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Voting Stories (Vanity but Mod please keep)

Posted on 11/07/2006 6:01:51 AM PST by watsonfellow

Tell us what you saw today at your voting place.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: castyourvote; election; election2006; iseedeadpeople; vanity; vanitythevote; voting; votingstories
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I voted at 6:30 eastern this morning here in Waterbury, CT. The polls were fairly empty. I was the only one there when I walked in, a woman was just finishing up and leaving as I walked up the sidewalk towards the door.

The most interesting part, I think, is that there was a poll worker standing outside the door making everybody throw all of their campaign flyers, etc. in a trash can before entering the building. That's never happened to me before. Usually, all the flyers that get stuffed into my palm as I walk towards the polling place just get jammed into my pocket. I did that this time, but the poll worker told me I had to throw them in the trash instead; I couldn't enter the school gymnasium with them anywhere on my body.

Oh well...it's not like I needed the literature to figure out who to vote for.
61 posted on 11/07/2006 6:38:38 AM PST by CT-Freeper (Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
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To: watsonfellow

Got to my polling place at 7:05 this morning. Was the 75th person to register my vote and the lines were going out the door across the length of a gymnasium and through the cafeteria.


62 posted on 11/07/2006 6:38:47 AM PST by PLOM...NOT! (Checking in from Wisconsin)
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To: watsonfellow

It's raining in Michigan. :) :)


63 posted on 11/07/2006 6:39:18 AM PST by madison10 (Live your life in such a way that the preacher won't have to lie at your funeral.)
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To: sine_nomine

Clayton, MO (St. Louis suburb) had about a 30-40 minute line for touch screen, 15 minute for optical scan. We had one "high maintenance" but he eventually got through the lines. No problems to report...


64 posted on 11/07/2006 6:39:42 AM PST by PrincessB
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To: zook

One day someone will have to explain how out of thousands of voting machines built and shipped, why only the ones in blue districts don't work correctly.


65 posted on 11/07/2006 6:39:54 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Mediacrat - Dinosaur media in bed with Democrats)
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To: Made in USA
I'm wearing my NRA hat. As for photo ID, I'm showing my CCW permit card.

EXCELLENT!!!!

66 posted on 11/07/2006 6:40:01 AM PST by Thermalseeker
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To: watsonfellow
Had to go to poll in person, my advance voting ballot was not delivered.

I arrived at 7:00 when polling place opened. 25 in line ahead of me.

I had to cast a provisional ballot, because the poll records showed that I had requested an advance ballot. My wife got hers, but mine did not show up.

This caused a little confusion among the election workers, they couldn't remember the procedure for casting a provisional ballot

I was able to work them through the process, having previously been a poll worker before running for Congress in 2004.

Overall, the experience was quite fulfilling. It was pleasant to see a out line the door when I left at 7:30.

67 posted on 11/07/2006 6:40:37 AM PST by joebellis
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
I agree. I'd feel better checking a box on a paper ballot and dropping it into a slot in an empty beer case sealed with duct tape than I do about all-electronic voting.
68 posted on 11/07/2006 6:40:48 AM PST by MRadtke (NOT the baseball player)
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To: watsonfellow

I saw lots of minority poll workers. Nothing wrong with that.

I was told I had already voted by Absentee Ballot. Ah, but the rub? I never sent it in and I was carrying it with me, still sealed up.

The poll worker said I could vote but that they'd have to take the AB from me, which was no problem. But then I had to go and get it back so I'd know what ammendments to vote for and which judges to throw out. They didn't seem to want to let me have my origianl back temporarily but they relented, I voted, then I gave back the AB. Done deal and a straight R ticket.

Take that Pelosi!!!!


69 posted on 11/07/2006 6:41:30 AM PST by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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To: cripplecreek
Our local moonbat's father told me that his daughter refuses to vote in the "BushReich farce election". He says she's sitting home getting drunk already. LOL

Good, one less votes for the DUmmies.

70 posted on 11/07/2006 6:41:41 AM PST by 3catsanadog (Vote for the person at the primaries; vote for the party at the election.)
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To: watsonfellow

I voted at a church gym in New Jersey. A Catholic church that is about 300 feet from my back door that I attend every Sunday and my wife tries to make daily Mass each morning.

The church parking lot had almost 20 cars at 6:01 AM. I recognized a few of the ladies manning the polling booths from church. There were 2 districts. I was in district 5 but I was never sure if it was 5 or 3. I started with 5 and found my name in the M-Z list. I signed in and made a point of bringing my passport and showing that I was a US citizen. I didn't need it but I felt it was the right thing to do. The woman who found my name on the voter list was mother of the guy who went to my daughter's senior prom in May and was his boss for their summer job at the local pool. She still asked for spelling of my name.

As I finished voting, I was asked to take a sticker that said "I Voted". So far, it is still on my RED shirt. I heard one of the ladies who has been involved in the polling place for a few years who said it was the busiest she had seen at 6:00 AM before. I was voter #3 on my list but probably in the top 10 for the polling place.

When I voted, I put my finger on the empty box to move a green X to the candidate I wanted to vote for. After making all my selections, I hit the RED button on the bottom of the booth and the lights went out. Not as satisfying as I would like but I know my votes registered and I voted for the candidates I wanted to win. I voted NO for the 3 questions on the ballot in NJ. Lets hope that the GOTV efforts are very successful and that the House and Senate stay in Republican hands.


71 posted on 11/07/2006 6:42:45 AM PST by kevinm13 (The Main Stream Media is dead! Fox News Channel and Freerepublic Rocks!)
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To: watsonfellow
Just got to work after voting this morning. We were the first people there at 6:45 a.m. at the school and assisted in setting up some of the machines. The workers were somewhat disorganized, but things went rather smoothly.

I have done my duty and now I await the results.

May God continue to bless the United States of America!

72 posted on 11/07/2006 6:43:06 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Julliardsux

Good grief, can't liberals even set an alarm clock????


73 posted on 11/07/2006 6:43:13 AM PST by 3catsanadog (Vote for the person at the primaries; vote for the party at the election.)
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To: watsonfellow
Voting in far southwestern WI...very easy. From parking to finished in less than 5 minutes.

But there was a steady stream of folks at the polling place.

74 posted on 11/07/2006 6:43:22 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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To: PLOM...NOT!

Got to my polling place at 7:05 this morning. Was the 75th person to register my vote and the lines were going out the door across the length of a gymnasium and through the cafeteria.
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That's interesting, but what state and county?


75 posted on 11/07/2006 6:43:32 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: AppyPappy

Sometimes it can mean a desire to stop a change like a Speaker Pelosi ;-)


76 posted on 11/07/2006 6:43:45 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: watsonfellow

Little Wellington, Ohio -

Our precinct opened late because the workers were having problems. When the doors opened, I saw 7 of the new electronic machines in the room but the piles of "cash register" paper flowing out of them and onto the floor seemed to spell trouble. One machine was working and nobody knew how to fix the others. The workers seemed confused and untrained. They didn't know if we needed an ID or not. The woman activating the voting cards kept repeating "what do I do now?". The same woman issued me 2 voting cards. One was turned back in. I can't wait to see the results of this one.


77 posted on 11/07/2006 6:44:02 AM PST by OldYank1
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To: All
All Posters: Please try to give an indication of whether what you saw was heavier/lighter/good/bad if possible.

"10 people in line" doesn't tell a story or give meaningful feedback. "10 people in line and normally there are 30 and this is a rat/gop district...."

78 posted on 11/07/2006 6:44:08 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: cripplecreek
Please tell me this mean your Gov. and Senate repub. candidates have a really good chance of winning.....Rove says something is up in Michigan and it sounded like a change for the Republican side.....

What's your Take? and is that why the local moonbats daughter is drinking already?

79 posted on 11/07/2006 6:44:13 AM PST by thingumbob (Dead terrorists don't make more terrorists!)
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To: 3catsanadog
"BushReich farce election"

ROFL Smart kid. Stay home. Your Vote wouldn't count anyway....

80 posted on 11/07/2006 6:46:08 AM PST by madison10 (Live your life in such a way that the preacher won't have to lie at your funeral.)
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