Bush wins, Mitch Daniels wins.......and we re-elect our worthless Senator.
Haven't seen lines like that at my precinct since 92, but that's ok, we never even have rats on the ballot here below the state level :-)
Would be nice to be able to say Bye Bayh
Haven't seen lines like that at my precinct since 92, but that's ok, we never even have rats on the ballot here below the state level :-)
Would be nice to be able to say Bye Bayh
Bush will carry the state easily and Daniels will win the governor's race.
I heard a couple libs at the polls this morning saying things like, "I hate Bush, but he's the lesser of two evils." That was refreshing. Not that I'm worried about Indiana, it's just nice to hear *some* sense from liberals.
standing in the rain in Fishers at 9:30 am
Just got back from my polling place in Crown Point. Had to wait in line an hour, but didn't mind at all waiting. The locals said it was very unusual for such a heavy turnout.
Voted at 6:00 this morning! Go George & Mitch!!!
All the polling places I drove by on my way to work in traditionally Republican South Lake County were jammed. I will be leaving work to vote on my lunch hour and will report the turnout when I get back.
Kokomo was busier than normal but not hectic. Since poll was at a union hall there were Rat signs everywhere, no GOP signs anywhere! Expected.
Voted when the polls opened at 6am on the South Side of Ft. Wayne in a slight rain. Judging by the yard signs in the neighborhood we lean slightly Democratic. We are a very diverse neighborhood, Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. South Side is, I believe, the 3rd most diverse High School in the nation.
Turnout didn't appear to be any higher than normal for a presidential election here. There were only about 10 people in line when I left at 6:05 a.m. No advocates were about, no politics were discussed, the poll workers were in good humor.
Voted this morning at 8:15 and was number 186 at my polling place in south bend. I had absolutely no wait in line and was done in about three minutes. turnout was a little higher than usual, but in my area the lines are usually higher at 7 and noon.
A guy I work with went to vote at lunch time and said it was so crowded he could not vote in time to get back to work within the alotted lunch hour.
Quiet citizens around here. They just go about their civic duties without raising a ruckus.
Go Bush, Scott, Daniels, and Chocola! Bye Bye, Bayh! In view of last year's FL debacle and Osama's threats I hope an atonishing number of Republicans turn out for the vote this year.
This is a Republican area, but there have been of Chicago residents moving into the area and they still vote dim. I hope the turnout means a strong Republican showing, but I heard no one discussing who they voted for, so I don't know what this all means.
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/11/02/updates/top_stories/3ede4de398f2972086256f40006e1b50.txt
Voter turn-out in Lake County appears to be strong
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:59 PM CST
Voting precincts across Lake County were reporting long lines and waits Tuesday morning as residents gathered to cast their ballots, an election board attorney said.
"Just about everywhere, people are waiting to vote," said Lake County Election Board attorney Bruce Lambka. "I can't quantify that yet, but those are the reports were getting from many of our precincts."
Some voters calling in to The Times reported waits of more than an hour.
Phones were ringing off the hooks at the election board office in Crown Point, mostly from precinct workers who were unable to locate the names of registered voters in the voting rolls books, Lambka said. In most cases, the names were found in the back of the books, listed as inactive because the voters did not return special cards to renew their registrations, Lambka said.
Those voters were allowed to cast ballots and will appear as active voters in the next election cycle.
There was a sure sign that voter turnout has been heavy Tuesday,according to Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Michael Greener. "We've had a lot of complaints about people cutting in line."
Greener has been the designated ombudsman for the prosecutor's office for several elections. He said complaints are running high, but none very serious. "Mostly, they are about people electioneering within 50 feet of the polls or polls being inadequately marked," he said.
Poll workers at the Westwind building in Crown Point said they already had a 35 percent turn out in their precinct Tuesday afternoon with three and a half hours of voting still remaining.
All polls in counties surrounding Marion are/were packed from what I have heard. I spoke to one voter that voted in a Marion County precinct on the north west side, no line at all.