Posted on 11/07/2006 9:55:15 AM PST by TBP
What are the conditions at your polling place? How is turnout? The weather? The voting equipment? Was checking in easy? Were there people outside electioneering? if so, who was there, Republicans or Democrats or others?
At my polling place, thigns were slow when my wife and I went to vote about 8-ish. One of the few guys passing out literature (for the newly-Republican State Senator inmy district) was saying that the turnout had been very low. (I'm going to go over there later and see how it's going.) The only people electioneering were two guys handing out literature for the Republican and Democrat candidates for the State Senate in my district and one guy working for a candidate for county office in my district. Nobody from either side of the gubernatorial or Senate races.
The weather is good. It's in the 50s and clear. No precip expected.
We have new Diebold touch-screen machines this year. They're easy to use. But where is the paper trail? How do you recount if you need to? They felt the need to put up a big sign announcing that the electronic voting is secure and it's illegal to tamper with it. We have electronic check-in too. I'm not sure I entirely trust it; it's a blue state, after all.
I grew up on lever machines and know how they can be compromised, but I miss them. At least I had a curtain so nobody could walk by and look at how I am voting.
Let's track this all day and see how it's trending.
I'm in San Antonio and we voted last week with touchscreens. They seemed to be working very well and there was no waiting. It was quite pleasant and the volunteers were efficient. It's been said we had 120,000 early votes but I've not heard how they went.
I voted straight ticket for the first time in my life.
This morning two men were on the access road on 281 South holding a big Bill White sign. There seems to be more traffic today than normal.
At my polling station in Joplin Mo. (Jasper County-very heavy Republican) the line was out the door at 7:45. Much longer line than in 2004 at the same time.
Just in from WTMJ....Polling places in Milwaukee not crowded some places, some congestion in others. Polling places in outlying Republican Counties reported as very heavy. The gay marriage amendment is helping bring the conservatives to the polls, hope this holds up all day.
I voted at about 7:30 am in a pretty Republican precint. There was a line of about 25 people when I went in...looked to be about the same as I left. The ONLY person working the parking lot was a young lady handing out leaflets for the Marriage Amendment...most people seemed to agreeable to her. I voted on a touchscreen machine and I can't imagine how anyone with an IQ in the double digits would have a problem voting on these machines.
is that Delay's district? If so did you write in the Lady running in his place?
Neat and orderly.
How is turnout?
Not too good.
The weather?
Light rain.
The voting equipment?
A pen and a paper ballot.
Was checking in easy?
Yes.
Were there people outside electioneering? if so, who was there, Republicans or Democrats or others?
Yes, all of the above. On my way out I put my hand on the shoulder of the 50ish lady Republican volunteer who appeared nervous and told her, "don't worry too much, we'll be just fine".
On the NW side of Houston (by 610 and 290) it was semi-busy. But I live in what I suspect is a more Democrat area. I voted Rs in the national election and Kinky for Gov.
Polls were slow with no waiting in uber-liberal Sonoma County, California. I was #50 at 9:30PST.
In my 90% Republican precinct, I was # 475 at around noon.
There was a steady trickle of voters.
Two Dems at the door (illegal in Pennsylvania) tried to talk to me as I entered. I showed them my "I LIKE IKE" vintage button and said: "I'm a proud Republican, voting straight Republican, since 1956". They slunk away.
Since I remembered to wear my lucky button today, things should go well for Republican candidates.
One of the great blessings of life in the rural mountainous south is that you don't have to live among liberals. The only liberals can be identified by their Kerry stickers--and they're so disappointed that no one keys their cars. Seldom do you see a Repub sticker or sign in my neck of the woods--what would be the point?
Our polling place was packed, and since Northern Virginia has clear weather, and we have rain, this is a very, very good sign.
Heavy voting in my community in suburban St. Louis County (Kirkwood, MO). My wife went at 7:30 and I went at 10:30 and we both had about 45 minute waits in line. In addition to the "closest senate race" in the country Jim Talant vs. Claire McCaskill) we have lots of constitutional amendments and other ballot items to wade through.
In Denver they have new polling locations...new machines..and a new computer to check to see if you are registered...it is overloaded....this will be fun to watch the Democrats blame the Republicans...as Denver is 80% Democrat...from the mayor on down....
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West suburban Boston...11AM...polls deserted,most likely because there's not a race in the state where the Republican is within 20 points of his/her RAT opponent.
Raining in S. Mi.
Heavy turnout in my Republican district.
It will be a bad day for the RATS.
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