Humor ping.
I heard my favorite funny one today. Some bozo told a bunch of poll workers that they didn't know how to use the voting machines so they started choking him and threw his ass out of the voting place. Now that's funny. I don't care who you are.
I voted back in 2004 at college, had to wait a few hours in a very long line. Volunteers walked up and down the lines handing out candy trying to keep people occupied. A couple of Democrat friends jeered me from a distance and told me voting wasn't worth the wait (they knew I was Republican). Not a humorous story but that's as close as I have to a memorable one.
This was in the 2000 primaries.
I entered the polling place, walked up to the table, and gave the poll worker my name. Once he confirmed my registration, there was this really nice little woman (who was 90 years old if she was a day) handing out the ballots. In the local drawl, she asked, "Now honey, are you a Republican or a Democrat?"
"I'm a Libertarian." I replied proudly.
She got an extremely quizzical look on her face, and, after a long pause, asked, "Is that a Republican, or a Democrat?"
TWO HOUR wait at my polling place in north central San Antonio. We're all standing there, talking in line, checking email on our Blackberries and just griping about the line when...of all things...
A PAPA JOHNS PIZZA DRIVER ROLLS UP...
Someone in line had actually ordered a pizza delivered to him in line (no kidding!)...
Went to my local firehouse at 7:30 this morning and was out at 7:45. No fuss, no muss. It's always nice to chat with the neighbors while waiting. I was #35 to vote in our precinct, my wife was #10. It took longer than usual because of all the CA ballot initiatives and local issues. I can't remember a time in the last 20 years when it wasn't very smooth and efficient.
Had a couple come into the election place. she was on crutches and I wondered why she didn't vote in the car. They were looking for the place for an 89 year old WWII vet to vote. and wanted curbside service.
They were in the wrong place. So we sent them to the correct precinct. That guy didn't have his workers show up so it was madness there. When they unpluged the last machine in line they didn't put the code numbers in 1st and it took down all his machines. He sent them out.
They came back to my place and the elections clerk said vote him in my pct. provisional and she would make sure that his ballot was counted. (NOTE: in Texas last election not one single provisional ballot was counted)
We voted him at the car and the man thought I was the greatest election judge in the city.