[Sabertooth]

I figured out last night my polling place got moved across the street from my favorite doughnut shop, so I'll be early.

[TheDon]

Just voted at an elementary school. A little girl was waiting outside of a door with some friends and was chanting, "Vote for Arnold". It was quite funny.

[Enterprise]

Bump to keep track.

[pbear8]

Captain PBear and I just voted in our regular precinct in our community. We vote in every election and have never seen more than a couple of people at the polling place at a time.

There were a dozen people in line and I saw at least five people voting with 'provisional ballots'. Husband and I concurred that this is probably a tactic for both fraud and to slow down the count.

Anybody else seen anything odd?

[.38sw]

I'm sooooo glad that I left my red and white "Dump Davis" bumper sticker on my car after last November's election. Whoda thunk that it would still be relevant nearly one year later?

[StoneColdGOP]

First one at my polling place this morning. They hadn't even sworn in the poll workers.

Yes on Recall
Tom McClintock for Governor
No on 53
Yes on 54

[Mike Darancette]

Wife and I just votes in San Bernardino County at 9:15 am. No one else voting and maybe 5 others had ben there all morning. What big turn out?

[StoneColdGOP]

Just in case anyone's nearby to this and interested:


The Republican Party of Los Angeles County

Cordially Invites

All Volunteers, Central Committee Members

and Supporters to an

Election Night Party

at

Pacific Palms Resort
(Former Industry Hills Sheraton)
One Industry Hills Parkway
Industry Hills, CA  91744
(Directions on website:  www.pacificpalmsresort.com)

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

8 p.m. to 12 midnight

Please come and watch the election night returns with your Republican friends. 

[Wolfstar]

I voted at about 8:45am. On the surface, one would think turnout was heavy, because there were a lot of people on line. But, because of the shortened election cycle, some precincts were combined. In my locality, three precincts were combined. So if I divide the number of people I saw in to three, I would say turnout appeared average.

There are so many confusing last-minute polls and cross-currents, that the outcome is very tough to predict. One outcome I fervently hope for is that the L. A. Times is brought to its financial knees by what they did.

[Wolfstar]

BTW, the combined 3-precinct voting place in my neighborhood is in a Baptist church next door to a McDonalds, LOL!

[pollywog]

I voted at 8:00am here in Eagle Rock, Ca. I voted for Tom McClintock and yes on 54.The lines were long, and opps, for REALS I did have a hanging chad on Tom's name. I prompty fixed it.

Prayers today for the outcome.

[Weimdog]

FYI from Mickey Kaus -

Here's an inflammatory charge that could actually get someone fired at the L.A. Times, an event that happens approximately as often as a gubernatorial recall. L.A. Weekly's William Bradley claims that "senior Democratic strategists" were leaked the "particulars" of Thursday's Times groping story "well in advance of the story's publication." That would have given the anti-Arnold campaigns a head start in planning the TV ads and outraged public appearances they've since produced to capitalize on the groping scandal in the five days between the story's publication and the election. ...The leak occurred, according to Bradley, during a period when the details and timing of the piece were supposely known only to a few writers and editors. (The existence of some sort of LAT investigation, as well as its general subject, was known to, roughly, everyone in Western Hemisphere.) ... kausfiles Value Added: How far in advance is "well in advance"? The Weekly story isn't clear on this, so I asked Bradley, who said, "The Democrats had it at least a day in advance, perhaps longer." .... 10:38 P.M.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2089298/

[b9]

I think we just had an earthquake...anybody else feel that?

[BFO]

I voted this morning in the Orange/Villa Park area of Orange County. The ballot is a single sheet, blacken the box affair, pretty straight forward. I had no problem remembering to vote yes on the recall but did almost forget to vote on the 2 propositions.

The line was out the door at 7:50 am when I arrived, and was still out the door at 8:30 when I left. The system they used was very time consuming, first waiting on a line to sign in, then waiting on another line to get a ballot, then going to the booth, and I did see a few folks leave out of frustration but, geez, a half hour is nothing compared to the prospect of 3 more years of Gov. Clousseau.

Final note to the LA Times - For the first time in my life, I contributed $$ to a particular candidate - Tom McClintock, early in the campaign. However, I am so determined to counter the LA Times hit pieces in this election, that I voted for Arnold. We need a mandate to repudiate this dirty tricks crowd.

[jetson]

I have talked to three friends early this morn who have switched to McClintock instead of Arnold. This is going to be interesting how the votes play out.

[doug from upland]

DOUG FROM UPLAND HELPS GRAY AND SHARON DAVIS!!!

[doug from upland]

Sacramento FReepers ----- why aren't you in front of the governor's house chanting: GET OUT OF ARNOLD'S HOUSE...GET OUT OF ARNOLD'S HOUSE...GET OUT OF ARNOLD'S HOUSE

[Drago]

Voted about 10:50am...
I went for:
"Yes" on recall
Tom McClintock
"Yes" on 53
"Yes" on 54

My wife and I hedged our vote...she voted Schwarzenegger and "Yes", "Yes", Yes".

[sissyjane]

When will the exit polls start coming in? Anybody heard anything yet?? On pins and needles out here in Ca.

[IronKros]

Funny how the shenanigans of one state can capture attention of a whole country. To bad it didn't happen in Texas with the runaway democrats.

[Servant of the 9]

Fox just reported that LA is going to release their absentee ballot count tonight, but no other numbers till 10:00 AM tomorrow morning.

Is this the announcement that the election is gonna be stolen?

Are they on touch screen down there?
The ones that make no paper trail?

SO9