****** I Voted ******

[malta blue]

I was person #2 at the polling place.

:woohoo::woohoo:

How was your voting experience?

[complain jane]

1. I voted too, I was in and out in 5 minutes but a line was forming behind me

I think I might have been fourth or fifth waiting in line when the door opened

[malta blue]

2. Glad you had a good experience.

I love your sig picture!

[complain jane]

6. thanks!

that's my favorite pic of her

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

3. ditto the dogfish! n/t

[malta blue]

8. oooh - hurry up and post quickly to get out of the 700 club!

:hi:

Glad you had a pleasant experience. I am sure we will hear some crazy stories as the day goes on.

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

9. I've been hear for over four years...I don't post much and I don't

expect to reach over a 1000 until 2012...especially since I have to go to work in a few.

Erica

[malta blue]

15. I am off to work too.

Have a great day! :hi:

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

16. Yes, have a wonderful democracy-filled day!!!

Please smile generously today!

Hugs to all, Erica

[Eurobabe]

4. Mine was great

but then I voted in mid-September. :hi:

[malta blue]

5. silly rabbit

:hi:

How are you?

[Eurobabe]

12. Good, excited!

Getting ready to go off to the big store next town over to buy election night junk food. :rofl:

[malta blue]

14. I think I am going to junk food myself today too!

I am supposed to go to yoga class tonight, but I don't really see how in the hell I am supposed to RELAX with all this excitement. Such a bad student, I am.

:hug:

[Jennicut]

7. Hey 48! I am voting sometime mid morning.

Got to take my 3 and 4 year olds with me, they asked to come.

[Eurobabe]

10. oh that's awesome!

I really wish I could stand in line, and feel that excitement. Seriously, there is something about voting in person. :patriot:

God love ya guys! (Barack & Joe) :bounce:

[Jennicut]

17. sorry dupe

Getting some error messages today while posting, must mean the board is hopping.

[Jennicut]

18. Yeah, my girls want to know where I go to vote for

Barack and Joe. They know them just by first name basis only from the internet and tv. They crack me up. Morgan, my older daughter asked me yesterday if its time to go vote for president yet. I told her not yet. She understands the president is in charge of the United States and she asked me if that means Massachusetts too (as we passed through it this summer on the way to NH for vacation). I was laughing so hard.

[Eurobabe]

21. that's cute, and terrific

that they see how important it is to exercise our civic duties. (In our case, it's not a duty, it's a PLEASURE!!)

[MassLiberal]

11. I was in line at 6 a.m., when the polls opened

Maybe 25 people ahead of me, with maybe 25 more behind me when the doors opened, and more heading in from the parking lot. Poll workers looked a bit shellshocked at the onslaught -- I asked the woman who checked my ID if the turnout was unusually large, and she hooted and said "YES!"

I have voted in this little precinct for 17 years and have NEVER had to wait in line and have NEVER seen so many people there at once. It's usually a trickle.

I have to admit, I got a little teary when I actually voted for Obama/Biden.

Mr. MassLiberal and I then headed over to Starbucks for our free coffees!

Have a great day, everyone! :hi:

[malta blue]

13. sounds great!

Have a great day...

I have to get ready for work now - gotta leave home in 30 minutes *yikes*

[NYC Liberal]

19. I did too! New York City. Got there around 5:45am and

not long after I got there a big line formed behind me...going to the corner, around it and all the way down the street.

I was out by 6:20ish.

[MassLiberal]

20. I've been seeing those NYC lines on TV

It's fabulous! (And lucky for you, you got there early!)

[NYC Liberal]

22. Yep! Getting there early makes it so much faster.

I heard a couple "GOBAMA WOOHOOOO!!!"s from people walking by across the street too :)

[lucabrasi]

26. 20 mins for me in NYC

2 more votes from my wife and I!

[leftyclimber]

23. SO was #8, I was #9.

We got to our polling site at 6:25. Everyone was very excited, and all but one of the people in line were folks who had been at the polls as the same time as us during the Democratic primary. A steady stream of people were coming in after us. Everybody was laughing and joking and happy to see the turnout at our little precinct. Several people were wishing people would be this excited about EVERY election, including me.

One family brought their three kids in so they could see the process -- the oldest, who looked like she was about 12, asked what a provisional ballot was, dad said he didn't know, then he asked one of the pollworkers to explain it. So there was learning going on, too.

No problems with the machines (I'm in West Virginia, where ES&S have been giving us headaches), and things were running very smoothly.

WVU is closed for election day, so I'm back home watching too much news, hanging out here on DU, waiting for the returns, and chilling a bottle of champagne!

[malta blue]

24. Congrats!

I am officially heading off to work now, if I can pry myself away from DU :rofl:

[AngryOldDem]

25. Number 5 for touch screen in SW Ohio.

Got to my precinct at 6:10; 10 people in line. By the time the doors opened at 6:30, there were at least 50 people waiting. When I left at 6:45, the line was inside the building, but STILL long for the polls being open only 15 minutes.

The election official who had to unlock the machines was running late, though; he was working as people were checking in. No problems. I double-checked both the screen and the print-out, and there is at least one vote for Obama-Biden in SW Ohio.

[malta blue]

42. Congrats!

:woohoo:

[ArbustoBuster]

27. I was person number six in line.

And I got there an hour before the polls opened! By the time they opened at 7 AM, the line was at least 200 people long.

The Obama and local Dem volunteers were out in force; I didn't see a single Republican functionary. It was awesome.

Editing to add that this was in suburban Philadelphia, PA.

[Meshuga]

I am going to vote in a few minutes

Usually I go before work (and the first guy in line) but today I took the day off to watch my son who obviously doesn't have school. I'm waiting for my son to wake up and then we are going out to his school so daddy can vote for Obama! :-)

[DainBramaged]

28. Empty was there a few minutes ago. But my town is tiny.

http://www.netcong.org/

[Princess Turandot]

29. 6:15AM NYC

There were a good 50 - 60 people on line at one of several polling places in my housing complex (Stuyvesant Town)..
I managed to take a quick shot of my vote for 'history'!

[high density]

30. I voted

About a 15 minute wait at opening time. I think everybody thought the polls opened at 6am.

[katamaran]

31. 6:45 AM, Suffolk, VA

Stood in line 1.5 hours to vote at 6:45 with my parents. There were EASILY 2000 people in line in the POURING RAIN outside behind us (we were in the mid 300's). They were parking 1/4 mile away and walking through the fields of mud. My district only had 4500 vote in 2004, so this is HUGE. And I didn't know there were that many African-Americans in my district, which always goes Republican. If 90% of them go Obama and 30% of the whites do, Obama has this district.

Oh yeah, paper ballots FINALLY and scanning machines. And they scanned our drivers licenses rather than having to check us off on a spreadsheet. They estimate they can move 500 people an hour. Very efficient.

[Fluffdaddy]

32. I JUST VOTED...............45 MINUTES IT TOOK

It never took me more then 5 minutes at the same polling place for the past 15 years. My guess 98%-100% for Obama. Urban Philly is were I'm at.

[stuntcat]

33. person #2!?? cool

We went at 5:30 and there were already at least 100 people ahead of us, the first person had got there about 3:00 :wow:

But at 7:00 we got to vote!! :headbang: :headbang:

[malta blue]

59. there was one person ahead of me

and he almost didn't make it in front of me in the line because I scurried so quickly to the door.

[medicswife]

34. I voted the other day! :) Doesn't it feel GREAT!? nt

[PresidentObama]

35. 6:10 AM in Springfield, Missouri. Me and four family members, all for OBAMA.

[W_HAMILTON]

36. Just got back from voting.

I had only gotten about two hours of sleep, after staying up most of last night doing school work and watching the news shows.

I got to my polling place about 20 minutes before it opened, and there was a line halfway across the parking lot (maybe about 50 people?). By the time the doors opened, the line was stretched to, and down, the street. I'm bad at estimating numbers, but I'm guessing it was 150+ people. That's a pretty large turnout for my area. I can tell they anticipated a large turnout, because instead of having the voting machines in this small room that they normally do, they moved the voting machines into a large gym.

If everyone got the memo to "wear blue" if you're voting for Obama, lots of votes were being cast for him this morning. People wearing blue outnumbered those wearing red (and hell, even pink) by about 6:1. Even though I put on a few lbs recently, and my only blue shirt fit a little bit tight, I still wore it as a "sign" :)

I feel very good about today.

[Hawaii Hiker]

37. Voted in suburb of Pittsburgh, waited 45 minutes (got there about 6:45 am)

Pretty smooth sailing....Couple first time voters in line behind me who were excited about Obama....

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Glenda]

38. MA: lots of cars in the parking lot...

but no lines, plenty of voting booths, quick & easy process

[GreenEyedLefty]

39. I was ballot #44.

It was nice, the crowd subdued. The woman behind me commented about how "exciting" this election is. I turned and smiled and she looked relieved. Obamans have a code, it seems.

I got there at 6:40, and left around 7:30. Not a bad wait.

[cobweb]

40. Cambridge MA, (District 5) - Longest line I've ever seen here.

Got there at 7:00 was out at 7:30. The polling place was super efficient, otherwise I am sure the wait would have been much longer! I went in my PJs because I live across the street. People were so happy, there was even crying. It was beautiful.

(btw - I am a lurker - been here for 4 years and maybe posted 10 times.)

[wicket]

43. Hey I think I know who you are!!!!

:D

See you tonight ;)

[wicket]

41. My bf and I were #62 & 63

And we were in line 15 minutes before the polls opened. That doesn't happen a lot here in Massachusetts!

[Silent3]

44. I arrived about 7:10.

The polls in Nashua, NH opened at 6:00. It was a very smooth operation... there were a lot of people there to vote, but in only took me around ten minutes to check in, fill out my ballot, drop my ballot into the scanner, and get my "I voted!" sticker, fifteen minutes counting the time to get in and out of the parking lot.

I feel good!!! :bounce: :woohoo:

[Montauk6]

45. Voted in Riverdale, BX

MAN WHAT A TURNOUT AT 6 THIS MORNING!

[malta blue]

61. the lines on tv of the nyc metro area are crazy!

:woohoo:

[mr poe]

46. Bristol VA - 6:40 AM

There were people coming in and out but no line or wait time. I chose a paper ballot.

Very happy to cast my vote for Obama (D), Warner (D), and Boucher (D) in a crucial swing state. :)

[RCinBrooklyn]

47. Park Slope, Brooklyn - lines 3 blocks long. District has only 51 registered Republicans. Good sign!

[demmiblue]

48. I voted in Michigan!

I was there slightly before the precinct opened...it took about an hour.

It usually takes @10-20 minutes to vote (depending on the election).

It was nice to see the crowds!

:bounce:

[vajraroshana]

49. I was #5

Went at 5:00, but no one was there, so went back around 6:00, and there were just a few standing in line. Doors opened promptly at 7:00. Was in and out.

When I made my way out to the parking lot...WOW, the line that I couldn't see because I was so close to the door had grown to about 400! Some elections there aren't even 400 that show up all day here.

Lots and lots and lots of young people.

This is going to be so massive.

[malta blue]

50. Great!

:thumbsup:

[gizmo1979]

51. I just voted.

Sheboygan WI. NO.94.It took 10 minutes.

[malta blue]

52. Helloooooo Wisconsin!

One of my best friends in college was from Sheboygan!

:hi:

[gizmo1979]

67. Cool it's a small world!

[NJRick1006]

53. Voted this morning

I voted in Howell, New Jersey... the 11th person to vote in the district. Not crowded at all at 6:05 AM.

[Tracyjo]

54. I was #142

after about a 45 minute wait. Culpeper, Virginia. The line was still long and lotsa people were still coming in when I left. They had four machines. All seemed to be working well so far. No problems for me. My fingers are crossed.

[Fluffdaddy]

55. # 38 Voted in Philly....45 MINUTES IT TOOK

It never took me more then 5 minutes at the same polling place in the past 15 years. My guess 98%-100% for Obama. Urban Philly is were I'm at.

[pattymcq]

63. 1 hour 25 minutes

It took us an hour 25 minutes to vote starting at 7AM, last presidential election 2 minutes at 7AM..... WOW We are in the Poconos PA.

[NanBo]

56. got there at 6:20am

already about 65 in line. Voting started at 7am here. First guy to vote was an African American and the second guy asked to shake his hand sayiing "Grats on being first!" Beautiful day here in Madison WI. When I left at about 7:30 there were about 350 in line outside with more cars streaming in and blocking traffic a bit on the streets.

This was a huge turnout compared to previous years with lots of younger people (not a campus location)!!

All went smoothly.

[malta blue]

57. great story!

I just love Wisconsin :loveya:

[lukasahero]

58. Longest line I've ever seen in Hudson, MA

The last three elections I have been the first person to vote in my district. (I know this because all the little old ladies tell me and they know me by now. :) ) Today, my husband and I got there 10 minutes early and there were already 100 people in line! :wow:

Still only took 20 minutes (10 to wait until the doors opened at 7 and 10 to vote) and the line was even longer when we got out!

[malta blue]

60. that is great!

I love the little old ladies at my polling place :D

[quiet.american]

62. My mom and I just got back from proudly voting for Barack Obama and Joseph Biden!

It was a GREAT feeling. The poll workers were extremely professional. Everyone was happy going in, and coming out. No long lines at our district booth, but another one had a relatively long line (usually on election day, it's in and out all the way around, there's hardly anyone there.) My mom and I took pictures outside the building to commemorate the day. I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to share this with her!

Now, GOBAMA!

[luvs2sing]

64. Ok, I voted a month ago, but...

driving to work at 7:20 this morning, I went by my normal polling place. The parking lot was full, but there was not a line out the door. In 2004, I got there at 7:15, and the line outside was about 50 people - took me 90 minutes to vote that year. However, I live in a predominantly Democratic precinct with a very strong grassroots organization, so I'm betting a lot of folks voted early.

Just spoke with my boss who lives about 20 minutes east of me. He said there was a "huge line" at his polling place which was very unusual. Said he'd never had to wait before.

Oh, and this is in Columbus, Ohio...north side (me), northeast side (boss). :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[starchimes]

65. I was #2 also! Go Obama

[jcg996]

66. Voted about 2 weeks ago

absentee to MO :)

[OswegoAtheist]

68. I was person #5

I voted at 6AM sharp, along with the blue-hair brigade. I would have been #2, but it took a while for the poll vol to find my common, six-letter name in the Big Book of Signatures :eyes: . Once again, many of the races in this area went uncontested by the Democrats.

Oswego "I should run" Atheist

[Mr_leftyclimber]

69. #8 this morning,

I asked my Republican boss if I could come in late so that I could vote in the morning, because I know that the lines would be long after work (thats when I voted in the primary) and he happily allowed me to come in late. I am glad that while I work for a company that supports Republicans they encourage everyone to vote.

I just wish that they gave out "I voted" stickers in WV, It just does'nt feel right not wearing one.

[workinclasszero]

70. I voted for Barack at about 6:45AM in Missouri

I couldn't believe the line, I got there shortly after 6:00am and there was the biggest line I have ever seen at the polling place. It was still dark out too!

I saw quite a few young people there too. Looks good for GOTV. Oh yeah I voted a straight dem ticket to help President Obama pass his rescue plans for America.

GOBAMA!

[MrScorpio]

71. Me too!

[malta blue]

74. ...

:woohoo:

[jeffrey_X]

72. 7AM in Chicago. In and out in less than 15 minutes

There was a line building at the door, but it was for the 23rd precinct. We got in line and then a guy asks anyone from the 40th precinct to come up to the front. We were then the first in line for our precinct. Did the electronic voting machine and it worked fine.

[AmyCamus]

73. #168 at 7:45AM

No sign people at all outside, weird!

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

75. I voted at 8:45 AM. No lines at all, but I'm told there were lines

when the polls opened at 7 AM. I heard the same from several people at work who live in other towns in CT.