"..the next screen took my breath away...there she was, the name I had wanted to see on the ballot"

[misterhighwasted]

A Twitter Tale:
The emotional experience of voting for Hillary Clinton

https://mobile.twitter.com/frodofied/status/791047672547323904

Robert Sandy – ‏@frodofied

In other news, I just returned from voting & I didn't even cry till I got outside & then I had to put my head against a tree hide my face.
3:43 PM - 25 Oct 2016

Robert Sandy ‏@frodofied
A girl actually asked her mother "Why is that man crying Mommy." Her mother just gave me an "Aw" look and answered that sometimes Democracy is

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so beautiful that it's overwhelming. I found my tree as the girl and her mother trailed away with the girl asking "Mommy what's Democracy?"

Robert Sandy ‏@frodofied
And what differed from the experience of voting for Obama was the deep sense of urgency that you could see one every face. And we

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all seemed to share it. Every time I made eye contact with anyone there was always a knowing nod exchanged. We weren't just electing the

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the next first, we were saving the goddamned country. It was very moving. Almost every second or third mother had a daughter with her and I

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witnessed more than one ask her daughter(s) if she wanted to push it with her. It was amazing I made it to the tree. When my voting machine

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beeped past the first page and the next screen appeared it took my breath away...there she was, the name I had wanted to see on that ballot

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[heaven05]

2. quite an important

moment in history. 3 elections now, we have been victorius. Well two for sure and a pretty sure feeling about my third history making vote counting in an effort to keep america in the sane camp. November 9 I think all the brownshirts are definitely going to know that anything they do that's stupid will just show them how outnumbered they are.

[nolabear]

3. Well that made me tear right up. It really captures the urgency on all fronts.

Thank you!

[ailsagirl]

7. Tears here, too

[semby2]

4. So sweet

As a white guy I often forget to think about how Obama's and Clinton's elections will affect and inspire people.

As one wag put it, the Clinton inauguration will be when eight-year-olds get to experience their first white President.

[Madam45for2923]

5. Oh made me cry!

Yes I was walking on sunshine that day! when I voted for HER!

[peggysue2]

6. It was quite a day

Seeing Hillary's name on the ballot today did make my heart jump a beat. I suspect the moment she's announced as our President-Elect I'll be tearing up.

Yes, we'll have saved the country and also done something else quite remarkable: elected our first woman to the Office of the Presidency.

A Big F**cking Deal, to quote Joey Biden.

[George II]

11. This one got me back in 2008, two weeks from tonight will be just as historic in a different way:

[peggysue2]

19. You're right, George

And we'll have the Democratic Party and so many hard-working, faithful people to thank for both spectacularly historic events. It's like two moonshots, back-to-back.

Utterly blows my mind!

Makes me really, really proud of the country. Something to tell my grand babies about. If I ever have any, that is. But hey, I'm a believer now so anything's possible. :0)

[Lucinda]

8. KNR

[Cha]

9. It's a deep and emotional experience!

I've done it once.. cannot wait to do it again!

Mahalo, mister!

[George II]

10. We have paper ballots on which we fill in circles (like old SAT exams), then feed into the machine..

....I'm going take a photograph of it before I leave.

[retrowire]

12. Im going to make sure that scantron

Machine actually counts my ballot this time.

[kimmylavin]

13. Can't wait.

I will be taking my little girl with me, so that she can help me push that button.
And so that I can tell her one day she was there.

I cried my eyes out when I voted in the primary; I'm thinking this will just be a flood...

And this OP is beautiful.

[NastyRiffraff]

14. That is beautiful!

I'm voting Thursday; MD is late for early voting, but that's okay! I can't wait to fill in that little oval beside Hillary's name. I can already feel the tears welling! Thanks for posting.

[manicraven]

15. I vote from home (Washington) and the first thing I marked was for President.

When I glanced at the ballot and saw Hillary's name was really there, I felt such a rush of emotions, I didn't know if I would laugh or cry, but then I burst out with a sort of cheer and started clapping (good thing I was at home and not in a booth!), and my little dog came running and barking, not sure what was going on. I'm just so proud of Hillary. What a contrast! The first woman to be at the top of the ticket, who is brilliant and highly accomplished, versus her opponent, a classless, revolting ignoramus, who's clearly a racist, misogynist, sexual pervert, con artist, and pathological liar.

My mom felt the same and said she is really happy to have lived long enough and in a time when she could vote for the first black President, who is such an awesome, wonderful President, and for the first woman President, who is brilliant, strong, and determined.

[manicraven]

16. I really LOVE that Twitter Tale!

Sent it to Mom and my daughter and my husband, too. Really moving and so true. Thanks for posting it.

[LisaM]

17. I cried when I voted for her in the caucus.

I had to send in an affidavit and when I checked off her name it was overwhelming. I couldn't believe it.

[niyad]

18. tear-worthy, for sure.

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. k&r

[lillypaddle]

21. K&R

touching story.