Commuting by bike to vote
Does anyone commute or ride their bike to vote? I never have, because the beginning and end of my commute is by car, not by bike, so I would have to go home and hop on my bike, rather than stopping on the way home. If my regular commute involved riding all the way home, I was thinking how great it would be to zip past all the last minute campaign workers on my bike.
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All the time but in our county voting is either by mail or public dropboxes.
In WV we would only walk to vote. |
Yep. In fact, if I don't show up in my bike cloths, the ladies give me a hard time for not riding. :) Small town, everyone knows everyone.
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Oregon, is a Vote By Mail state, the ballots are in my Mail Box . It is delivered well in advance of the election day.
once I make my Choices , I drop it off in the repainted mail Box in front of the County elections Office .. Basically Everyone gets an absentee ballot , & registration is automatic with your ODOT licences . LBS has Voter Registration cards Too .. Yes I Use My Bicycle , I Live in the County seat, , so I don't have to add a Postage stamp, to return it for the tally. |
My polling station is on my regular route, I pass it every day, so yes. Come voting day I just drop in on the way home...
...to drop off my mail ballot that I was too lazy to fill in early and pay for postage. Probably mail-in votes are not even opened (except in case of candidates/issues that come down to where mail-in votes might make a difference, statistically speaking) |
We vote by mail-in.
Used to ride our tandem to the polling place . . . |
Absolutely. It only adds about 3 blocks to my normal "long" route.
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My last two times voting have been by bike, stopping on the way home. Tuesdays are my regular commute days so it works out.
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Yes, on election day I stay in bed for an extra hour, stop at the voting station on my way to the station. It's a fire station, so plenty of room, I just bring my bike inside.
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I was gonna go cauccus, but last night got crazy busy and well, it didn't happen. Guess I'll have to wait an election cycle.
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Nowadays I vote via the mail. In the 'good ole days' sometimes it made sense for me to go to the polls on the way to work. If I was riding I would ride.
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I've thought about it, and will probably do it for at least the primaries. My voting location isn't off of a very good road to be on a bike, but primaries will likely have less people.
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Yes, always. These days voting means riding about half a mile to the drop box for mail-in ballots.
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Maryland only allows absentee ballots, not statewide voting by mail. Didn't realize that many can vote by mail now. I like the idea of requiring at least a minimal effort to get off your duff and cast a ballot at a polling place on election day. Some day, you'll probably be able to vote online like ordering a pizza.
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Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 18504259)
Does anyone commute or ride their bike to vote?
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I walk about 2 blocks to vote.
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Originally Posted by AlmostTrick
(Post 18506456)
Yes. I rode my Specialized TrumpStumper.
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Unfortunately, there is no bike friendly way to get to my polling place from my house. It's kind of the opposite direction from my routes to work.
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I walk three blocks.
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I walk across the street; guess I could ride if I really wanted...
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My polling place is in a school on the next block, so no real point to getting the bike out and chaining it up.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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