Old Dominion FReepers...check in and tell us how voting was in yer area...MUD
Sorry about the triple-post...FR's acting up a bit today...MUD
Got to Hungary Creek Middle School here in the West End at about 7:00. Here was a nice blonde lady out front of the school handing out sample Republican ballots. No Democrat counterpart visible. Lots of Bush/Cheney signage out, and one half-hearted attempt at a Kerry/Edwards Sign.
The line was long, but moved along quickly. Lots of laughing and joking. It took about 30 minutes to work though it.
Just voted, in Chesapeake. The lines were very short, and I had no problems at all.
During the 5 minutes I was there, one man's ballot was thrown out because he had voted for 2 candidates in the same race (he was given a new one to try again, and the old one was placed in a special manilla envelope). The woman in front of me wasn't registered for this particular polling station, so she had to fill out a provisional ballot. Two women were helping each other at one voting booth.
I brought my videocamera, but didn't find anything I felt I should videotape.
I was greeted by a man outside the polling building, handing out flyers encouraging me to vote Republican. I told him I was voting for Bush. That seemed to encourage him.
I went about 3pm here in Middleburg....it wasn't crowded at all. Only two Kerry people offering literature outside the polling station. It was very sane and orderly.
We are required to show valid ID and be checked off on the registration sheets. This is the way it should be nationwide!
I heard it was crowded early and will probably be later as people vote on the way home from work.
Go Bush/Cheney!
It was a great day at my precinct (10th, Loudoun, Blue Ridge Dist). I picked up a bunch of new volunteers for the future (poll workers and lawn signs) and had 3-4 people in every 1-hour shift all day long (in a small precinct with a little over 1,000 voters.)
Half of the registered (!) voters had voted my noon. Half of the actual voters had voted by 10 a.m.
Unlike the past 20 years, there was not huge 4-7 p.m. rush.
There was lots of encouragment from voters all day long.
The organization in the District and the County was excellent.
In my precinct, the Dems had inside observers and we did not. They were well organized this cycle and hope they are now disillusioned and heart-broken.
In Loudoun County, President Bush got 56-percent, Kerry 43-percent. Loudoun maintains its reputation as a stonghold of clear thinkers (but we have to work hard to educate newcomers from Fairfax!)
In the 10th District, Congressman Wolf got 64-percent against the carpet bagging Hocus-Socos.