Hundreds, maybe thousands, of people are in line today to vote in Atlanta, Georgia.
These are not McCain voters.
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THOUSANDS…and I’m headed over there in a few to help out and pass out water and snacks to voters.
More importantly, I want to know where the hell Chik-fil-a was when I was standing in line and almost blacked out last week (thank goodness one of the poll workers was kind enough to give me her peanut butter cookies, even though she yelled at me because I wouldn’t let her call the ambulance until after I cast my vote).
I just hope the Governor doesn’t extend the voting hours. That would be too democratic. And nobody wants that much democracy.
Yep. All my co-workers have been coming in this week talking about 2-hour waits for early voting. At this point I’m just waiting for Tuesday when more polling places will be open.
I stood in line for three hours with my husband yesterday in Clayton County. Both of my twins have voted along with my nephew. They are making sure that their friends vote too.
It’s a tiring process standing in line for so long but on November 5 we will be rejoicing all over GA when we turn the state blue.
Jerrilynn
Loving all the extra amenities to help people get out and stick it out through the wait. I don’t remember any of that stuff from ‘04.
I just stood in line at Fulton County Gov’t Center for four hours. I got there at 9a and voted at approx 115p! Barack the Vote!
“There’s something happening here.”
And HERE’s what it is.
IS THE FUTURE: White Liberals/Progressives AA’s Latinos = 50% to 55% = Permanent Majority.
ALL three groups want/DEMAND: Universal Health Care (or near to it), JOBS!!!!, AFFORDABLE ACCESSABLE EDUCATION, Appropriate Government Regulation, REAL WORKING SAFETY SOCIAL NETS, A Strong Military for America – all with the lowest possible taxes – BEARING in mind we are IN FAVOR of paying taxes to maintain the foregoing.
Progressives/Liberals ALSO want “progressive” social issues, ie Choice and no discrimination against Gays. BOTH these issues are litmus tests for the left. Liberals see discrimination against gays and women the same way older liberals saw discrimination against AA’s and Latinos.
What I want to know is what % of AA’s and Latino’s can live with the liberal/progressive “social” issues? IF – AA’s and Latino’s can agree with white liberals and Progressives on “social” issues I see a wonderful future for America. What I see is an America CLOSER to the Canadian and European model of capitalism, one that is taxed enough to support REAL “social safety nets on health, education and a “live and let live” social environment.
So for those who spend multiple hours in line waiting to vote, what made it take so long?
Was it voters taking several minutes in the booths? Was it the poll workers taking several minutes to confirm registrations?
Or was it just the large number of people? I guess the real question is, once you were at the head of the line how long did it take you to complete the process.
I’ve never had to stand in line more than a couple minutes to vote. A minute or two maybe in line to get to the poll worker. A few seconds for them to find my name in the register and for me to sign. Maybe another minute or two waiting for an empty booth. A minute or less to cast my votes. Overall, maybe 10 minutes total, and that much only if I walked very slowly from the car.
Our boss just told us he was planning on giving us Tuesday off. But since we’ve already voted, he doesn’t have to anymore.
In Houston, about 60th in line. Took about 45 minutes from arrival to departure.
The polling place just across the street from me will open at 6:00 AM on November 4th, and I plan to be there with a pre-filled ballot to transcribe it into the official record.
And then me and a friend are driving to Indiana to help the Obama campaign get out the vote there.
The game, as they say, is sixty minutes.
Well, I believe it was the sheer number of people. There were about 800 ppl in line at 9am (95% were young (18-30) and Black).
It took me 2 hours outside, one hour from the entrance to the auditorium and one hour inside the auditorium. There were four computers to check registration (which was NOT enough), there was one woman handing out the ballot cards, and there were about 20 machines.
I arrived at the voting location the the galleria mall in Southern Cobb County at 6 AM on Tuesday and was 5th in line. By the time the polls opened at 8:00 the line was several hundreds long. The turnout was majority African American and people seemed to be in good spirits despite the lines. There was lots of staff and 30 machines, so I expect that once things got rolling, it moved pretty well.
Jerrilynn, nice to see another Clayton County resident posting here. I early voted two weeks ago at the old courthouse, 15 machines and it took about an hour. My wife voted on Monday, same location, 2 hours. It is encouraging to see the GOTV producing such positive results in Clayton. Now if we can just get the school situation put to bed…
To Sean D. Martin: for early and advanced voting, the Georgia counties typically only have a few polling locations open. When I voted in my county two weeks ago, there was only one early vote location for the entire county. I believe this week they have 6 polling locations open, and on Nov. 4 there will be 40 locations open.
I’m really delighted that Ohio instituted “no-fault” absentee mail voting this year. Where available, that’s the way to go- it was great not only voting at my leisure and at my own kitchen table, but having the Intertubes handy for last-minute research on obscure judicial candidates. Because of that, it actually made me a better-informed, more responsible voter- I didn’t skip races I would have had to skip if I’d forgotten to research them, as often happens.
People should push for this option in every state.
On the other hand, I’m up here north of town in a part of Cherokee County so red that we don’t even have any local Democratic candidates, much less office holders, and I just bailed on early voting because there was no place to park and what looked to be an hour-long line waiting to get in to the library to vote.
There’s no one in the world who will be more delighted than me if those were Obama voters, but I suspect that’s mostly not the case.
On the other hand, the long lines of folks in DeKalb and south Fulton and the inner (non-Cobb County) suburbs probably are Obama voters.
And at 5pm there are still 4 hour waits in Fulton County, GA. Steps are being taken to extend early voting to Saturday there.
East Cobb County, GA is having the same waiting period.
GA is representing! I have lived here for 25 years and this is the first time I’ve seen this kind of turnout.
And Ray, here in East Cobb County there are Democrats waiting to vote. The majority of the local elections may be heavily weighted with other parties’ candidates. But we’re really focused on two — Presidential and US Senate.
I waited 2.5 hours on Monday to vote. I’m working the polls on Tuesday and was not assigned to my precinct. I have to arrive at my assigned polling place at 6am on 11/4/08 and will not be able to leave until we close and pack up that night. Therefore I had to vote early.
There’s something happening here indeed!!