Posted on 11/02/2004 10:57:51 AM PST by Junior
No one saw fit to give us our own thread, despite there being a number of crucial issues on our ballot this year.
Same here. I thought it funny to hear people making excuses for not comming or calling each other.
One other thing - Prominently displayed was a sign: Attention voters, please have ID ready, in Alabama, It's The Law.
Long line at my polling place in Hoover. Took about 35 minutes to get through it. I was there at 6:50 and just lucked out finding a parking place. The parking lot looked like Wal Mart on the day after Thanksgiving.
Heheh
Break out the mason jars and moonshine
Voted about 9 AM...out in the country in central Shelby County...much busyier than normal...there was a county sheriff deputy there.... Been voting here for 15 years and first time the law has been around...
My husband just called me from Smith Station, AL and said the line is over 300 people long, at 1:15 pm CST - hour to hour and a half long wait. Told me to bring a lawn chair, rain coat and book when I get there after work.
We've got a few constitutional amendments up for vote, including one that guarrantees every Alabamian, regardless of age, a "right" to an education.
Free college tuition at your universities? I may have a son I need to send east....
Don't start packing just yet. We're working on getting that one shot down.
I voted "no" on all proposed amendments.
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I just got back from voting (in honor of Mr. Thomasset~!!!)
Y'all will not believe it, but here in Slapout, AL, for the first time in 10 years, I had to actually wait in line to cast my ballot. This is extremely significant (to me, at least), as in this tiny town on the most beautiful lake in the region, our voting district (Beat 14) has an history of voting for the winner. (Yes, they got mad at Daddy Bush and went for billary, I am so ashamed to say.)
Everyone who was there at the same time I was voting, was very proudly and loudly energized for W. Talk about a happy moment...it was one of my most memorable.
My prediction - Alabama for W @ 80% and W wins it by a 3.5 to 5% margin nationwide.
As well you should.
Voted about 9 o'clock at small rural polling place in Lowndes county. Low turn out. Went on to check out county seat. Lot's of folks hanging out, but no lines at all. This is a "blue" county, one of the gerry-mandered minority districts.
Harvest, Alabama here (suburb of Huntsville). Stopped to vote this morning on the way to work. At 7:15 there were 400-500 people in line outside the building. INCREDIBLE early voting.
I stopped back by about 1:00. A line of 40-50 people were ouside, with another 75-100 in line inside the building.
I'll go back later.
This is Bush country so W should win BIG here in Madison County.
War Eagle
Go Bush
from Clark county, AL
Just finished voting in Helena. Huge turnout in the rain, but not a bad wait as they had anticipated this and set up extra tables and chairs. Over 3k votes in my precinct - I believe this is a record and we haven't even hit the post-work surge yet. BTW, this area can aptly be described as Broken Glass Republican.
And, to illustrate the value of a good education, my daughter's Christian school held a mock election today. Results: Bush 141, Kerry 3, Nader 1. I supplied a life-sized W cutout and we had to hang around after school for all of the kids, parents and teachers to finish having their pictures taken with W.....
My son's Christian school held their mock election yesterday. Votes were tallied and announced today. President Bush - 66, Kerry - 2.
It's truly a small world avelliott as I too have a life size cut-out of the President. He watches me freep from the office every day. ;-)
Same here, though it took some time getting used to sharing my office. He gave me quite a start several times when I'd walk into it in the middle of the night. ha ha
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