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?
Voted in RED North AL near Huntsville AL with Redstone Arsenal and NASA. We walked in and out in less than 3 minutes. We didn’t go until 10:30 and were #760 & #761.
They can vote with bumper stickers, rah-rah emotion; we can vote with our wallets.
As promised, I went by the precinct where my husband is chief judge to see if anyone wanted lunch from Wendy’s or McDonalds. We live in a blue precinct in small town NC. 50% of our precinct voted early vote. My husband is a Rep, and as such shouldn’t be chief judgeas it is tied to party of the governor. The BoE can;t get a dem to do it, so asked my husband. Anyway he said the had a good number of people early this AM and irt had been spotty since. I was there at 1:15. BTW it is drizzling here, 55degrees and wet, pretty yucky.
I have a pan of brownies in the oven to take back up there later on.
Summary as I read the last 320 posts:
1) GOP districts- heavy turnout -that is good
2) Democrap districts- light turnout -that is also good
However it is just now getting to be 2PM and so most of the democraps are probably just waking up.
OK. Last week I filled out my absentee ballot, put it in the envelope, stuck a stamp on it and marched it out to the mailbox, inserted it into the mailbox and put the little red flag thingie up. Pretty exciting! (I live in WA, where most voting is done by mail).
Voted in East Hartford, CT, early this morning, high turnout. Many minorities, older folks.
I voted early for McCain/Palin at the Vet’s Memorial in Columbus, Ohio.
But I live in the country. And I have not seen even one obama sign anywhere in a 10 mile radius of my house. Every sign I’ve seen around here is for McCain/Palin.
I just voted in-town Atlanta. I reckon it’s a purplish district (Morningside/Lindbergh South). We waited in line for 35 minutes to vote. Not too bad as it was thinning out after lunch. Poll workers told me that since early morning until about 12:30 there were at least 500 people in line and we timed it just right. Nothing out of the ordinary and the process was fairly efficient. We did have to present ID twice. McPalin was at the top of the ticket.
I have to say, this is pretty encouraging!
I live in a blue precinct (Sudley, Manassas) in a very red district (Gainsville) in NOVA. The line was very long and I had to wait 45 minutes to vote. Only 4 machines. A lot of minorities, several Bohemian looking whites, and quite a few whites too. There were several white women behind me. The Obamabot and Democrat poll workers approached them with literature and ballots which they all flatly refused. There were no polite smiles from these ladies and their reaction was turse. Very interesting observation.
Here in Mid-Mich. in and out in about 5 minutes. Got there about 1PM. Least amount of time ever spent waiting to vote in about 10 years, though the gals working there said in the morning it was pretty busy.
Very red precinct in OK. turnout was heavy but not as bad as 2004. But I voted earlier in the morning than 04. (8am vs 1pm). But there sure were a lot of Obama signs. we have no voting booths, only tables and chairs, and anyone could see that I voted for McCain. :)
Reporting from deep in the heart of blue territory. We voted at 8:00am .... only took a couple of minutes. The enemy were still sleeping.
Southwestern Pa here back home for a break! Highest turn out i ever saw! Favoring McCain! Special needs adults are voting also !
I just got back from voting.
Although there were 20 - 30 peeps there, I did not stand in line.
I was asked for voters registration card and a drivers license.
Overall, I give it a 10 out of 10.
The wife and I got to the polls a half hour before they opened and there were 26 people in line already, by the time the polls opened there were about 80 people in line. Springvale, Maine, a purple village. It was as busy as I’ve seen it, and I’ve been voting here for 30 years.
When I came back Obama workers tried to follow me into our security conscious building. I threw them out. Told them they could call whoever they wanted on the telephone board, if someone let them in, it was that party's responsibility, but I wasn't letting them in the building.
Probably drilling for chocolate milk.
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