Posted on 11/02/2004 9:25:18 AM PST by doug from upland
Put info and links about Kansas here.
I voted. Longest line I've EVER endured...over 1 hour wait at 9:30 a.m. Just had to listen to some idiotic seniors carping about the "electoral vote" and how much better popular voting would be. :) Too Bad!
I voted this morning at 7:15 am. The wait was only 5 minutes or so. I've heard from people at work though that the lines are getting VERY long! Glad I went early.
I voted last Friday -- and had to stand in line for about 20 minutes during the day. Election office in my county said they were projecting extremely high turnout rates.
NO lines at Johnson County polling place at 10:15, simple to use touch screen voting machines, polite poll workers.
At least 250 people had voted in Kechi before my husband and I voted around 9:30 this a.m. The poll worker said this was unprecedented. We're doin our part
KECHI -Indian language, "turtle in wet sand"
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We need a big turnout from JOCO is the 3rd district is to go Republican. too many WYCO and KU voters in Douglas CO otherwise.
Hey, I live in Johnson County, too. Went at 7:00 a.m. Only three peoople in front of me. Line was growing when I left.
We arrived at voting place today at 6:05 AM, and had to wait 45 minutes to vote. I've never had to wait anywhere near this long to vote before, so voter turnout is likely very high throughout the state.
I expect a crushing victory for Bush here in Kansas, even by our RED state standards.
Voted two weeks ago in Olathe at the JOCO board of Election Commissioners office, there were over 150 people inline that day and and I was in and out in 15 mins. That day over 1000 people had voted. So early voting does work.
Sad thing was they never asked for ID. I hope we can get that changed and made into law.
The wife and I are always the first ones in line to vote. This morning, when they opened the doors, where usually there are maybe 6 to 8 people waiting, there were probably 25 to 30 people in line.
This is in Wyandotte County.
I recently moved to Topeka, and received a letter saying that since it was my first time voting in Shawnee county I would need to provide ID when voting. I brought it with me, but was never asked for it. I think ALL voters should be required to provide ID.
Voted in South Johnson county around 10 AM. No line, took about 5 minutes. Joke's on all those who stood in line for hours for pre-voting.
I thought this might be of interest. Sedgwick County has a record number of new voter registrations: 13,720. 43.16% are Republican 33.90% are Unaffiliated 22.16% are Democrats
I'm in Shawnee County. I got to the polls five minutes before 7 and already there was a very long line. I waited 35 minutes. Everything going smoothly so far.
I agree...I live in Lawrence and recently registered in a new precint. My first vote was in the primary and was asked for no i.d. Saw a friend at poll today who has never voted at this particular location and she was asked for no I.D. There were a couple of cars in the parking lot with K/E stickers on them and we did seem to have a poll watcher, but I didn't ask his party affiliation.
My husband voted earlier with a 30 minute wait at 7am. He said that there were people in line who said that they had never seen so many at that location. However, Douglas County went for Gore...along with Wyandotte County, so...don't know that means popular vote wise...Thank God for the rest of the state.
Hopefully you folks in the 3rd Congressional district can get rid of Dennis Moore this time around.
One of the things I like about Kansas is that there is no such thing as a safe Democrat seat. In fact, Kansas Democrats should be on the list of endangered species!
I was in line at 6:45. They opened the polls just a little early and it took me about 5 minutes to complete the ballot and I was out of there. There were a lot of early voters, but the polling place was not overwhelmed and everything went pretty fast.
I was at my poll at 5:45AM and was #6 in line. By the time the doors open, the line was out the door, I’d guess approximately 30-40 people. But not unusually for that location, in ’00 I arrived at about 6:30AM and had to wait 45 minutes.
I'm on business in Topeka tonight (voted absentee @ home last week)...any good spots to watch election returns?
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