Shelby county here also.
What was the crowd like? With what I saw and LS’s last update with the Dims needing 23 of 28 flappable seats, cant see how the dims pull it off. I know no one cares about Alabama’s vote, but people are extremely motivated.
Very busy in Madison County AL. My precinct is a demographic mix with lots of students, and the crowd reflected that.
One thing noteworthy is they’ve really streamlined the process. The seasoned citizen poll workers had iPads this time. They’d scan your ID and print out a little slip that you’d take to the next table to get your ballot. Much quicker than the old way which had them manually flipping through binders to look you up. I have a feeling the lines would have been out the door if they were still doing it that way. But this new way was really efficient. Whoever is in charge of elections here (I should probably know who that is now that I think about it) is doing a good job.
And I will add that as always it was a charming scene at my polling place. It’s in the gymnasium of a medium sized church with basketball hoops overhead and churchy posters on the walls. Wall to wall with people but everything really peaceful and friendly.