Today's the day!

[Pax]

I voted this morning-- what a wonderful experience. I live in a predominantly African-American precinct, and before today my longest wait to vote was ~10 minutes. Today, it took 1.5 hours (and the line was as long when I left as when I got there). The coolest thing: whenever an elderly person or disabled person showed up, the line by common acclamation sent them to the front. One of my fellow waiting voters told one extremely elderly lady "you've waited long enough for this day-- you go on ahead." And then, when that lady came out, leaning on her cane, there was a little tear rolling down her cheek. What a powerful moment to be a part of....

It was also pretty cool seeing the garbage truck pull up and one of the crew hop off the back and get it the line to vote!

What a neat story!! Thanks so much for sharing it.

[Aggie_Ama]

Due to a clerical error I was not registered in my new county when I got my new drivers license and didn't think to confirm before the deadline.

But I am proud that DH took time to read up on the candidates instead of voting straight ticket like our parents and like he did last time. Not to criticize straight ticket voters, we just prefer to know each candidate. He generally favors one party but this time he didn't like some of the people's ideas or track record running on their platform. I don't know if he voted how he planned but last night he had candidates from all parties selected. He was very passionate about some changes going on near our house and wanted to make sure he got the county and state offices right in his opinion.

He got there at 7:00 when the polls opened and had to wait an hour. The line was pretty long at 6:30 when I drove past for work.

[arielmoon]

I voted this morning-- what a wonderful experience. I live in a predominantly African-American precinct, and before today my longest wait to vote was ~10 minutes. Today, it took 1.5 hours (and the line was as long when I left as when I got there). The coolest thing: whenever an elderly person or disabled person showed up, the line by common acclamation sent them to the front. One of my fellow waiting voters told one extremely elderly lady "you've waited long enough for this day-- you go on ahead." And then, when that lady came out, leaning on her cane, there was a little tear rolling down her cheek. What a powerful moment to be a part of....

It was also pretty cool seeing the garbage truck pull up and one of the crew hop off the back and get it the line to vote!

AWESOME story!

I am voting on the way home from work. I dont anticipate much of a wait.