Kodiak01

Kodiak01 t1_isbryh2 wrote

Reply to comment by Nyrfan2017 in Connecticut to decide on early voting in November referendum by jr_reddit

Me, for one.

On Tuesdays I'm out the door at 5:15am. I don't leave work in MA until 7pm, sometimes later. All it takes is one traffic backup, one accident, one string of red lights, or even being held 5-10min late taking care of a customer and I can't make it to the polls.

The one time I had to vote in person, I sped the whole way and managed to walk in the door of the polling location at 7:58pm.

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Kodiak01 t1_isbrmcq wrote

Reply to comment by Nyrfan2017 in Connecticut to decide on early voting in November referendum by jr_reddit

You realize that anyone who wants to vote early already can do so by simply stating they will be out of town during all voting hours, right?

Lived in CT since 2016. Voted in every election, 2020 general election was the only time I had to race to the polls at the end of the night from work because my absentee ballot never got sent.

This past primary election I went to the clerk's office 3 weeks before the election, got my ballot, filled it out on the spot and handed it right back to them.

In order to even get my ballot I had to show ID and get cross-checked against the active voter rolls. You don't just waltz in and grab a handful of ballots.

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Kodiak01 t1_ir2tmbx wrote

Reply to How do y'all like T-Mobile's coverage? by arborgent

Have had T-Mobile for a decade now. The only dead spots I've ever had to deal with have gone away with the 5G rollout.

T-Mo's 5G network using a much lower frequency band than Verizon and AT&T allowing for much larger coverage areas from the same towers.

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Kodiak01 t1_iqs7n82 wrote

Reply to comment by BirdBearHareFishy in Connecticut's last SEARS closed in early 2021 - Manchester CT by ILovePublicLibraries

The rest of that mall is still pretty busy, though.

We recently were up at the Burlington Mall in MA. They took the Sears location and built an entire extension of the mall with a bunch of new stores, several restaurants and communal outdoor areas with everything from fire pits to cornhole to open turfed areas where they hold free exercise classes for the public. They really did a beautiful job, showed what can be done with the old spaces that isn't just a health club and urgent care center.

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