Voting Day 2008

[gnomi]

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.

Comments

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

That's so very cool!

Hubby and I got to our polling place at 6:45 too, by the time I voted I was #36.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

See, I was terrified about that. NY1 showed lines running down blocks in a lot of places. I figured the line would be too long, and I'd have to go back in the afternoon after classes (and lose all my grading time). For some reason, I was in and out in 20 minutes. I wonder what that says about my polling place.

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

Isn't 15 and 16 a bit late for you guys? Or is that only for the primaries?

Regardless, this is always an exciting day!

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

My normal polling station is usually dead when I get there around 7:30AM on election days - I rarely have to wait more than 5 minutes for the total process. Today it was noticeably worse, but still quite reasonable - perhaps 15 minutes for the whole process. I suspect the large number of volunteers that speed the processing of people helps a lot, even if there are only 3 voting machines in the place.