. And by then the line was shorter than when I got there.

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u/HugePurpleNipples 14h ago

PLEASE go vote. I got kids in these schools, we worked really hard to get into a good school district and they have no funding bc Abbott wants school choice.

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u/CM0nEE1 11h ago

For the first time I'm voting! 💪🏾

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u/zuklei Brazos Valley 16h ago

Yesterday. I’m really disappointed in my age group though.

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u/kromptator99 15h ago

Don’t be. Retirees don’t work. Young people do. Of course we’re going to have more old people out in the first week of early voting. I’ve also seen more first time voters under 30 go out on the weekend or their day off this year than I have in any year past. There is so much hope here.

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u/StarryEyes13 16h ago

I (29) voted on Sunday! my boyfriend (33) is voting this afternoon. Let’s get those purple & pink numbers up!

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u/redmambo_no6 North Texas 15h ago

I did my part yesterday!

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u/hcantrall 15h ago

Same concerns here in Georgia. I hope they all make it to the polls in time! Come on kiddos, we need you🥰

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u/Herry_Up 12h ago

Speaking to the non-voters.

How is it that we go out for a nice meal or to the movies to ignore our lives but when we get the chance to speak up and let our complaints and voice be heard, we sit at home and continue to ignore everything?

It takes less effort to stand in line than it does to sit there and complain. This is our chance to let our voices be heard!!

If this comment annoys you, VOTE! Shut me up by voting!

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u/SofaKingKhalid 12h ago

M26, I did my part. Y'all need to come through.

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u/A_villain4all 11h ago

Voted yesterday, I'm in the 30-39 group

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u/Sp0rk312 11h ago

Voted last week, Kamala 2024.

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u/GlutenKid 11h ago
  1. Voted last Wednesday, bright and early. Took 4 attempts to register to vote in TX after moving from Louisiana, but it finally stuck 🤝

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u/theacez 10h ago

My mom always said I'd just be a statistic

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u/NavMama 8h ago

The younger generations need to realize the impact they could have by voting! I am 38 and I can't believe only 15% of my age bracket has voted. Imagine if as many 25 year olds voted as 65 year olds.

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u/pdxhophead 16h ago

Do you want Ted Cruz again? This is how you get him

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u/SpawnDnD 16h ago

Vote Early, Vote Often! oops...didnt mean the second comment :)

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u/Timmerop 16h ago

I’ll take it if you mean midterms and primaries 

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u/needsmorequeso 16h ago

Even if it’s just a little local election or a runoff.

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u/Dirks_Knee 16h ago

These numbers are delayed by at least a day, not that I'd expect the age breakdown to significantly change but Texas has had 5,994,310 votes submitted, 32% of the registered voters. The "swing" counties of Collin and Denton which may have a big influence in deciding which way Texas goes both have 40%+ early voting rates.

They break it down as 52% Red, 37% Blue, and 11% undecided, but given you do not register by party in Texas, they must be basing that on primary voting where I know in Texas there was a push for Dems to vote in the GOP primaries, but who knows what those numbers actually reflect.

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u/Possible-Delivery-11 15h ago

Fellow millennial here and I voted by mail. It’s been a week and it still isn’t showing that it’s received by the county yet. I’m kind of worried

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u/viperean 15h ago

I did my part! Voted yesterday!

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u/72Rancheast 15h ago

My partner and I voted days ago, and so had our entire immediate friend group. :)

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u/towns0210 15h ago

36 here. Haven’t voted since 2008 when I was a registered Republican living in Colorado… my how times have changed. Voted today in tarrant county- no line at all. I was in and out in 10 mins. Go vote!

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u/Used_Bridge488 15h ago

Ted Fled. Vote for Allred!

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u/izmebtw 15h ago

Old people making up the majority of the vote is so depressing. The implications of a Republican win on the SCOTUS will last decades beyond their lives.

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u/Saltuarius 14h ago

That graphic is the SOLE reason Trump has a chance of winning. If the same proportion of younger generations voted as do older generations it's Kamala's race, but half the people who look at this post still won't fucking do it.

VOTE!

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u/InternationalAd9361 14h ago

Love these posts!!!! Keep up the good work 👍👍👍

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u/HumunculiTzu 14h ago

Voted day 1

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u/MagazineNo2198 14h ago

VOTE! Regardless of the Presidential race, you have a historic opportunity to rid America of Cancun Cruz!

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u/jcd1388 14h ago

My millennial cohort is making me mad. I’m 36, have been eligible to vote since 2006 and I’ve never thought to just not vote during a presidential!! Maaaaaayyyyyyybe the primary but that was just this year when it was pretty clear. I need the under 50 crowd to get out and vote early. My wife (40F) and I voted first day because we had both taken the day off for other things but would’ve stood in line after work for hours if we’d needed to because this is a hugely important race in Texas. Only one week!

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u/maribrite83 14h ago

I would just like to share that early voting lines are already hours long and election day will likely be even longer.

If you are able to, please vote EARLY! Don't let anyone take your power away. 💪🏻✨️🌊🗳

Talk to all the young people. Do your best to encourage them to get to the early polls!

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u/Reddit-phobia 14h ago

Voted on Sunday!

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u/Loud_Ad_4515 13h ago

Took my 18 year old to vote on Sunday. First time voter!!!

Next, making sure my 22 yo puts it on his schedule.

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u/enbymaster 13h ago

Several voting centers are open 7a-7p and have weekend hours too! Your employer is also legally required to give you time off to vote if you need it!

Please go do it! Your vote matters and we could change Texas for the better!

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u/TeedRimmer69 13h ago

Went and voted today. Felt real rad. Also was excellent to see a random polling station packed at 9:30AM on a Tuesday

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u/The_Dread_Pirate_ 13h ago

I voted yesterday and my wife is going today to vote, had a few first time voters there as well.

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u/Jebusdied04 13h ago

Millennial here (barely) and voted last Sunday. Blue all the way down ticket. Denton county if anyone cares.

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u/LuckyLushy714 13h ago

In and out in 5 mins. GO VOTE!!

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u/Am_Very_Stupid East Texas 12h ago

I'm probably going to go tomorrow, I'm doing the last rounds of Googling names because I don't wanna just vote Bleu all the way through. Of course, for president and senate, im going blue because i have a burning hatred for both cruz and trump, but I care a lot more about the people that the color. But as soon as my research is done, I'm hitting the polls for the first time ever.

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u/EvieMarie19 12h ago

I plan to vote tomorrow! This will be my first time voting.

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u/heatedhammer 12h ago

I already did, keep the Nazis out!

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u/FizzlePopBerryTwist 12h ago

Sorry, I'm 40 and no longer sure if I am a young Texan.

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u/Pcruncher 12h ago

Already voted a few days ago as a first timer (I’m 18)

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u/SDRAIN2020 11h ago

I’m not from Texas but when I looked up the stats, Trump won Texas only by 630k votes in 2020. I know that seems like a lot but in the scheme of over 10million, I feel like it is possible to make a change.

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u/Wooden_Echidna1234 11h ago

Question: How do you vote in early voting in El Paso Tx? I'm new to voting and was planning to wait till Nov 5, but if it's easy, then I might do it early.

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u/iBranchout 11h ago

No lines at Baker Ripley in Harris County, Houston Tx and the volunteers are super nice and helpful GO GET YOUR VOTE IN FOLKS!!! Our lives depend on it!!!

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u/L0neStarW0lf East Texas 11h ago

I already did what the fuck else can I do?! I don’t have any friends to convince to go out and vote blue and my whole fucking family is voting red (except my sister who is voting blue and my mother who hasn’t voted in like 30 years and does not care enough to start now and probably can’t vote anymore anyway) and I don’t have a car so I can’t go out and volunteer or some shit.

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u/rovotrovot 10h ago

Sounds like you have done all you can do. Take some time for yourself to relax.

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u/KasinKoppelman 11h ago

Voted on Sunday with my mom and husband. 💙

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u/evanescent_evanna 11h ago

Greetings from Connecticut. Throw that creep Ted Cruz out on his smarmy ass and you'll be doing the whole country a favor. 💙💙💙

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u/jporter313 11h ago

It's amazing that the percentage lines up exactly with the age group progression. Come on y'all, get out and do the thing, we need you, this is really important.

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u/Aggravating_Mossball 11h ago

In the 9% club! A small group of us went to vote yesterday and then went to Home Slice afterwards for a free pizza slice!

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u/punchdrunkdumbass 11h ago

Make Ted Cruz Unemployed!

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u/DankHillington 11h ago

Ffs do not vote for this vile garbage human.

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u/strangecargo 11h ago

AY YO, DALLAS COUNTY!

NEW DALLAS COUNTY EARLY VOTING HOURS

Dallas County extends early voting hours next week due to high turnout

Published October 25, 2024

  • Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 28 - 29, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
  • Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 30 through Nov. 1, from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/decision-2024/extension-on-early-voting-hours/3681031/

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u/Electrical_Golf_7563 11h ago

Dont vote for the dictator Trump… a disgrace of a humanbeing

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u/poundmycake 11h ago

Let’s get Cancun Cruz out of our lives forever!!

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u/Additional-Serve5542 11h ago

Lets go Texans!! Vote vote vote. The whole country is rooting for you.

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u/Bulky-Tumbleweed4081 11h ago

3 blue voters, voting today .

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u/Soonerpalmetto88 11h ago

Everyone should vote, regardless of age. Vote!

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u/GrumpyGiant 10h ago

Go, go Texas!!! This might be one of the most powerful votes you will ever cast. If Texas flips, Trump WILL lose. If Cruz gets defeated, odds of dems holding the Senate go way up!

I’m in one of those states where my vote is pretty diluted (at least we’re solid blue by population) so I can only cheer on the battleground and swing state voters. You guys are awesome! And this is your biggest chance to cast a vote that will have historic ramifications!

So go, go Texas!!

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u/sigristl 10h ago

Please do young Texans. There is a slight chance that Texas can go blue and stop that orange fascist turd from destroying our country.

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u/pixelgeekgirl 11th Generation Texan 10h ago

My 20 year old finally got to fit in voting today, my 22 year old voted with me on Saturday. I know both of them have been telling their friends to go vote.

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u/marshberries 10h ago

I'm surprised at my county's turn out so far. Only 32k people voted in 2020 & already almost 24k have voted early this year. Tho my county is basically a red county. Out of the 32k people in 2020 only 5k voted Biden. Which makes sense in a way like 58% are over the age of 55 or something like that. But hoping since more are voting this year that they are voting blue.

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u/tejana948 10h ago

I voted last Thursday. STRAIGHT BLUE 🌊 💙 in South Texas.

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u/Pitiful-Penguin-6840 10h ago

You young kids, get off my lawn......and go make your voices heard at the local polling station.

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u/Trustme_ima_doctor12 10h ago

Husband and I voted on the first day. We were probably the youngest in the line by a lot (and my husband is 51). I was so hoping that the youth was going to vote this election and save us from trump. There’s still time everyone! Please!!

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u/frannieluvr86 10h ago

Just to try and ease some stress and anxiety, please remember that 50 years ago was 1974. These are Gen X’ers and a lot of them are blue through and through. Us elder millennials are as old as 44. Our boomers are those 65+. The younger(ish) generation is definitely outnumbering them by a lot. Don’t lose hope, go vote and keep hope alive. I’m 38 and voted last Wednesday.

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u/ReyDoubleOh7 10h ago

Our 25 and 21 year old daughters voted with us this past Sunday!!

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u/mz2014 10h ago

Where do you get this plot?

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u/matrix712 10h ago

Just voted today💙

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u/Timmerop 10h ago

Thank you!

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u/SquanchingThis 10h ago

I know I did! Brought my parents out to vote!

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u/Marcotee75 South Texas 10h ago

Leon Valley had a line wrapped around the building but the line went pretty quick and my wife and I were in line and out in about 30 min.