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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Long Island New York. About 10:30 AM, line was 5-10 people long. I was in and out in 15 minutes.
Long Beach, California. I noticed that there were 6 Republicans voting and 1 Democrat at the time my wife and I voted @ 12:30. I also noticed a women in a back brace & walker that felt compelled to make it out to cast her vote.
Rockland County NY, went around 11:30am. Good amount of traffic. Place was well organized and well run by those ubiquitous blue hairs, God love em.
New voting system with big card that gets scanned in.
Smelled like Freedom and American Pride !
There was no room to park in my very rural county. I had to wait for a car to leave so I could park.
I live in a litle town in Texas. I was the 68th voter at 9 o’clock-— at the volunteer fire station. Our choir director was a poll watcher and the lady who works at the general store checked my ID. Like she didn’t know me!
People were coming in steadily.
My truck died and I had to drive into town in my utility vehicle. People were ribbing me about it. ‘Kind of airy, there’.
The town is pretty well replete with Quico Canseco,R., signs (Texas 23rd district). He’s the R running against the incumbent Ciro Rodruigez. But what will tell in this election with Canseco are the border areas, heavily Hispanic, where Cirto has been able to garner support for years and years cimnply because he is a Democrat. We’ll see. If the Hispanic population elects a Republican this will be momentous.