I voted in Foley.

[trof]

We vote at a community center. 100 year old building. Tin roof, whitewashed clapboard walls. Big front porch. No campaign signs. Not even at the required 30' from the front door. Ours was the only bumper sticker I saw.

It's a relatively small, rural precinct. Been voting there for 11 years. Never had to wait, just walk in and vote.
But not today.

The lot was almost full at ten o'clock this morning. We thought we'd avoid the on-the-way-to-work crowd. The line stretched out the door and all the way down the porch. Even so, we were only in line for about 15 minutes. During that time a heavy rain shower blew through. We were grateful for the porch.

Chatted with one of the poll workers. She'd arrived at 6:30 to find 25 or 30 people already in line. She went ahead and opened early. Why Not?

Voting took about a minute. It doesn't take long to line in the arrow for "STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY".

I was voter #514. Miz t. was #515. In the mid-term election only about 300 total voted here.

I'm not especially encouraged by the high local turnout. This is still a heavily repug area. But I am encouraged by the apparently high national turnout. This bodes well for us.