I got to the polling place at 6:30 and there was about 75 or so in front of me.

[A HERETIC I AM]

By the time they opened at 7:00, the line was at least 200 long!

After voting I spoke with two Obama campaign workers (who were the required 100 feet away from the doors) and they both expressed confidence he would carry Florida.


I certainly hope so.

BTW, They used an optical scan reader. I got no receipt and there was no way to verify that my vote was tallied the way I filled in the ballot.

[Zephyr_Wind]

1. I went at 5:45 am...

I was the 19th person in line. By 6am the line had doubled. By 7am the line had quintupled. I used a touch screen and there was no way to confirm my ballot had been recorded.

My next door neighbor had been there since 5:15am. She was the 4th person in line.

ZW

[stillcool]

2. With Optical Scan, the ballot is..

your receipt, and a recount is possible. 18 States have now legislated a standard audit after every election to check the tally of the computerized tabulator. I think that's a step in the right direction.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Fair enough. I suppose I was just a little concerned that there was no immediate verification.

As long as my ballot doesn't end up on the side of the highway, like these voter surveys did;




http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/03/031014/hillsborough-voter-records-found-scattered-along-i/

[WV_Biker]

3. I lucked out

I went about 8:00 a. m. and was back home by 8:15. I had about 4 or 5 others in front of me.

[LatteLibertine]

5. Yellow dogs bark!

I waited an hour and one half to vote this morning in VA in the rain. I voted Democrat straight down the line.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. wow. I've never experienced long lines in California

[smirkymonkey]

7. I've lived in Manhattan for 10 years and have NEVER seen lines

this long - blocks long since 6 am this morning. I walked past a few polling places, my own included and decided I had to get to work, but I am going to vote tonight (my district will easily go Obama, but I'm still voting anyway). It's incredible - even though there might be a few McCain lurkers in the lines, these looked like Obama voters - young, energized, optimistic, smiling. There was a palpable energy in the air this morning of optimism and enthusiasm - Please, please let us win this one!! I am not going to be able to concentrate or calm down until I know Obama is our new president.