Nov. 4th, 2008
Voting Day 2008
Nov. 4th, 2008 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mabfan and I got up about 10 minutes earlier than usual so that we could get to our polling place (which is around the corner) by 6:30 AM. When we got there, there were already 10 people in queue waiting to vote. Since the polls didn't open until 7, people were standing around reading, shmoozing, or just waiting while the poll workers finished setting up and getting ready for the anticipated deluge of voters.At 6:45,
mabfan took a quick headcount of the queue (which, at that point, snaked out of the building and into the parking lot) and counted 43 people.The polls opened in our precinct precisely at 7 AM, and the voting started. Our ballots were #15 and #16 to be inserted into the machine.
When we left the polling place, the queue was out of the parking lot and down the block, and more voters were joining at a rapid pace.
Al haOtobus
Nov. 4th, 2008 05:33 pmOK, why didn't anyone tell me it was Hebrew Speakers Night on the 66 bus?