From Pete Snyder -- From Pete Snyder --Small Borough here in Pa. I was #19.
Just voted in Daytona Beach. While filling in the ballot, a black man came in with (presumably) his daughter who looked to be at least 18 and said he wanted to accompany her inside the booth to vote, “To show her how to vote”. The poll workers initially denied him, but a supervisor came over and said it was OK.
Is that legal?
I did a quick search for election procedures and couldn’t find anything prohibiting that. What if she was under duress and being forced to vote a certain way? Anyone know?
Every registered to vote, American citizen should make it their personal, priority busness to get out and vote today to politically destroy both POTUS Barack Hussein Obama and his entire “Obamabot”, Democrat party!!! Turnout, Turnout, and more Turnout!!! Folks....make POTIUS Obama, a full blown, useless “LAME DUCK”, POTUS this evening!!!
I just got back from voting. Straight pubbie ticket of course. No lines. Now I just hope enough people vote in rural PA to out vote Philly, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, etc.
Tom Corbett is probably going to lose the gubernatorial race here in PA. I imagine my enthusiasm for tonight’s results will be tempered by the realization that we’ve now got an Obama rubber stamp as governor.
Still, it’ll be fun to see Harry Reid flip his lid if the Republicans take back the Senate.
In line to vote. Lots of Obama voters here. I mean A LOT. They might think he’s on the ballot. Every one of those is a vote for Landrieu. I will at least offset one of them.
I voted by absentee, a straight republican ticket if it had been revealed who the republicans were. That’s not revealed with judges and school board candidates. I knew the judges, so no problem. The school board is another story. I went with a friend’s analysis. Should have looked them up on the internet. It’s not like I didn’t have the time. Just being lazy.
Inner city Cincinnati, 7:45am, 17th voter...I handed them my precinct,signed, paper card...they asked for my photo ID. I told them it was a test and they asked if they passed. I said yes. Some anecdotes are positive. Yes, majority in my district are black, however I watched them carding everyone.
Blue State vote bump!
In line with my wife and boys, voting for Scott and all of the Rs. Today, the boys schoolwork includes creating a new constitution for a new nation (9 other homeschooled families are in on the project.), creating a campaign for an office and a report on the Declaration of Independence writers. (And no, John Hancock was not an insurance salesman).
Oh well, if we can at least take the Senate and bounce the Mighty Quinn out, it'll be a good night.
Dropped my ballot in the collection box yesterday here in Washington (the state).
We shall see.
Already voted. Going to take a new shooter to the range, though.
I’m a resident of Virgina’s 1st Congressional District, rated R+8 by the Cook Political Report. Arrived at my precinct (a local elementary school) at 8 am sharp—one hour after the polls arrived. Parking lot was about two-thirds full; six people ahead of me in line, and about the same number waiting as I departed.
Overall turn-out appeared lower than I observed at the same location in 2010 and 2012. Virginia, of course, holds “odd-year” elections for statewide offices and the general assembly, and those won’t come again until 2017. Today’s ballot consisted of the Senate race, the local Congressional election and a proposed constitutional amendment.
Little doubt about the outcome in the district, but if turnout at my precinct is any indication, it won’t be enough to put Ed Gillespie over the top.
Let’s have a lottery about when this thread reaches 1,000 replies.
I say 12:05 PM.
Grand Rapids, Michigan here.
Voted in my central GR, mostly lefty, district.
I was astonished that I was only #78 as of 8:30. No lines. More poll workers than voters. It was so empty I thought that they might have changed the polling place when I first walked in.
And yes we show IDs, and oddly no one from the KKK was checking them. Go figure! We also use “fill in the circle with a pen” ballots. Only a moron would opt for the electronic machines.
I remember long lines in 2012. 2008 I was in a mostly black district and that took 48 minutes. 2010 was the same district and the lines were shorter than 2008 and 12 but longer than today.
It is also raining and very dreary. I didn’t think rain would make a difference, but who knows?
Anyway, I voted for the Governor, Land, Amash (that gave me a special joy because Rove tried to bounce him in the primaries, and tossed some votes to some GOPers that are serving on the boards of the big universities.
Also voted to allow wolf hunting. Well someone has to do it.
And the biggest one for me was a local issue to start term-limits for our city commission. They are hard lefties serving there now, so this will be good to bust that up.
Glad that’s done. Next time I vote absentee.
Voted in Maryland, no sign of any election machine problems.