Posted on 11/02/2010 12:47:14 PM PDT by MNDude
How was your voting experience today? Long lines? Short lines? Old white men voting or young black women voting?
I voted in MN District 11 today. I think it leans to the right. Very few voters, and the machine said I was the 435th voter of the day (as of 12 PM).
The few voters I saw there were mostly in their seventies or older.
Normal for mid-term elections
As I was filling in the oval for "Straight Republican" ticket, I heard a guy behind me say really loud, "I'm voting straight GOP".
he he
...way too early for me to tell anything...I voted at 6:07 am..was the first in my district. Remember there were approx. 35 people in line when I was leaving.
I voted at 1:30 and the lines were long and getting longer by the time I was out of there. This is good.
I had the slightest wait at my polling place in So. Cal.. It was still early, however.
Highly blue district where I am in MN-8, but I was the 32nd voter before 8:00 this morning.
In liberal town (pop 21,000) in MA, heavy turnout... 37% or thereabout as of mid-day. Expecting about 60% or more by 8 PM closing.
No wait....usually isn’t. Wifey said some people were waiting at 7AM....nothing but old farts like me at the polling place - even the pollworkers which is to be expected. In a heavily Republican North Georgia district but the Democratic party has been active for years infiltrating the poll-worker force here, SO I WATCH THEM LIKE A HAWK! I even was a poll worker for a while to make sure they were on the UP and UP....Still, I don’t trust them. Even here. I made sure my screen didn’t come up pre-selected, the reviewed and redisplayed my vote tally FIVE times before I hit CAST VOTE....I was ready to scream bloody murder if something wasn’t right and prepared not to leave and call a Republican Lawyer, if needed.
Just got back. Good turnout. No lines but steady foot traffic.
Arrived as the polls opened. Was part of a statistical anomaly as the first 15 people in line all had last names beginning between A-H. Wrote in “The Hippo at the Zoo” for the governor’s race.
I called the Weather Channel and told them to upgrade their tsunami watch to a tsunami warning. Voting is heavy in NE Arizona. I voted at 7:15 a.m. Every booth was full. Small town, no lines. I’ve never seen this here before. Normally, voting is “light” throughout the day. Three or four voters at the voting place at any one time. I spoke to friends in surrounding towns. They said there’s a tsunami going on in their town too.
Light turnout during lunch hour. No wait. Harrisburg suburbs.
Zero agents working outside polling place.
I predict total Republican victory.
3 Precincts at my Marion County, (Indianapolis) voting place.
1 (city, but not inner-city), 1 Suburban, 1 rural/Suburban
Turnout reported as “Heavy”, with number approaching 2008 levels in the 2 non-city districts!
In my own Suburban/Rural precinct, a steady line of 10-15 at 2:45-3Pm EST.
Great. No line.
A volunteer checked driver license and address.
Paper ballot, put through a scanner.
My only problem with the process was the ballot scanner does not print a confirmation receit with the names of those voted for. I commented that would be nice to have.
Brought the boy along to watch after watching all the School House Rock videos on America.
Much longer than normal-for-off-year (though nothing like ‘08) in my southern PA county on the MD border.
suburb in Northern VA. no black panthers. no clubs. no chaos. very few people at 2pm (since most folks actually work around here) but i noticed traffic picking up alot at 3pm. so exciting.
I haven’t lived in this precinct long enough to know its trends from the past. Polls opened at 6 AM. Husband and I waited in line between 45-60 minutes and voted at 8AM. I was number 188. The line issue was mainly because one of the poll workers was being extremely slow. I think it is about 50/50 black to white ratio.
Shoot! You caught the arrival of the "Dead Vote"....
OHIO-STARK CO
I voted about 7:30 A.M. It was not very busy at all. I did not have to wait and there was no one there waiting when I left.
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