I voted today

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Just returned from voting with the wife. Number 84 and 5 when normally in the 20's. Seem like the turnout was higher to me. Higher then in 2008 and the parking lot was so full people were waiting.

Plus they had a few voters that their polling place was changed . Add to that nobody could help them out either.




Barney

You have a law now that prohibits poll workers from telling a voter where their polling station is?

John

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Boreas

You have a law now that prohibits poll workers from telling a voter where their polling station is?

John

I think it was more the poll workers just not knowing. But at the polling place there was no way to find out it seemed.

I doubled checked online last month to make sure because of the changes.

My son called me when he was there. At 10:30 he was number 300. They usually have around 500 in a Presidential election in the past.






Barney

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Oerets

I think it was more the poll workers just not knowing. But at the polling place there was no way to find out it seemed.

I doubled checked online last month to make sure because of the changes.

My son called me when he was there. At 10:30 he was number 300. They usually have around 500 in a Presidential election in the past.

Wow! Which way does that precinct usually vote?

John

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Wow! Which way does that precinct usually vote?

John

I'm just so happen to live in a Tea Party , WASP rural farm area precinct. The break down in 2008 was about 70/30 favoring the Right. From the signs displayed this year it might be even higher to the Right.




Barney

[Bigerik]

Here's hoping for a high turnout. Would be nice to see people getting interested in democracy again.

[Rex E.]

In and out in less than 10 minutes. No lines, no worries.

Nice to be off today as I'm sure it's gonna get ugly around 3pm

[d-ray657]

Reporting on actual results starts in six hours.

Regards,

D-Ray

[finnbow]

I voted at the local middle school in the semi-rural (for the DC area, anyway) town I live in at about 10:30 this morning. Normally, there is no wait whatsoever. This morning there was about a half-hour wait. I think part has to do with the number of ballot measures on the Maryland and Montgomery County ballot from police union issues to gerrymandering to alcohol by the drink in my dry town (the only such town in MD) to gay marriage to booting politicians for legal transgressions to gambling.

No low turnout here, though MD is far from a swing state. Obama will win by 25%.

In keeping with my pledge to not vote for either Obama or Romney so I could ultimately support the winner, I voted for Gary Johnson.

[piece-itpete]

Holy Cow finn that's excellent! I considered it, to get him to 5%, but my state's too close.

It would sure make next election more interesting.

Pete

[ebacon]

Done. I went during dinner time and there were only a handful of voters there, but the poll workers said it was crazy today.