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November 2nd, 2004, 06:34 AM
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Warrior
Join Date: Feb 2004
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How long did you wait in line to vote today?
We've aired our views, disagreed our disagreements, and now it's time to put our fingers on the button or the lever or screen or whatever method of voting we have in our locale. Voter registration drives have added thousands of names to the voting roles, and not a few poll takers have indicated that today's elections may hing upon turnout, which is expected to be higher than usual.
So how long did you wait in line?
(I waited more than an hour, and would do it again.)
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November 2nd, 2004, 09:16 AM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Virginia
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I didn't stand in line. I submitted an absentee ballot.
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November 2nd, 2004, 09:41 AM
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Watashiwa Shin no Noir
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Where my heart is.
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Write-in early ballot, me.
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November 2nd, 2004, 10:33 AM
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Stablemaster, Livery Ship
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Wandering Indiana
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40 minutes, at 11:20 in the morning. 5pm and after here will be an absolute zoo.
Indiana uses those push button electronic things but only had 2 of them in my precint. My old Ohio polling place spoiled me. Paper punch ballots but 6 voting booths (2 precints voted at the same school). Never waited more than 20 min, and never had to wait in the middle of the day at all. (If you're worried about Ohio using punch ballots, don't. They were always properly perfed so if you punched them no chads are hanging.
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November 2nd, 2004, 11:42 AM
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Major
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
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haven't gone yet. going with hubby when he gets home!
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November 2nd, 2004, 01:59 PM
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Captain
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Ohio
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I waited about 2 hours to vote. I'de never seen a polling place that crowded.
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November 2nd, 2004, 02:06 PM
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Snowball, My Angel Baby
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Somewhere across the heavens... aka Pittsburgh, PA
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We (wife and I) are going to vote, once she gets home from work.
(Send a search party for us if we're not back in time for breakfast!) 
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Sleep now
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November 2nd, 2004, 02:49 PM
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Snowball, My Angel Baby
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Somewhere across the heavens... aka Pittsburgh, PA
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Unbelievable -- NO LINE!
We were in and out in about 5 minutes, just like a 'normal' off-year election. I did talk to one of the volunteer workers and she said that the turnout was "steady" and added that many of the stay-at-home folks, retirees, etc, came out early this morning. That really helps keep the lines down when the work-away-from-home folks arrive.
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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore .
Children are a message that we send
to a time that we will never see.
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November 2nd, 2004, 03:37 PM
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Major
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Utah
Posts: 5,693
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November 2nd, 2004, 04:10 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Champlain Valley, New York
Posts: 607
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In and out, no line and no waiting.
Side note: Took my 6 year old to show her how it's done. It was acutally a homework assignment for her to ride shotgun with a parent when they voted.
That teacher gets a  |
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November 2nd, 2004, 04:51 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: New Mexico
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I did the early voting thing and I waited 30 minutes. I was the 814th person to vote.
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November 2nd, 2004, 05:25 PM
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out there somewhere
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: The Ship Of Lights
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i was very lucky. Walked straight in and voted. Buuuut I left my voter pamphlet at home. I took the absentee guide thingie (which was useless). So I had to figure out my position again on all the stupid referendums.
Ya know.. I really would have prefered to vote for Schwartznegger for President. IF I could.  |
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November 2nd, 2004, 05:43 PM
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Strike Leader
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Among the 13th tribe....
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Welcome to little Mayberry........LOL.....
I got to the court house at 7:30am and had to wait in line for twenty min. I have never had to wait that early in the morning. They even let four go in at a time......I was #582.
We haven't up graded here,,,,,,,,still vote on paper with a pencil 
Even have those little voting booths where you pull the red whie and blue curtain around you..... (they really smelled musty this year)
When I was leaving....The older gentlemen of the town were gathered outside, drinking coffee and smoking cigars, Ladys from the local church were bringing in breakfast to the poll workers.......guess you could call it the social event of the day.
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November 2nd, 2004, 06:06 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: New Mexico
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Originally Posted by thomas7g
i was very lucky. Walked straight in and voted. Buuuut I left my voter pamphlet at home. I took the absentee guide thingie (which was useless). So I had to figure out my position again on all the stupid referendums.
Ya know.. I really would have prefered to vote for Schwartznegger for President. IF I could. |
Until they change the constitution to where a citizen who was not born here can
be president that will not happen.
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November 2nd, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: New Mexico
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Originally Posted by amberstar
Welcome to little Mayberry........LOL.....
I got to the court house at 7:30am and had to wait in line for twenty min. I have never had to wait that early in the morning. They even let four go in at a time......I was #582.
We haven't up graded here,,,,,,,,still vote on paper with a pencil
Even have those little voting booths where you pull the red whie and blue curtain around you..... (they really smelled musty this year)
When I was leaving....The older gentlemen of the town were gathered outside, drinking coffee and smoking cigars, Ladys from the local church were bringing in breakfast to the poll workers.......guess you could call it the social event of the day. |
Oh I remember THOSE days from when I was growing up in the state of Texas.
I'm glad it's not like that here. Cept for the waiting in line to vote. I had to do
that and I was doing the EARLY voting thing
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November 3rd, 2004, 03:23 AM
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Major
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
Posts: 6,689
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the wait for my hubby and I was about 10 minutes and that was around 6 p.m. One of the poll workers said that they had seen alot of young people and first time voters turn out.
Happy to report that the guy running for state rep on the state level for our district won by a very clear margin.
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
-episode "Mac Daddy"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
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November 3rd, 2004, 07:09 AM
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Battlestar Callisto
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 1,071
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I voted early a couple of Fridays ago. Walked right in. Of course, I live in a small town so I've actually never had to wait for any election I've voted in...
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November 3rd, 2004, 08:08 AM
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Strike Leader
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Middleofnowhere, NH
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Originally Posted by amberstar
Welcome to little Mayberry........LOL.....
I got to the court house at 7:30am and had to wait in line for twenty min. I have never had to wait that early in the morning. They even let four go in at a time......I was #582.
We haven't up graded here,,,,,,,,still vote on paper with a pencil
Even have those little voting booths where you pull the red whie and blue curtain around you..... (they really smelled musty this year)
When I was leaving....The older gentlemen of the town were gathered outside, drinking coffee and smoking cigars, Ladys from the local church were bringing in breakfast to the poll workers.......guess you could call it the social event of the day. |
Are you sure you don't live in my town, amber?
Seriously, there are 1400 people (that is total population, not just registered voters) in my town and as of 3:30 PM 500 people had voted! It doesn't even get busy at our polls until 5:00 PM, so I can't wait to see what the final numbers were.
Whether you are happy with the results or not, we should all be proud of the incredible voter turnout.
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This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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November 3rd, 2004, 11:20 AM
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Captain
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Ohio
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My town broke it's all time record for voter turnout.
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November 3rd, 2004, 11:21 AM
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Major
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Cheesehead in Connecticut
Posts: 6,689
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Record turn out in my town!
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Cheese: [has tinfoil on his teeth] I have braces!
Mac: You found that on the ground, didn't you?
Cheese: Garbage can.
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November 3rd, 2004, 06:55 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Champlain Valley, New York
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Haven't seen any voter turnout data for my town. We're kinda forgotten by the tv stations in the larger cities near me, and we only have a weekly paper dedicated to local news, so it'll be Saturday at the earliest before I hear anything.
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November 5th, 2004, 05:01 AM
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Strike Leader
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Middleofnowhere, NH
Posts: 2,012
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Each smallest act of kindness reverbrates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.
This Momentous Day, H. R. White
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