Voting...

[jay]

Great weather today, 65 and sunny, so I walked most of a mile to my local poll in a neighborhood church. patgreene voted absentee and is busy today with Election Protection in Florida. Along the walk, there were 11 K/E yard signs, none for B/C. Unlike previous hotly-contested elections, the local Republicans seem unenthusiastic about this one.

I usually vote mid-morning to minimize time spent in lines. There were lines, but it moved smoothly... about a 20-minute wait to get a ballot card. I saw three people in front of me request paper optical-scan ballots instead of using the touchscreen electronic machines... if I were in a swing state, I'd have opted for the former, but no one is likely to bother fiddling with machines in California this time. I also saw the lead poll worker warn two tall college-aged fraternity-looking guys away, telling them that they couldn't campaign within 100 feet of the polls.

Turnout in my precinct at 9:30am is more than double (171 vs. 88 on the tally sheet) compared to the primary, and a bit more than the same time in 2000 (mid 150s, then).

Comments

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I left home before 7, took the dog with me to the park, and then went to vote. The line was pretty long, and I didn't get home until after 8. I ended up voting a paper ballot in order to get out of there more quickly-- I still needed to shower and dress for work. I used the long line as an excuse to eat a croissant on the way to work, rather than a bowl of cereal at home.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

One day's breakfast indulgence... hopefully anticipatory of good news later :).

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

thanks, btw, for the discussion around some of the ballot measures last night.

trusting of technology!

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

That was very trusting of you. Although, I would hope that major hell would be raised if California magically swung towards Bush.

Still, I hope it told you how it recorded your vote. And that it was right!

Re: trusting of technology!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I was careful to review the final summary page before hitting the "cast vote" button... nothing showed awry. Arguably more to the left than right, though ;).