Just voted here in Carteret, NJ
Heavy early turnout. Talked to the Republican poll watchers, they like what they here.
FYI my wife and I were at the polls at 6:45 in Exeter, NH (Very liberal community) and it was aleady packed to the gills as throngs of people were already in line to vote. Massive voter turnout here in Southern, NH.
WHAT is WRONG today? Can the traffic be that high today???
I got to my north Metro Atlanta precint location at 6:25AM. I was about #250 in line, maybe more. Never before have I been more than about #15 or 20 in line.
If a lot of Georgia voters look like the voting demographic of the line I was in, McCain will be lucky to pull out Georgia. Very lucky indeed. Every other person, on average was either black or quite young. This is a very unusual look for the voters in my area.
If I can get FR to respond, I will look for better news from elsewhere.
We use the nice, scantron ballots that are so easy to mark and insert into the machine that sucks them in. A great system; don't know why anyone would bother with touch-screen, computerized voting when the scantron-type systems leave a paper trail and work so well in every way.
I was so nervous last night that I didn't go to bed at all; it got later and later, and I just decided I would stay up and pray, and vote as soon as the polls opened so I wouldn't worry about it all day.
I have a STRONG sense that the people in line at my polling place feel this is a true crossroads for this country. I am certain that turnout will be HUGE today, everywhere.
At least we should get a really good idea of where this country stands. I hope and pray it stands behind honesty, decency, and McCain/Palin.
Please God, let it be so. Show us your mercy, and guide our voters to a positive outcome for our country.
We use the nice, scantron ballots that are so easy to mark and insert into the machine that sucks them in. A great system; don't know why anyone would bother with touch-screen, computerized voting when the scantron-type systems leave a paper trail and work so well in every way.
I was so nervous last night that I didn't go to bed at all; it got later and later, and I just decided I would stay up and pray, and vote as soon as the polls opened so I wouldn't worry about it all day.
I have a STRONG sense that the people in line at my polling place feel this is a true crossroads for this country. I am certain that turnout will be HUGE today, everywhere.
At least we should get a really good idea of where this country stands. I hope and pray it stands behind honesty, decency, and McCain/Palin.
Please God, let it be so. Show us your mercy, and guide our voters to a positive outcome for our country.
Western Maryland RED(McCain) precinct.
I was in line before the polls opened at 7am. The line was HUGE. I voted at about 7:40am. Other old-timers in line said they had NEVER seen the line this long in the morning.
There were 2 measley Obama signs in the forest of McCain signs outside the polling place.
SW OHio - rural - generally 70 - 30 mix in Republican favor. High turn out 2 hour wait at 7 a.m. Bumper stickers in lot show McCain favored by majority.
We live in 2-1 Republican Franklin County, PA. Wife and I got to our rural precinct at 7:40 AM and the parking lot was full and the line snaked around the inside of the fire company’s event hall and out the door. VERY heavy turnout...more than in ‘04 as far as I can tell. We drove by another polling place and same there. Could be very heavy GOP turnout.
In the door and back out again in about 2.5 minutes. Signed my name, stepped into the booth, voted straight Republican (except for one Dem for town council, because he's a cop, generous supporter and big volunteer in our wrestling, football and lacrosse programs - I don't even know why he's a Dem.)
9:00 is easy street for getting in and getting out. Me, the house fraus and the oldies. Glad I got it done this morning - it'll be a crowded mess tonight.
We live in 2-1 Republican Franklin County, PA. Wife and I got to our rural precinct at 7:40 AM and the parking lot was full and the line snaked around the inside of the fire company’s event hall and out the door. VERY heavy turnout...more than in ‘04 as far as I can tell. We drove by another polling place and same there. Could be very heavy GOP turnout.
Just voted in Bedford, New Hampshire. This is a solid Republican town. Turnout was light-to-moderate, although my wife told me it was heavy earlier this morning. I would expect it to pick up later in the day as well.
Was in and out in under five minutes. Nothing unusual.
I guess it is not unlawful in PA to plaster campaign signs all over the doors of the polling station, because 0bama/Biden was on every square inch here.
And it’s odd, because this area generally goes 60/40 for the Republican, if not better.
No lines. We’re in a rural area.
Arrived at preceint polling place 6:15...long lines already. Orderly, inside really crowded, out by 6;50...lines ousides much much longer. Just a short distance away, passed another polling place...three acres of parked cars, and more parked across the street. HEAVY turnout in this Republican county.
Haven’t voted yet because my precinct is in the local Catholic grammar school and in the mornings it’s a zoo... parking hard to find, whatnot. So I’ll stop on my way home.
But I wanted to share this from the bagel shop. I don’t usually eat breakfast but decided to get something this morning since I was running early. A couple of ladies who looked to be about my age (early 50s) were ahead of me. One had very long, completely gray hair and looked like an aging hippie. I was thinking, “gee I can guess how she voted.”
Gal behind the counter said to everyone “well are you ready for a new president?” Aging hippie said “YES!! I can’t WAIT!” Confirming my guess.
Counter gal said “we’ll be making history!” So I said, “right, no matter who wins! We could have a woman in the White House!”
Counter gal said, “exactly!” Silence from aging hippie as I left.
Turnout significantly heavier than 2000 and 2004. VERY red district in Georgia (Linder). I was in line at 6:30 and voted at 8:30. In both 2000 and 2004 I did not get there until after 7 and voted in less than an hour.
Riverside Co. went for Bush in '04 by 16 pts., lost CA by 10.
It is raining...
At some point this morning I could not log onto freeper..no doubt the site is swamped today.
Does anyone know what is the alternative site we can go to? there used to be an alternate Freeper site we had.
RAT invested precinct in Northeast Ohio - older union kool aid drinkers mostly, plus some aging hippies.
Light turnout at 9:00 am. I was in and out in 15 minutes. However, I am hearing reports of long waits at other RAT infested precincts.
I just called in my first ever election complaint, no one asked for my ID at 7 am this morning. While on the phone with the election administrator for the county he said we had 60,000 more early votes than ever before and the highest percent in Texas. This is Tom DeLay’s former district and heavily Republican.