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I saw on the news that there are crazy long lines at a place in Falls Church. Today is going to dwarf four years ago. I hope the big cities in Ohio are ready. We’ll know kinda early tonight. If Obama wins PA and Virginia, then McCain is toast.
How bout those STEELERS? With the backup QB even…?
Curiously, how would you compare this to the turnout you saw in 2004? I changed polling places between 2004 and today so I’ve got nothing to compare it to.
Just remember to tell people that if they are in line to vote when the polls are at the closing time they have to stay open until the last person in line has voted.
I know that I had to wait at least twice as long this time as in 2004 (about an hour). I arrived at 6am when the polls opened and there were already about 100 people ahead of me. I can only assume that it will be worse later in the day. (And this is in Illinois, where technically there isn’t much incentive to vote for president.)
Just got back from voting here in south St. Louis. The line was nice and long with at least 100 folks standing in line at the 6am when the polls opened here. One and a half hours later my ballot was scanned and I was on my way.
I think we’re gonna get near 70-75% turnout here in STL…a good harbinger for tonight’s results. If there’s a heavy turn out in the city & county of Saint Louis, we can carry the state.
Time will tell.
I’m in NYC and I voted this morning. The lines were 45 minutes long at 6:30 and I heard that the waits got much longer closer to 9am, though things should calm down between now and 5pm. At 5pm we expect crazy long lines once again. Polls close here at 9pm.
Everyone in the city is in such a good mood. It’s like Christmas day.
In and out in 15 minutes. Easy-peasy.
Everyone in the city is in such a good mood. It’s like Christmas day.
Isn’t it though?
Just voted in Oakland, CA. Lines are generally about the same today as 2004 but this year we had significantly more early voting. People were curled around the county courthouse. about 100 deep.
Let’s take our country back America. Get out and vote if you haven’t already.
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There isn’t much incentive? What on earth do you mean? Illinois should want to give a crushing victory to Obama. That way he’ll win his home state by a lot larger margin than McPalin wins his(If McPalin even wins Arizona).
Just voted. I live in a suburb NW of Dallas, in Denton County. There was NOT ONE PERSON ahead of me. There was one guy voting electronic, and a lady voting paper. No line whatsoever. I walked in, gave them my license, picked up a paper ballot, filled it out, and sent it through the Scantron. It took about 15 minutes, but only because I did not vote a straight ticket.
I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m okay with county clerk not being an elected position. Ditto head honcho of the Department of weights and measures.
What kind of incentive do you need? We want our country back and this is how it’s done.
The turnout at my precinct in Philly at 7 this morning exceeded what I saw in 2004. But it has since started to rain and now I’m concerned about getting ALL the voters to show up. I want the results to bear some resemblance to the polls.
In 2004 I was working phones after work calling all these people to make sure they voted. Everyone told me they’d been called half a dozen times already, for crying out loud. The last person I spoke to right before 8pm said she had voted, but was botherd by the early national numbers coming in against Kerry, after a whole day of exit polls indicating the opposite.
Take nothing for granted. Republicans couldn’t be happier that it’s rainy today in Philly.
Took my two youngest to the voting booth with me this morning before school so they could watch me vote. It only took about 15-20 minutes to get in to the machines at 7:15 this morning in my nondescript little town in NEPA, but the little old lady behind me said she had never seen a line in her 67 years that early in the morning during any election. Weather is overcast and a little chilly but holding up here. It’s a beautiful day in NEPA for democracy!
HANG TIGHT PHILLY THE RAIN WON’T KILL YOU!
Don’t get me wrong — nothing was going to keep me from voting, and I was proud to do so. But I hear people say all the time how it feels a little pointless to vote in presidential elections in Illinois because we’re always solidly Democratic, and you don’t feel like your vote makes as much of a difference as someone in a battleground state. I think things may be different this year, though, since a lot of people are enthusiastic about Obama.
“I think things may be different this year, though, since a lot of people are enthusiastic about Obama.”
I see this in NYC. Every single person that I know is voting. NY State will obviously go for Obama and we all know this but it doesn’t matter – it’s a joy to vote for him!
I got to my polling place in NW Baltimore just before the polls opened, on time, at 7 am. About 200 people ahead of me, but the line moved surprisingly quickly. There were 13 machines inside (compared to the usual 8-10).
I left there shortly after 8 am, and there were STILL a good 200 folks waiting.
By contrast, my sister, who votes in east Baltimore, reported little activity late this morning.
The weather here has been cool and cloudy, with light showers on and off since late morning. THIS IS NO EXCUSE, people. Get out there!!
I voted at about 5:15 pm central time (I’m in Louisiana) and was in and out in about 15 minutes. I wish I was back in a blue state, but at least here I can hope to help tip the scales for Obama. Unlikely, I know, but one can hope.
I went to kindergarten there!
On the balance, I think that the Skins loss (which hurt) was a reasonable sacrifice for tonight’s result.