<p>My 18 years old D requested the mail ballot a long time ago before I reminded her.</p>
<p>Mine was home for a short break last week and went to our town’s early voting. I tried to early vote this week but every time I went by the polling place the lines were out the door. Hopefully the lines will not be bad tomorrow when all the polling places are open</p>
<p>My 2012 grad. S voted last week for the first time.</p>
<p>I told my son about early voting, but he never made it. Now he’s back at school. Fine with me, as he’s voting for the other candidate.</p>
<p>Ds1 voted in his first presidential election absentee from New Zealand. I’m so glad.</p>
<p>S transferred his voter registration to his college town (in state)</p>
<p>This is the first presidential election he’s eligible to vote in.</p>
<p>We’ll be picking up our 18 yr old S tonight from school, he’ll vote with us at 6am tomorrow and we’ll drop him off for his first class right after.</p>
<p>My daughter requested an absentee ballot as soon as she got her new dorm box number. When it didn’t arrive when expected, she called about it, twice! Finally got her ballot last week, filled it out and took it to the post office the next morning, to make sure it arrived in time. She feels very strongly about this election! Fortunately she is voting for the same candidate as both her parents, so I am glad she was diligent. Her party affiliation is the same as her dad, not me, but I am jumping ship for this election, lol.</p>
<p>First presidential election for both of my college kids. D was 17 and a senior in HS last time.</p>
<p>Both are out-of-state at private LACs. D decided to vote via absentee ballot. S, a freshman in college, decided to register to vote in the state where his school is. They provided transportation for the students to go vote a couple of weeks ago.</p>
<p>H and I took advantage of early voting to avoid the crowds. So, all 4 of us have already voted!</p>
<p>Yes, she has already voted!</p>
<p>Yes. D2 is voting. It is her first time to vote, so she is very excited.</p>
<p>Yes. Registered last year in the state where his college is so he could vote in the town’s mayoral election. He is very much looking forward to voting tomorrow.</p>
<p>I stopped by our local board of elections a couple weeks ago with Happykid, where they were happy to supply the absentee ballots, No.2 pencils, and a set of quiet library carrels. We were in and out in about 10 minutes.</p>
<p>Yes. My son sent in his absentee ballot two weeks ago. My other two voted absentee when they were in college. Since we’re in a supposed swing state, this is where their vote will count more. So glad my kids vote - my husband and I have been cancelling out each others vote since we got married. Now I have three more people on my side!</p>
<p>My college student did, but the other two did not. They are both overseas (different parts of the world) and have next to no mail service. They decided that spending the $5 or so in postage it would require and not even be sure it would ever leave the country, much less make it here on time was a waste of their very limited funds. Email or fax is not an option with the state. Neither is anywhere near an embassy where it could be dropped.</p>
<p>My son also voted over his fall break at early voting. Early Voting is a great option for college students - too bad all states don’t offer it.</p>
<p>Yes, son is registered in his college town and will vote tomorrow. It’s also his birthday.</p>
<p>My overseas daughter decided not to vote. The hassle of doing so superceded her interest. (She turned 18 right before the last presidential election and voted her first time as senior in high school.) </p>
<p>My recently graduated son voted early.</p>
<p>My recently graduated grad-school daughter planned to vote in all races except presidential. She did end up voting for one of the candidates: I figured she would. ;)</p>
<p>My closest friend has three college age students. One registered to vote but made no plans to vote absentee and won’t come home. The other two never bothered to register.</p>
<p>Older daughter registered to vote immediately upon arriving in Alaska for her first real job.</p>
<p>Younger daughter did not know until two days ago where she would be doing her pediatric rotation, and hadn’t requested an absentee ballot just in case she needed it. Yesterday she moved from our house back to her college town two hours away. The doctor will let her leave her shift early tomorrow so that she can drive the 4 hours round trip to vote.</p>
<p>Both girls went with us to the polls since birth, so voting has been instilled in them.</p>
<p>cap - When I was living outside the country, if I couldn’t vote when I was home on vacation (sometimes it was too far away from the election date), I would send my ballot in with a courier service such as FedEx or DHL. Your kids might consider that option in the future. I do agree that regular postal service in other parts of the world can be less reliable than one would like.</p>