<p>It does my heart good to see the number of “yes” responses here. D got her mail-in ballot, sent it back. She was pleased with the ease of the process. Her U is offering shuttle service for those local students (she’s out of state) who have local polling places…but she’s finding that many of her friends just can’t be bothered – roomie never got around to registering, several other friends “don’t have time” to “research the issues.” Yarg! I remember being 18 and sitting down with my first mail-in absentee ballot…I was so excited to finally have a voice.</p>
<p>S will be voting with me tomorrow morning. He was going to have to get an absentee ballot abroad, but once we realized he was going to have to be here anyway he didn’t bother. He is apparently now registered to vote in his college state, but since our state has election day registration, he can just take care of it tomorrow. In 2008 he and his HS friends not only voted for the first time, many of them participated in the party caucus before that.</p>
<p>Yes. My S voted by absentee ballot last month. </p>
<p>He had voted in the primary in the spring, which was his first voting experience. When he walked into the polling place and showed his ID, the poll workers realized it was his first election. After he emerged from the voting booth, all the poll workers applauded for him, and offered him a donut to celebrate his first vote! Now my daughter can’t wait for her first chance to vote in 3 years!</p>
<p>D1 turned 18 when she was a senior in high school, and we had a state primary on her birthday, so she voted on her birthday. The ladies at the polling place clapped when they realized it was her first election. She has voted at every election since, and was home for break a few weeks ago, and voted via absentee ballot at town hall.</p>
<p>Yes, indeed, via absentee ballot, and the website for the county elections department records his completed ballot as having been officially “received.” Given its 10-page length (several pages were devoted solely to constitutional amendments), I am planning to send a congratulatory care package!</p>
<p>Yes. Both voted by early ballot.</p>
<p>19 yo DS voted absentee. The ballot came to our home address and I forwarded it to him with two first class stamps… Lots of props to vote on in Cal, so a big ballot. He also was called to jury duty last summer ( registering to vote guarantees getting called to jury service around here.) Proud of him for stepping up to do his civic duty.</p>
<p>S is a freshman in college in the same state we live in so he could have voted absentee. He ended up registering on his college campus during new student orientation because I think he wanted to vote in person for his first election. We’re in CA so there are tons of propositions this time around–I hope he’s had time to figure them all out!</p>
<p>Overseas DD has voted. Her absentee ballot is already back in our town.</p>
<p>And yes, both kids voted when they were in college.</p>
<p>My daughter will vote for the second time. She registered in the state where she goes to college. Her comment: “I am voting in a swing state.” Funny kid.</p>
<p>D voted absentee both UG and now grad.</p>
<p>D voted via absentee ballot and was so excited she sent me a picture of herself mailing the ballot back!</p>
<p>Yes, this year old three of mine will vote…how cool is that!</p>
<p>I have two new voters in this election. They have been looking forward to this since the last Presidential election. Both voted absentee, one from her out of state college, and one from Tanzania. The one in Tanzania is waking up at 4 am on Wednesday, which will be 8 pm on Tuesday here, to watch/listen to election coverage. They are both very excited!</p>
<p>My D could have voted by mail, but is very much looking forward to going to the polls in person tomorrow!</p>
<p>My first D voted in the 2008 election and will vote again tomorrow. My second D sent her absentee ballot in over the weekend! She is very excited to be voting in her first election. She also sent me a picture of her ballot before it went into the mail!</p>
<p>Just got notice in the mail today that college age daughter is registered to vote in her college town.</p>
<p>This is the youngests second presidential election. Her best friend was a freshman at Georgetown four years ago, and they almost talked me into letting D go to India via NYC afterwards,( another friend was at Columbia) but I wanted to see her off, so I talked her into postponing her visit to DC.
( but her friend is still in DC working for an NGO,( & their other friend is also still in NYC) so maybe the next inauguration.)
My kids not only vote- but they watch all of the debates, something I don’t have the stamina for.</p>
<p>My son hasn’t received his absentee ballot yet, even though the government website says they sent it a week ago. If it doesn’t arrive tomorrow he won’t be able to get it postmarked in time. I am not happy about this as we live in a swing state.</p>
<p>Well, in all honesty, S is very involved with politics, but D couldn’t care less and she probably isn’t voting. And I’m not going to push it. I’ve said my piece and that’s that.</p>