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[oscar]

Side note: The 2023 annular eclipse is the same day as election day in Louisiana. People living there will have to choose whether to vote or to see the eclipse in Texas.

Two words: absentee ballots.

Depends on whether Louisiana requires an excuse to vote absentee, and if so what qualifies as an excuse.

[GaryV]

Side note: The 2023 annular eclipse is the same day as election day in Louisiana. People living there will have to choose whether to vote or to see the eclipse in Texas.

Two words: absentee ballots.

Depends on whether Louisiana requires an excuse to vote absentee, and if so what qualifies as an excuse.

Travel out of state usually qualifies. You aren't required to say why you are traveling.

[Bruce]

According to a few voter's guides, it seems out-of-state travel is a valid qualifier for an absentee ballot in Louisiana.

Of course, this would be easier if we had automatic mail voting nationwide (it works just fine in states that do have it, and I can't imagine any other way). I've voted from a plane, a train, and a rest stop in the middle of nowhere, all at my leisure.

[hbelkins]

Side note: The 2023 annular eclipse is the same day as election day in Louisiana. People living there will have to choose whether to vote or to see the eclipse in Texas.

Two words: absentee ballots.

Depends on whether Louisiana requires an excuse to vote absentee, and if so what qualifies as an excuse.

I'm not exactly sure what Kentucky's procedure is now, as my policy is to only vote in-person on Election Day, but in the past you could vote on a machine at the courthouse unless you were going to be away from your local county during all hours when the courthouse was closed. In that case you could vote by mail-in paper absentee.

[ZLoth]

According to a few voter's guides, it seems out-of-state travel is a valid qualifier for an absentee ballot in Louisiana.

Of course, this would be easier if we had automatic mail voting nationwide (it works just fine in states that do have it, and I can't imagine any other way). I've voted from a plane, a train, and a rest stop in the middle of nowhere, all at my leisure.

Texas is very tight about voting absentee. The only way you can request an absentee ballot is under the following circumstances:

• Expected absence from the County during both the early voting period and election day. The ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
• Disability
• 65 years of age or older
• Confinement in jail and not finally convicted of a felony

Depending on the type of election, there is a one to two week "early voting" period where you can show up, present your ID, and cast your vote at any of the voting centers in your county, and usually, it's within a few minute drive. That early voting version usually includes a Saturday and sometimes a Sunday as well.

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According to a few voter's guides, it seems out-of-state travel is a valid qualifier for an absentee ballot in Louisiana.

Of course, this would be easier if we had automatic mail voting nationwide (it works just fine in states that do have it, and I can't imagine any other way). I've voted from a plane, a train, and a rest stop in the middle of nowhere, all at my leisure.

Texas is very tight about voting absentee. The only way you can request an absentee ballot is under the following circumstances:

• Expected absence from the County during both the early voting period and election day. The ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
• Disability
• 65 years of age or older
• Confinement in jail and not finally convicted of a felony

Depending on the type of election, there is a one to two week "early voting" period where you can show up, present your ID, and cast your vote at any of the voting centers in your county, and usually, it's within a few minute drive. That early voting version usually includes a Saturday and sometimes a Sunday as well.

The event I'm referring to (an annular solar eclipse, not the title of this thread) is in an odd-numbered year and not on November 7. Texas won't be affected by this, since the election that day is only in Louisiana.

Sorry for completely derailing the thread.

[tmoore952]

To put this thread "back on its rails"

The 2017 eclipse happened on the day we flew to the UK, so I missed it. I was not in totality area anyway, it was a few hundred miles drive away.

I am not sure what is going on with me wrt 2024 eclipse.

I do plan to travel to see a total solar eclipse at some point, as in a few years I will be retired.
That would include traveling internationally -- e.g., a few years ago, I had considered traveling to southern Chile for a total solar eclipse.
So 2024 for me is not "make or break".
I remember there was a total solar eclipse in Nova Scotia in July (?) 1972. So it's not like I haven't waited a long time, and may have to wait longer.

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To go back to annular eclipses for a moment, you would need to have a telescope filter, or look at leaf shadow, or a pinhole camera. You will not be able to look directly at the sun like you would for a total eclipse.

[Bruce]

Local libraries in Washington are giving out free eclipse glasses (due to the upcoming annular eclipse this month). Grabbed a few, but apparently not many takers so far.

[tmoore952]

Local libraries in Washington are giving out free eclipse glasses (due to the upcoming annular eclipse this month). Grabbed a few, but apparently not many takers so far.

I'm going to write about the "wrong" eclipse here (relative to this thread), but if you read on, it will be clear why.

What happened to the (separate) tread about the Oct. 14 2023 annular eclipse (might have been titled "2023 eclipse")? It seems to have disappeared. I was wondering if anyone out west (in US) experienced this last weekend.

[bm7]

Local libraries in Washington are giving out free eclipse glasses (due to the upcoming annular eclipse this month). Grabbed a few, but apparently not many takers so far.

I'm going to write about the "wrong" eclipse here (relative to this thread), but if you read on, it will be clear why.

What happened to the (separate) tread about the Oct. 14 2023 annular eclipse (might have been titled "2023 eclipse")? It seems to have disappeared. I was wondering if anyone out west (in US) experienced this last weekend.

It's still there: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33845.0