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?
I mailed my absentee ballot in three weeks ago. Nothing but a knot in my stomach today.
I voted this morning in Warren County, OH (25 miles north of Cincinnati). One of the reddest of red Ohio counties. The lines were unprecedented. Easily 5x as many folks there when the polls opened than in 2004. GOP turnout is through the roof.
At my polling place at 5:30 - by 5:45, the line was down the sidewalk. I was #22 in line, #3 at the F-L table and finished voting at 6:06. By that time, the line was down the sidewalk past the school building, going around the bus loop, and out of sight - several hundred people, I would estimate. Cars were lining the street, both sides, up to the main road with folks probably walking a 1/4 mile to get to the school. It is also raining in our area, too (Central Virginia).
I attended a Sarah Palin rally in my area Saturday night - stood for 6.5 hours to see her. She’s terrific and I PRAY she is our next VP.
I was in my polling place this morning, and there are four precincts. Now, I know that I vote in the one that is set up just left of the door, because that is the booth I have been voting in since 1992. But there are no signs to tell the voters which table they have to go to. A new voter would have to wait in a line and then be told to go wait in another line to vote.
At 6:00 AM, this would not have been a problem. But, by all indications, those lines are getting pretty long right about now.
NW Indiana here...highly blue area...maybe 50 voters in the first hour. Two problems...drop box counter not functioning upon arrival (repaired before I dropped my ballot...SO department supervision and one dem just outside the door electioneering (Indiana for Change). Electioneering has been reported.
Chesterfield County (Richmond, VA suburbs) voted absentee with wife on Friday...took about an hour...line was largely middle-age...a few young blacks and whites. Voted McPalin, Gilmore and Eric Cantor.
Voted here in S. Indiana, our polling place was light, but went by another that was packed, hundreds in line at 6:50 am.
Thanks for your report from my old stomping grounds and hometown of Mason, Ohio!!!
Hopefully all of Bambi's supporters figured this one was in the bag, and decided to sleep late!
Do we have any FReepers in (...ahem...) urban precincts who might know?
I’m headed out here to vote in southern IN (right across from Louisville) in a few minutes....
Go Comets! :-)
Got to my polling place in Loudoun County Virginia at 0555. Done voting by 0630. Easy peasy. Probably about 200 people in line (but someone else’s estimate). But once it opened the line split into 4 lines (by last name) and it moved rather quickly, if you did paper ballot.
I did almost have a heart attack when they couldn’t find my name in the book. I informed them that I voted there in the primary and the mid-term election. Turns out the records still have my maiden name. Then it occured to me, even though I was married last year I didn’t get my new driver’s license until April of this year. So I still gave my maiden name in the primary.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the young people that were there, just a handleful, mostly had the Republican sample ballot. Only the girl behind me had the Democrat’s version. It was her first election. She was excited. Hopefully she stays interested in voting, but wises up about her choices.
I voted absentee in 2004. Gotta say I didn't like it. I missed the Great Civic Ritual. There is something about going down to the local school to stand in line and cast your vote that just makes me feel good about the whole thing.
Okay, I already told you guys the trouble I was having voting this morning.
Here is a report from my husband. I called him to see if any of his co-workers (all McCain supporters) had any luck voting.
Same situation, lines were too long, had to get to work (nurses, doctors, pharmacists). He said they were all upset, and will go back this afternoon.
“Nothing but a knot in my stomach today.”
I’m experiencing the same thing. I voted absentee a couple weeks ago as my husband was hit by a car and ended up with a broken pelvis. I’m going to have to go out for a run to get rid of this nervous energy.....
Me either, but I'm in the military and have to vote from across the country.
I agree. It makes me very emotional every time -- like hearing the Battle Hynm of the Republic.
We were 2nd & 3rd in line...
...by 6:15 there were 50 people behind us..
..by 7AM there were over 200 people, the parking lot was full and cars were parking on the street....
I vote in Florida...a 'Battleground' state.
Take a small chair, a book, etc....could be a long day.
We voted at a church and the gracious pastor was hauling his church chairs outside to the voters, God bless him, and also giving them permission to go inside & use the church bathroom.
And here I thought your last name was "Magnolia"...
Voted last week Thursday. In and out within 20 minutes; two security checks and ID checks, even though I’m a registered voter who has voted at the same place for the past 15 years. I was glad to see that.
Upbeat mood in the room. I got there at the right time; when I left, the line was well down the long hallway and around the corner. But no one was leaving. :)
My husband and son voted the next day, and they said pretty much the same thing I just did.
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