His approach is completely typical.

Have you ever voted before?

11/4/2008 10:35:30 AM

I voted

11/4/2008 10:46:11 AM

voted

11/4/2008 10:48:00 AM

voted. it took 5 mins

11/4/2008 11:11:49 AM

I was truly surprised at my polling place because there were actually a ton of people there, but they had way more volunteers than I was expecting and the lines moved really really fast. Usually the line for names is broken down into 3-4 groups, this place was every two letters had their own line. And most places are really strict about only voting in one of the 9 little booths they have setup, but this place said as long as you felt enough privacy, vote where you want. People had the bleachers pulled out and some people even sat on the floor. It looked like a giant mess, but it ran really efficiently and quickly at least while I was there.

11/4/2008 11:13:17 AM

Voted

11/4/2008 11:13:23 AM

Voted.

no line whatsoever today.

11/4/2008 11:14:34 AM

Voted.

one hour line this morning.

11/4/2008 11:16:11 AM

Voted. Half hour wait. BBC was also reporting live from my precinct today (funny to watch voters trying to weave around the reporter and his camera crew).

He even mentioned the Starbucks thing.

11/4/2008 11:18:41 AM

I voted.

11/4/2008 11:19:49 AM

I voted.

11/4/2008 11:20:52 AM

1.5 hour wait in chicago

11/4/2008 11:23:10 AM

I cast my vote this morning, no wait!

11/4/2008 11:24:12 AM

i also voted for the ammendment in the maryland constitution to allow for early voting so i dont have to wait an hour next time.

11/4/2008 11:25:31 AM

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php

11/4/2008 11:27:22 AM

Quote :

"Require federal service of some kind, whether military in another fashion (postal, FBI, etc.) for federal elections, allow the states to determine their own requirements for state positions."

Kurtis636



Earn your citizenship through federal service.

That's some of the most Orwellian shit I ever heard.

BTW, I voted--I always do. And some of you moonbats will no doubt be shocked to learn that I voted for a number of Democrats. Still, for the most part, I used the Indy Weekly voter guide to vote for the candidates opposing the ones the publication endorsed--handy little guide, this.

11/4/2008 11:27:49 AM

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11/4/2008 11:32:57 AM

This actually deserves more than just a link to be annulled by the passage of pages.
Kudos to you, Shrike.

Quote :

"I Didn't Vote For Obama Today November 4, 2008, 9:37AM I have a confession to make. I did not vote for Barack Obama today. I've openly supported Obama since March. But I didn't vote for him today. I wanted to vote for Ronald Woods. He was my algebra teacher at Clark Junior High in East St. Louis, IL. He died 15 years ago when his truck skidded head-first into a utility pole. He spent many a day teaching us many things besides the Pythagorean Theorem. He taught us about Medgar Evers, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis and many other civil rights figures who get lost in the shadow cast by Martin Luther King, Jr. But I didn't vote for Mr. Woods. I wanted to vote for Willie Mae Cross. She owned and operated Crossroads Preparatory Academy for almost 30 years, educating and empowering thousands of kids before her death in 2003. I was her first student. She gave me my first job, teaching chess and math concepts to kids in grades K-4 in her summer program. She was always there for advice, cheer and consolation. Ms. Cross, in her own way, taught me more about walking in faith than anyone else I ever knew. But I didn't vote for Ms. Cross. I wanted to vote for Arthur Mells Jackson, Sr. and Jr. Jackson Senior was a Latin professor. He has a gifted school named for him in my hometown. Jackson Junior was the pre-eminent physician in my hometown for over 30 years. He has a heliport named for him at a hospital in my hometown. They were my great-grandfather and great-uncle, respectively. But I didn't vote for Prof. Jackson or Dr. Jackson. I wanted to vote for A.B. Palmer. She was a leading civil rights figure in Shreveport, Louisiana, where my mother grew up and where I still have dozens of family members. She was a strong-willed woman who earned the grudging respect of the town's leaders because she never, ever backed down from anyone and always gave better than she got. She lived to the ripe old age of 99, and has a community center named for her in Shreveport. But I didn't vote for Mrs. Palmer. I wanted to vote for these people, who did not live to see a day where a Black man would appear on their ballots on a crisp November morning. In the end, though, I realized that I could not vote for them any more than I could vote for Obama himself. So who did I vote for? No one. I didn't vote. Not for President, anyway. Oh, I went to the voting booth. I signed, was given my stub, and was walked over to a voting machine. I cast votes for statewide races and a state referendum on water and sewer improvements. I stood there, and I thought about all of these people, who influenced my life so greatly. But I didn't vote for who would be the 44th President of the United States. When my ballot was complete, except for the top line, I finally decided who I was going to vote for - and then decided to let him vote for me. I reached down, picked him up, and told him to find Obama's name on the screen and touch it. And so it came to pass that Alexander Reed, age 5, read the voting screen, found the right candidate, touched his name, and actually cast a vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Oh, the vote will be recorded as mine. But I didn't cast it. Then again, the person who actually pressed the Obama box and the red "vote" button was the person I was really voting for all along. It made the months of donating, phonebanking, canvassing, door hanger distributing, sign posting, blogging, arguing and persuading so much sweeter. So, no, I didn't vote for Barack Obama. I voted for a boy who now has every reason to believe he, too, can grow up to be anything he wants...even President."

Wow.

11/4/2008 11:45:11 AM

boone, this is my third prez election. This was the first time ive ever seen anyone telling people how to vote. But this was the first time ive voted in this kind of area.

11/4/2008 11:57:44 AM

people at work were talking about 1 hour lines. I literally just walked in and voted a minute ago. Guess the pre-lunch crowd is small.

11/4/2008 12:03:38 PM

The line this morning was pretty long because it was the pre-work, pre-get the kiddies to school (yes they had school here in Alamance County) crowd but I would imagine that 10-noon and then 2-5 would be pretty light.

11/4/2008 12:06:34 PM

i voted!

absentee! thats the way to go if ya ask me!

11/4/2008 12:11:59 PM

Just got back from voting at Combs Elementary. No line whatsoever, more than half the booths were empty. But I'm very excited because I got exit polled/interviewed. I intend to scan the paper tomorrow for anything written by Emery Dalesio of the associated press in hopes that my childlike, overexcited rambling will appear.

11/4/2008 12:51:30 PM

I've always wanted to be exit polled.

Let us know too if you DO happen to appear in the paper. And you should have plugged TWW somehow.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 1:10:18 PM

I got (yet another) call from the Obama campaign asking whom I voted for but I don't know if that counts as an exit poll.

11/4/2008 1:12:56 PM

only was a line for me cuz i went in the morning before work. passed there on way here for lunch and there was no line.

11/4/2008 1:23:29 PM

NC had their shit together. Something like 40% of voters voted early, so even with record turnout it should still be less traffic than usual.

11/4/2008 1:28:54 PM

I was in and out very quickly this afternoon in wilson.

NC does have their shit together.

11/4/2008 1:31:57 PM

Signed....but I refuse to wear the stupid sticker.

11/4/2008 1:45:28 PM

Quote :

"No Confidence '08!"

took 20 minutes

most of which was spent making up my mind to really vote no confidence

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 2:15 PM. Reason : ...]

11/4/2008 2:12:43 PM

Voted this morning in Cary. 10 minutes. I found it sketchy that they didn't ask for my ID or anything. Just "State your full name and address". The name I gave them was different than the one on their paper (an extra middle name not on my license) and they didn't care.

11/4/2008 2:15:09 PM

^they aren't supposed to ask for your license

11/4/2008 2:31:05 PM

http://myfairelection.com/

rate your poll place.

It asks you for your email and zip code, then it sends you an email with the link to rate

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 2:40:56 PM

got my sticker at the fire station off of blue ridge, no wait at 2:00 PM.

11/4/2008 2:57:53 PM

20 min cause I went to the wrong place the first time

11/4/2008 3:07:30 PM

All I got was this button. . .

11/4/2008 4:24:46 PM

voted for the nig

11/4/2008 4:52:44 PM

Voted! Took me 15 minutes. Everyone else, 2-4 hours.

11/4/2008 4:58:59 PM

Quote :

"Something like 40% of voters voted early, so even with record turnout it should still be less traffic than usual."

Yeah, 44% of registered voters, 73% of last year's turnout voted early. Of course we don't know how many will vote this year.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 5:09 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2008 5:08:49 PM

Quote :

"Let us know too if you DO happen to appear in the paper. And you should have plugged TWW somehow."

Haha, depending on what he quoted I'd probably keep it to myself. I was already high off voting and then got so excited to be polled I started rambling like an idiot and didn't sound like my normal self much.

11/4/2008 5:43:02 PM

funny, but that sounds about par for the course, for you

11/4/2008 5:51:05 PM

woot i voted.

11/4/2008 6:21:27 PM

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20081104/BREAKING10/81104041

Someone's calling people in Missouri to tell them to vote tomorrow.

11/4/2008 6:24:35 PM

absentee in AZ

11/4/2008 6:33:38 PM

Today I voted for Palin and against Obama.

11/4/2008 6:34:08 PM

old guy in front of me accidentally put 2 choices for president and I had to get him before he left so I could put my ballot in the machine

don't worry, I told him to get a new one and only put McCain the 2nd go-around


I was only the 583rd voter in my polling place at 5:00

11/4/2008 6:35:08 PM

^^^^There were fliers mailed out in Richmond,VA to african american communities to vote on Nov5th because it would be too crowded today.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM. Reason : s]

11/4/2008 6:35:27 PM

mmmhmm

11/4/2008 8:13:19 PM

Quote :

"i didnt see any signs posted to stop where you can talk to people."

It was definitely there, whether you saw it or not

11/4/2008 8:39:26 PM

voted 3 blocks from my apt in manhattan before walking to work. took 5 minutes.

11/4/2008 9:16:56 PM