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AFTER ACTION REPORT: Post Your Voting Observations Here “PLEASE STATE IF YOUR PRECINCT IS RED, BLUE
Free Republic ^ | 11/04/08 | Shameless Vanity

Posted on 11/04/2008 4:27:46 AM PST by gridlock

OK. You've gone out and voted, like a good citizen. Tell us about it.

How was turnout? Were there any problems at your polling place? Who do you think will win your local races?


TOPICS: Free Republic; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008elections; aar; election; elections; mccain; obama; voting
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To: caver

Is your IN precinct red, blue, or mixed?


121 posted on 11/04/2008 5:41:29 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: gridlock
Okay, I drive past three polling places on the way to work. I live in an extremely conservative area in Michigan and the closest polling place to me was packed. I'm talking a big church parking lot full plus cars parked up and down the road for a good 100 or 200 yards. The heaviest I've ever seen. The next place I drive past is still in a conservative area, but is on the edge of a college town. It was also very packed, the heaviest I've seen. The third place I drive past can probably be classified as somewhat urban. It wasn't packed at all. Maybe 5 cars in the parking lot.

I hope this means that conservatives are coming out in droves. The worst case is if it's a bunch of ignorant kids coming out in droves.

123 posted on 11/04/2008 5:41:41 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: gridlock

Arizona—Went at 5:30, probably 50th in line...Say a young black woman try to vote for the second time after she had mailed in a ballot. Luckily they caught her. She pretended like she thought she was supposed to be there.


124 posted on 11/04/2008 5:41:45 AM PST by riri
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To: tgusa

If Obama wins, and talk of that 401K grabbing starts, it will utterly crash the market. Because you, me, and millions of other people that dont want the govt managing our retirement accounts will just cash out and take the change.


125 posted on 11/04/2008 5:42:31 AM PST by dartuser ("If you torture the data long enough, it will confess, even to crimes it did not commit")
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To: gridlock

Problems in precinct 3, Lake Orion, MI. Opened at 7:00 AM. I arrived at 6:25 and was about the tenth person in line. At 6:45 however, the line was filling up considerably. After I voted, I went to the machine to run my ballot through and was told it was broken. We submitted them in a secure place within the machine and were told that they would be submitted once the machine was fixed, after the polls closed. They did say that we could come back at 8:00 PM to submit the ballot ourselves. I don’t think there is any intended hanky panky. It’s always been an above board precinct.

Good luck to John McCain and Sarah Palin and the rest of the GOP.


126 posted on 11/04/2008 5:43:08 AM PST by TheRake (Lake Orion, MI)
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To: ChenangoShooter.308

Unfortunately, I think that voters in upstate NY have concluded the tail is going to wag the dog this time around. You guys really ought to form your own state, or join Pennsylvania, or something.


127 posted on 11/04/2008 5:44:09 AM PST by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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To: gridlock

Voted in Philly at 7:30AM. Obama youth out in force. Black committeewoman telling everybody in line that Haliburton made the machines and Cheney owned it. I said “OK with me. I might keep my country for a while longer.” There was no applause. I was number 53 with a 20 or so line of Starbucksoid folks behind me.


128 posted on 11/04/2008 5:44:18 AM PST by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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To: gridlock
I heard the poll watchers talking about where the exit pollsters could stand...

..but saw none, absolutely none.

Maybe they just exit poll in heavy Dem areas so they can try to throw off the election or demoralize folks.

129 posted on 11/04/2008 5:44:29 AM PST by Guenevere (I CHOOSE JOHN McCAIN BECAUSE HE CHOSE ......LIFE!)
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To: riri

They need to throw her in jail!


130 posted on 11/04/2008 5:44:33 AM PST by edge10
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To: gridlock

South Johnson County Kansas, Overland Park area. Showed up at the polls about 5 mintues after they opened. Wait was about 50 minutes, everything went smooth. I had some poll watcher tell me I couldn’t bring my Kansas City Star newspaper in because it might be seen as promoting a political candidate. I politely directed her attention to the sign on the wall detailing what literature was not allowed in polling places and pointed out that newspapers weren’t included. Then I went back to reading the sports section.


131 posted on 11/04/2008 5:45:12 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Doctor Freeze
As we say in Georgia... Git R Done!!!

Well, we did in OH early today. Everything was very orderly, took maybe an hour to get through the line. The workers were very patient and helpful. The voters were kind (helped a wheelchair person through the line) and well mannered.

Here's hoping for an outcome favorable for the good guys. Keep Ocokehead out of the WH...

132 posted on 11/04/2008 5:45:32 AM PST by chimera
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To: Non-Sequitur

Just voted in Dallas County. I refused to vote early since I wanted to savor the right to vote which has been bought and paid for through the sacrifice of many. When I arrived at 6:30am, I was seventh in line. By 7:00am when the polls opened, approximately 60 people stood in line. I was out by 7:05. There were eight election officials present who did seem to have significant elections experience - which was a relief. My observation on voter turnout as compared to 2004 and 2006, the line this year was significantly longer than either prior election at the same hour of the day.


133 posted on 11/04/2008 5:45:48 AM PST by E-2K
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To: gridlock
Voted in Cecil County, Maryland and was home within 15 minutes. They opened several polling places since the 2004 election and have them well staffed.

I handed the clerk my license, she asked my address and date of birth. Painless and efficient.

134 posted on 11/04/2008 5:45:49 AM PST by Abby4116
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To: edge10

She had no intention of voting this morning. She was using her body to lengthen the line and her car to pack the parking lot to discourage McCain voters away from the polling place. Now you know why there was so much early voting for Obama.


135 posted on 11/04/2008 5:46:11 AM PST by Crawdad
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To: AppyPappy

That is true. . .but here is my VA story.

On Saturday last, the wife and I voted early in Fairfax County, VA. We voted early because today, election day, I will be working a long, long day and might not make it to the polls in time and the wife needs to take care of her mother (dementia).

Here is what we observed at the Fairfax County voting venue:

All told, about 200 people were in the polling place waiting to cast early (absentee) votes.

1) About 1/3 were obviously illegals from south of the border. They had “the look.” Those in law enforcement/Customs/Border Patrol know what I am talking about. Of those, most could not speak a word of English, or at best, had very limited ability. This meant that most could not independently fill out the Absentee form as they couldn’t read it or understand spoken instructions. There was some guy that translated for them. But hey, aren’t you supposed to demonstrate proficiency in the English language when becoming an American citizen? Nonetheless, they all had a voter registration card. In Fairfax all they require to vote is the registration card, no photo ID, nothing to prove who you are, no proof of citizenship required. Just the registration card.

2) About 1/3 were other foreign nationals. Many were Asian with many more from mid-east and Africa. Many of them could not read the form and so very many could not speak English. For example, there were three Egyptians in the room, two sons with an elderly Egyptian woman that had no clue as to what was going on. Seriously. She was clearly suffering from dementia and couldn’t speak a word of English. She could not fill in the form, they put the pen in her hand and moved her hand for her. She needed assistance from her son’s to get to the voting cubicle because she was lost and confused, didn’t know where she was, and they went to the booth with her and directed her hand during voting (I could observe them, as the “booth” was a small cubicle that only hid the touch screen, not the person. I half-jokingly told my wife she should go home and get her mother’s voting card and, since no proof of ID is required, she could come back and cast a vote using her mother’s registration card. There was also an oriental woman with no English ability whatsoever. I saw her because one of the the poll volunteers called to the crowd, asking if anyone could translate for the lady. Some oriental guy translated the instructions from the polling volunteer to the lady, and then he also helped the lady fill in the form-—you see, she could not write in English. Again, isn’t there some requirement for English proficiency when becoming an American citizen? Again, why don’t we have a photo ID requirement and proof of citizenship? Such a simple thing to cut down on the fraud I personally witnessed.

3) The remaining 1/3rd we your “average” Americans.

I swear, I felt like I was in some third world bureaucratic environment, with English being the minority language and people of no obvious mental capability voting.

It was a nightmare and I truly think that soon, very soon, we will have pictures on the ballots instead of written names, just like they do in third world countries.

Truly, I fear for the Republic.


136 posted on 11/04/2008 5:46:45 AM PST by Hulka
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Just mentioned in another thread...just got done voting here in central Ohio and the presidential ballot was set up so Obama was the first choice and McCain was the 6th choice in the middle of about 10 choices....most of whom i never heard of


137 posted on 11/04/2008 5:47:12 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP
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To: TLI

I’ve voted in this town for nearly 20 years. Longest lines I’ve ever seen. For the first time I had to wait in a line outside the polling place. In addition, for the first time I saw poll workers ask for ID for first time voters. Pretty cool.

There is no way McCain takes MA, but at least people are out in droves. I feel good about America, and bad about Obama.


138 posted on 11/04/2008 5:47:40 AM PST by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: Hulka

The only thing worse than having your vote cancelled out by an illegal, fraudulent vote is not voting, and letting that illegal, fraudulent vote stand unchallenged.


139 posted on 11/04/2008 5:50:40 AM PST by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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To: LS

I’m in a mixed precinct. The city I live in has lots of imports formall over the world so they have a mixed view of politics.


140 posted on 11/04/2008 5:50:45 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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