Just voted in Volusia county. The polls opened at 7 am. I got there at 7:30 and was told that yesterday there was a line going around the building at that time. There were a few tents in the parking lot with workers asking people as they walked by, “Need help with voting Democrat?” . A few of the tents had the local Republican candidates too, but I just avoided contact with all and went straight for the voting area.
They asked for my ID. Swiped my Florida drivers license in a scanner, signed a credit card style machine to verify signature, then voted. While I was voting someone must’ve told the poll worker they were a first time voter, because a “Cheers” like “FIRST TIME VOTER!” yell came from the poll workers.
I put the ballots in the machine myself. Saw the ‘ballot accepted’ message for each of the three pages, then walked away. Glad to have gotten it done early, but didn’t like the people in the parking lot. I’m used to my quiet church voting area. The early voting place was a public library, complete with associated urban outdoorsmen.
So a line in the sand has been passed. She was a girl, and is now a woman. Maiden no more...