**OFFICIAL "I VOTED" THREAD**

[MethuenProgressive]

Post here after you vote, and don't forget to add your "I Voted!" icon to your signature!
I voted first thing this morning, and I'm going back for two shifts of sign holding. Go vote - and bring a friend!

(k&r this please!)

[Earth_First]

1. Today is a GREAT day for the Democrats! n/t

[Tellurian]

541. Arrived at the polls @ 6:20pm

moderate poll traffic- Didn't take more than
15 min...Gigantic Anti-Bush Signs crowding the pkglt.

[liberal N proud]

2. Ballot #1 in my precinct

The was quite a line too.
I arrived at 6:20 for polls that opened at 6:30
8 precincts at this polling place at least 100 people in line by the time the polls opened

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. I'm not voting

more than once today.
But, hey, this is Illinois.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

54. my sequoia machine worked fine

with a paper trail and everything.
Absentee ballots were a snap, with a qwerty keyboard.

I did not know that Cook County (illinois) had a referendum on removing the Illinois Nat Guard from IraqNam.

[TheLeftyMom]

308. Ditto on the sequoia machine in Kansas

BUT, at least two people were turned away while I waited in line. Apparently the state printed the wrong precinct and address on their voter registration card and they were forced to drive to another location to vote.

Also, TONS of people waiting for paper ballots. I decided to try the machine (voting Dem in a red state is fairly useless anyway -- although I have high hopes that mini-Hitler Phill Kline will be ousted), but the line for paper was twice as long as the line for the machines.

[OneTwentyoNine]

426. Hey Kansas do IT!!

Kline--GONE!! Crazed RW FLAMING Religious IDIOT. Dem AG coming up!
Sebelius--RE-ELECTED!! GOVERNOR OF KANSAS by a HUGE margin
RYAN--Close but hopefully ASS KICKED by Nancy Boyda--we gain a seat in the House!

[IronLionZion]

396. In Illinois you can vote even if you are dead! just kidding nt

[gully]

431. I

VOTED

[swag]

4. I voted a couple weeks ago by mail.

It was groovy.

[jenmito]

287. So did I.

:hi:

[Cobalt-60]

5. Missiles Away!

I was #11 at 6am

[bermudat]

6. I voted Saturday.

Today I will be a poll watcher for my precinct.

[hurtsolong]

7. Early but well worth it!

I was 3rd in line. I voted!!!

[Orangepeel]

162. welcome to DU, hurtsolong!

:hi:

I voted, too. Long lines. It took me over an hour.

[magellan]

8. I early voted on Friday

[Imperialism Inc.]

9. Wow. This thread will be very long.

I voted before coming to work. No lines, it was nice. Decided to just go straight ticket.
With the new photo ID requirements here in Ohio it will be interesting to see how much confusion it causes but there didn't seem to be any problems this morning.

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Should be one of the longest today, I hope!

No problems so far here, my polling place was pretty empty with only a handfull of sign holders.

[randr]

10. Voted last friday

Had to drive nearly 50 miles to the county courthouse since they closed our local small precinct. Today we are organizing car pools for the older folk near us that have been disenfranchised.
Keeping it real out here in Western Colorado where we will elect a Democratic Governor and hopefully remove Musgrave from office!

[GaYellaDawgDem]

11. Advance voted last Friday n/t

[noahmijo]

12. Voted by mail back in Sept.

My prediction


Democrat Gabby trounces religious wingnut repuke Randy Graf (House seat that Kolbe left)

On sad note though Jim Pederson narrowly is defeated by bush loyalist and religious wingnut Jon Kyl.



Oh well though, one thing about Kyl is that he does pay attention to the masses. Even if he wins, if he sees that his victory was slim and that across the country dems took home the gold he just might change his tune a little to our benefit...

[Claire Beth]

13. Voted already

in early election! HAROLD FORD, JR!

:dem:

[bdamomma]

14. I voted by absentee ballot

[Double T]

15. I voted at 6:00 AM Eastern and was #4 voter..................

voted straight Democratic Ticket. It feels like it is going to be a GOOD DAY for the Dems.

[wndycty]

16. 6:30 AM Fifth Ward of Chicago

Straight D ticket with the exception of County Board President, Forest Claypool (still a Democrat) got my write in vote!

[HootieMcBoob]

17. I voted in Brooklyn, NY at about 7:20AM

I was the ninth person in my district to vote and my wife was number 10.

We have those really, really old machines that are huge and metal and weigh a ton. They're the kind where you flip the switch and pull the big lever when you're done.

I was voting for Democratic candidates in the Working Families Party column and my switches were stuck and it wouldn't allow me to vote. It took some of the workers there a little finagling but eventually it worked and I was able to vote. My wife went into the same booth after me and had no problems at all.

Anyway - In New York Hillary will win in a landslide as will Spitzer and my congressional representative Nydia Velasquez. Hopefully Alan Hevesi will weather this storm about his wife and her driver - it's nothing really and is a mostly manufactured scandal. I trust Hevesi and hope he wins. Also, I casted a protest vote for Ken Diamondstone over Martin Conner and I voted for all the Democratic Judges!

Well, that's it. Now to make some GOTV calls for Moveon.org and wait for the results to come in.

Oh, and I can't forget to take my son to get his flu shot - will somebody remind me to do that? His appointment is at 11:45. JUST KIDDING! no i'm not :)

[Buddyblazon]

202. But I don't want to be Chesty Lereux....

OR Busty Sinclair.

[leftyclimber]

18. Morgantown WV checking in

Voted first thing this morning. Had the usual "sweet old lady" election workers (who weren't too happy to hear how easy it is to make a computer say one thing in front and do the opposite in back). Nothing went wrong that I could see (at least on the front end).

The thing I noticed most was that everyone seemed so happy to be voting! Hello's and greetings all around, discussions at the coffee place on the other end of town when I went to buy my "I voted" coffee treat ...

Change is in the air, folks.

lefty

[Loki]

20. Both my husband and I voted early in Texas

2 Democratic votes in Texas!!

[MethuenProgressive]

21. Recommend this thread please!

:kick:

[whistle]

22. Here is my purple thumb....well imagine it is purple

:thumbsup:

[Tennessee Gal]

23. Voted early!

For Harold Ford!

[DianeK]

24. voted a couple of weeks ago ..

by absentee ballot

[spinbaby]

25. I was at the polls bright and early

Too bad the polls didn't open bright and early. They opened ten minutes late and then they couldn't get their electronic cards to work right. People were complaining about being late to work, but no one left. There was a lot of wondering out loud if these people could count the votes correctly if they couldn't even open on time and get the machines to work.

This is in a rural Pennsylvania district that has never in the 15 years I've voted there had problems.

[we can do it]

26. 6:30 am Cuyahoga Falls Ohio

[Mad_Dem_X]

27. Voted right before work

Democrat, straight down the board.

[hedgehog]

28. I voted!

and so did my daughter (her first time!) and my husband. he voted on his way to work. We were # 32 and #33 in our rural precinct at 7:45 AM.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

29. I voted on Saturday

and so did my husband - for the first time as a U.S. Citizen.

[ClintonTyree]

45. Congratulations!

to your Hubby! A new citizen, that's great! Now if we could just get a bunch of lazy-ass Americans who were born and lived here all their lives and NEVER vote out to the polls, we'd be doing something.

[Daylin Byak]

532. Voted after i was through with college

Voted Dem for every office except for the governor which I wrote in my liberal grandfather cause I thibk my dem governor ed rendell is a corrupt pig.

[underpants]

30. I voted and took our 15 month old to the touch screen booth with me

They don't allow the use of cell phones and voting booths in Va. though.

[trogdor]

31. It was sweet.

There were Democrats on EVERY row of the ballot. I flipped the levers slowly, to savor it. Then I pulled the big lever to open the curtain and register my vote, heard the "ding" that indicated that my votes had been counted, and it was sweet. Sweet, I tell you. There was a spring in my step afterward as I perused the offerings of the little old ladies running a bake sale at the other end of the room. I bought some peanut butter cookies, got in my car, and sped off to work. As I drove, I noticed that everyone else was driving a little faster than usual, not as if they were in a hurry, but as if they were in a really good mood.

[Roland99]

32. I was the 81st ballot submitted today. (Optical scanning system) One thing....

There were TWO State Representative races where Republicans ran UNOPPOSED!

Where the heck were the Dem candidates?!

[adamuu]

213. where? n/t

[Roland99]

463. Louisville, KY

[canichelouis]

33. PA checking in

High turn out so far this morning

[Fabio]

136. Voted by mail 10 days ago

[timber84]

34. NC voted at 6:30 am!

[mikeytherat]

35. I cast a big, fat NO for Senator Macaca!

Oh, it felt good!

mikey_the_rat

[bread_and_roses]

36. Done. Off to work on GOTV all day now. (n/t)

[ClintonTyree]

37. Second in line at 6:20 AM.........

The guy in front of me was another Dem so we're off to a good start here in western New York.

GO DEMOCRATS!! :woohoo:

[hamerfan]

38. North Kansas City reporting

The wife and I were #15 & 16. The poll workers are expecting a BIG turnout today! Lots of things on the Missouri ballot: Raising the state minimum wage, denying pensions to politicians convicted of felonies, stem cell initiative, taxing tobacco.
The rethug state legislature tried to pass a law that you had to show a valid picture ID as well as your voter registration card, but the Sec. of State (A Dem) shot it down. We were not asked to show a valid ID, hurray! No more straight-party voting here. The state leg's did pass that. Oh well, as somebody posted here already, each time I voted Democratic, I was thinking, "Take THAT *!"
So let's get out there and take this country back. The party that cares. The Democratic Party!
dumpbush

PS... edited for spelling :spank:

[dalaigh lllama]

246. Another Missouri voter here

I'm in rural NE Missouri and voting traffic was quite brisk here, which I'm hoping is a good sign for McCaskill. No problems at the polls, either.

[izzybeans]

39. I voted.

Straight ticket, except for several no votes because there is not a single democrat running for local office and U.S. Senate (Indiana re: Luger). So I wrote in my father-in-laws name, instead. Yeah, Father-in-law for U.S. Senate!

[KalicoKitty]

152. I voted for ALL Democrats

But I did not vote straight ticket, as I have heard viruses and hackers target straight ticket votes.

[ElboRuum]

234. You had the same thought I did...

It was tempting to "pull the big lever", but I too thought that this would be some target of malfeasance.

[wyldwolf]

40. why do I always seem to have a confrontation with a Republican at the polls?

I'm back. The line was longer than I've ever seen it at my precinct - longer even than the Presidential election of 2004. One woman, who stood about half a foot taller than me, had a stack of Republican literature she was pretending to read. What she was, in fact, doing was holding it up for others to read. I nicely mentioned to her that she wasn't allowed to have it in the voting precinct. She glared down at me over her bifocals for a moment and continued displaying her (ahem!) "wares."

"Fine," I thought. "I'll take it up with the poll manager."

And I did. The poll manager, however, was a bit intimidated when the woman shrieked at him and stared like a Deer in headlights when she asked loudly, "Do you want me leave?"

Now I've never been one to be intimidated by 6'5" women in bifocals, especially those of the Republican variety, so I answered for the poll manager. "You can stay or you can go but you're not going to keep that literature in here."

The poll manager looked relieved and told her he'd keep if for her behind the election materials table. She practically threw it at him and then, again, gave me that patented old woman glare above the bifocals.

Here is the deal, people. Republicans have gotten used to doing pretty much whatever they please. Usually, people just don't want to confront them. But this type of activity, even as mild as this case was, begs to be confronted and the only way we win is to call them on it.

[KayLaw]

61. Good job, Wyldwolf!

My husband and I voted Saturday.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

144. GOOD 4 U!

I'm so very happy you posted this story --

I'm also very happy that you stood up to the schoolyard bully with the bifocals. You are ever so correct about the Repiglicans getting away with whatever they want. I'm sick to death of them, their goddamned yellow ribbons and their dumbassed, uneducated crap...

Thanks for standing up for all of us today!

Gilligan in San Diego

[MethuenProgressive]

183. Way to go, WyldWolf!!

:yourock:

[Pacifist Patriot]

261. Thank you.

[Megahurtz]

340. Re - THUGS.

Pushy, spoiled, thieving rich, selfish assholes. They all need their asses kicked.:grr:

[ACK]

41. I voted!!! In VA - Go Webb

We had paper ballots in Loudoun County VA.

The lines for l-z were pretty long but a-k was short.

That nasty anti-gay marriage amendment was on there and I have heard the way it is worded it will hose domestic partner abuse cases.

Of course I voted no who gives a fuck if gay people want to get married let them!! Its a damn issue of equal protection under the law for goodness sakes.

Anyway, Webb's name was NOT cut off on the paper ballot. Straight Dem ticket for me and a lot of votes allocating new money to schools and fire stations and stuff like that I voted yes for.

I was lucky the count machine on the paper ballot rang up the counter on my vote so I got to kind of almost sort of see that my vote was counted right away.

w00t!

[atfqn]

428. I too voted in VA - Go Webb indeed.

Sounds like we had the same vote on the other issues too. :D

[PATRICK]

42. NY-29, Farmington NY

Voted right after my night shift. Now its off to the phones.

[blondeatlast]

43. Here, and speaking for Mr. BAL, too. nt

[sazemisery]

44. Muskogee Oklahoma - Yesterday - Absentee In Person

Total Absentee In Person votes for the 3 days prior to the election (Fri, Sat, Mon)=908.
Total Absentee In Person votes for the August Primary election= approx 790's
That is a lot for a mid-term election where the Dem Gov is killing his opponent in the polls, our 2nd Dist Congressman DINO will sail to victory and there are no local races to spark turnout. I interpret it as a "Call to Arms" by the citizenry of this country. I hope so.

[Infinite Hope]

46. n/t

[Jacklyn75]

47. I voted and so did everyone in my house! Go Claire!!! n/t

[patricia92243]

48. Voted last week n/t

[MattNC]

49. holla!

[FraDon]

50. An enthusiastic, hopeful crowd in Cornwall, VT

My wife & I just voted in our little town of about 1,100, just south of Middlebury. There was also a fine selection of pies and cakes at the election day bake sale, to benefit the Congregational Church across the road. The sun is up high enough to be seen above the Green Mountains to the east. It's a beautiful day; voters are plentiful. It felt SO great to be there and get a PAPER ballot and a #2 pencil, with all those fine candidates (most of whom I've met). I can assure you that while it may not be a total sweep for the Dem's/independents here in Vermont, we ARE going to send some serious and articulate peace mongers to the new Congress!

[Bushwick Bill]

51. Done.

Raining cats and dogs in SE Michigan.

[C_U_L8R]

52. D-DAY !!!!!

I just voted here in New York City.

Wooohooo... take that George Bush !!!!!!

[tech3149]

53. I was an hour late

but I missed the morning rush. Good turnout so far.

[mainegreen]

55. I voted (on saturday)!

:)

[bowens43]

56. I voted here in North Carolina

I was number 25. The lines here were longer then expected.

[shawn703]

57. I voted - turnout high! (VA-11)

I've voted at the same place the last six elections, and every other time I've been able to pretty much walk up to a machine. I actually had to wait about 45 minutes to vote at 7:00 AM. I've never been so happy to wait in line! Hopefully this means Tom Davis is also in trouble?!

:woohoo:

[lanlady]

457. hello neighbor! yes there's good news from No. Virginia

I also had a 45 minute wait at 7 am in VA-11. I' heard from co-workers of long lines in Springfield, Arlington and Alexandria too. One poll worker told a friend that she had never seen this kind of turnout in 25 years. I think that's a good sign for our side.

[hippiechick]

58. done :)

:hi:

[Princess Turandot]

59. First vote in my ED at 6:10 or so..

voting in NYC always has a sideshow. I was the first in the door just after 6AM and watched the poll characters..uh, workers do their thing. One octogenarian, several younger people and a cop whom I felt a bit sorry for. (I don't know if this is done elsewhere, but in NYC, there is always a police officer on duty at the polls.) I saw a notice at the sign-in desk which emphasized that only people with "IDR" shown after their name in the sign-in book should be asked for id, with a longish list of what qualified as ID.

When I went into the booth, and tried to move the 'master lever' to the right to start the process, it didn't move. In my enthusiam to vote, I then gave it a good yank and had the entire booth jump several inches to the right lol. I asked for help. (There was some tab that had to be removed in the turn-of-the-century machines we use here, and that hadn't been done yet.)

I voted for the big statewide races on the Working Families party column; several local officials including our Democratic city councilman, asked for us to do that, in an effort to highlight the need for reasonable housing in NYC. (I live in Stuyvesant Town, which just got sold off in the most costly real estate transaction in the history of the US.)

The 6AM sky was periwinkle blue and after I voted, a very pretty sunrise was taking place.

[phylny]

60. I voted with our 18-year-old daughter, who was voting for the first time

It was wonderful - she was excited. We both voted straight Democratic tickets, with no lines, and helpful people at the polling place.

[Lochloosa]

72. Send her our best phylny!

:toast:

[MethuenProgressive]

184. Congrats to your daughter!!

:patriot:

[libertad]

62. I VOTED! Very heavy turnout for 7 am this morning, seems like

it might be good news for us! Only one person with a confederate battle flag hat, shirt and car stickers, too!

[alcibiades_mystery]

63. Woot! Told Man-on-Dog to stay the fuck in Virginia

Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyooooooooooo!

[Nimrod2005]

64. k

[JeffSanchez]

65. Voted 2 weeks ago

Metro Detroit checking in.

[semillama]

66. voted by absentee ballot - straight dem! n/t

[Lochloosa]

67. Done. And it was busy at my polling place.

[CANDO]

68. Straight Ticket Democratic - PENNSYLVANIA!!!

Rendel,Casey,Holden,Santoni(State Rep)

[GardeningGal]

69. I early voted on Oct. 30th.

I may have to drive by a couple of polling places later today to see what's going on.

[bluedog]

70. absentee Florida

[nickinSTL]

71. no problems with my ES&S machine

though 3 out of 6 machines were down when I was at my precinct this morning.

As far as I know, no one's been negatively affected by that, aside from having to wait slightly longer (and it wasn't a long wait). We also have the option of doing an optical scan ballot, and there were about 10 stations to fill those out.

[BlueInPhilly]

74. Done

Voted this morning, even asked the poll official if I could take a picture of my voting screen with my cellphone - as a receipt or proof - and he said "why not".

[City Lights]

73. I voted at 8:10 am. My ballot was the 241st turned in today.

I voted for every Democrat on my ballot. When there was no Democrat running, I wrote in a name. Don't fuck with my ballot, repubicans!

[woodsprite]

75. Count 2 for us - hubby and I voted!

Voted for every dem but one - just so it wouldn't be straight ticket. The auditor has been doing a pretty good job going after the thugs in our school district who misappropriated funds.

One of the guys who was out shaking hands and handing out literature for Dems was someone I've known for years. He said he has switched from Repub to Dem because of everything our country has been thru since 2000. We gave him a big hug!

Turnout was great and there were a ton of new faces at the desks and monitoring the voting machines!

[Beausoleil]

76. Early voted last Friday

Pretty long line, waited about an hour and a half. Of course, it was down to the last three hours of early voting.

[Hosnon]

77. Go Dems: I want to see Santorum and Allen out! I voted absentee. nt

[Berserker]

78. I voted at 7am

in a repuke infested town in Wisconsin and the turn out was heavy and still is (I can see the polling place from where I sit).

[acmavm]

79. I was second in line at my polling place (Bancroft Academy in

Omaha, NE). There was only a handful of people there by the time I left. I know they have until 8:00 p.m. tonight so let's hope it gets better. We have a lot of elderly in this area. I wonder how they're going to vote.

[democrank]

80. Mission accomplished.

Little village in Vermont. Pencil. Paper ballot. Just as it should be.

[file83]

545. Excellent Smithers....

[JNelson6563]

81. Voted, great turn out!

I actually waited in line. That's never happened to me here before. I worked the first two hour shift of visibility (sign holding and waving to motorists) and will head over to do some GOTV calls in a bit. Then it's time for the late afternoon visibility and last minute GOTV calls.

On to victory!

Julie

[StaggerLee]

82. I voted about a half hour ago

I was only the 51st ballot but most of my precinct votes in the evening.

:dem:

[Reader Rabbit]

83. Portland, Oregon

I voted by mail about two weeks ago. Can't wait to see how things turn out!

[swag]

219. Saxton, 48, 43, and other assorted culprits will go down in flames,

that's how it will turn out.

[Reader Rabbit]

255. Hope you're right!

I'm not sure if I want to watch the returns tonight, or just wait until the morning. I have a good feeling, but I don't want to jinx anything.

We missed you at Goose Hollow, by the way! ;-)

[swag]

257. I missed you guys too.

I really wanted to make that one, but birthday duty called.

Beers for peace!

[ThoughtCriminal]

84. Two weeks ago - nt

[riona]

85. Voted early

I'm not a big fan of election day in FL. Wonder why.
:kick:

[minerva50]

86. I was first in line at my polling place

in Prince Georges County, MD. Turnout fairly heavy for a mid-term election. Don't know if that's a good sign or not for the Senate race here in MD, but I hope the rank and file here in PG Co keep their eye on what a "D" or an "R" means to the senate.

[Zero Division]

87. I voted. Davenport, Iowa.

Overheard poll workers saying they'd never seen so many people at the poll so early (it was around 7:30 a.m.).

[Brazenly Liberal]

88. I think I voted

It's going to be a late night!

[AllieB]

89. I just voted-it was CROWDED!

Hopefully a good turnout for Deval Patrick! :bounce:

[pacificliberal]

90. I voted Monday

For Claire and a straight Democratic ticket in S.W. Missouri. Go Claire! All of my family members also voted for Claire and the democratic ticket.

[YOY]

91. Damn skippy I voted!

Blue all the way!!!

[ganeshji]

92. I voted.

No problems.

[Tuesday_Morning]

93. I voted at Miami City Hall last Friday.

Gave me an eery feeling cause it's where the Brooks Bros. riot took place.

Thugs.

[Bettie]

94. Iowa, checking in

I voted in my small town in Iowa. It felt good and I know that my vote will count, we have optical scanners, so there's a definite paper trail!

[Az_lefty]

95. they moved my polling place to a rich fundie neighborhood...

so I have to drive out there and vote after work. I guess they couldn't be bothered to vote at that "public" school anymore.

[DrDan]

96. just finished - no lines - no waiting

[M_Demo_M]

97. Voted by mail last week.

Straight Dem ticket.

[quispquake]

98. Voted in Central Maine (Waterville)

Simple optical machines where I actually felt my votes were counted...voted a straight Democratic ticket (of course!!!). Wasn't too busy, but it was around 9:15 when things generally drop off a bit...Found most of the city people for sheriff, treasure, etc. didn't even have a Republican running...

I think Dems will do great here...Of course, unfortunately, Snowe will win again as senator...her reputation as a moderate is pretty much cemented here...I've told folks both about her voting for Roberts & Alito (i.e. her voting for two anti-abortion foes when she's well known as pro-choice proving to me that she's no moderate, and will vote the party line before what's good for the country...). I've converted a couple over (especially once I've explained how the majority party brings forth the issues through committee...). But, unfortunately, I think she's a lock...otherwise, Dems are gonna win big in Maine!!! And TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of Rights) looks to be voted down...we'll see on that one :)

pp23

[chefgirl]

305. Maine here too

I didn't vote for Snowe either, although, I think you're right, she's a lock. I actually used to like her, until this administration came to Washington, and she proved herself to be just another party hack. I was actually very disappointed in her for that. Ah well...

Voted at around 8:00 this morning. No problems, VERY few R's on the ballot :), and like you, I'm hoping to see TABOR go down in flames.

-chef-

[Hun Joro]

99. I voted this morning in Texas

I was appalled at how many libertarian candidates I had to hold my nose and vote for where there was no democratic candidate, just to vote against the republican, and at how many races I just skipped because a republican was running unopposed. Still, I got to vote for Chris Bell and David van Os!

[distantearlywarning]

100. Pittsburgh, PA

Husband and I voted to throw Santorum out this morning (and for some other Dems as well).

On Edit: Lots of democratic signs out front. In fact, I don't think I saw even one sign for a Republican candidate. A house across from the polling place had a big rainbow flag on the porch that said something like "We The People refuse to support the Bush Agenda".

[cobaindrain]

101. voted in nj

very small precinct that was pretty barren, but it always is. only 3 booths at the school. straight dem as usual.

[CBHagman]

102. Been there, done that (in Maryland).

Stood on line. Well, TWO lines -- one to verify registration, another for the voting card.

It took me about 35 minutes in terms of waiting and actually voting. The verification line reached well into the parking lot by the time I left the polling place. Dare I hope for excellent turnout?


On edit: This is Montgomery County, MD.

[Arkansas Granny]

103. I voted last week by absentee ballot.

[ChaoticSilly]

104. Just got back from voting in Memphis

There were 2 out of 3 touch screen machines running. There were 5 people there and I was in and out in under 5 minutes - more people than I've seen there in several years, so hopefully this means turnout will be pretty good. I voted straight D except for state rep where the only choice was R and write in. I was really tempted to go write in, but in TN write in candidates have to register with the election comission to be counted and I didn't want to take any chance that my other votes would be voided.

[bearfan454]

105. I early voted

I didn't vote straight Democrat this time. Some local races had a repuke and a Libertarian running only. I made sure there were NO votes for repukes for me.

[Magleetis]

106. Voted

Farmerville, Louisiana. Big sign saying that a photo ID was required and that if you did not have one you would have to show some other form of ID and sign an affidavit. This was the first time I voted on electronic machines it was easy but I don't trust them.

The stress of this day has put me in a very irritable mood.

[terip64]

107. I voted in Waterloo, MI. I was #119 at 8:30am.

[PleadTheFirst]

108. I voted!

[Pharaoh]

109. Just voted!

Throw the scum out!!!

I was #67 Blue Mounds WI pop 752


No Lines!!!

[ihelpu2see]

110. Ned Lamont and the rest of the Dem. ticket!! seems to be going good

in the Farmington Vally!

[dmosh42]

111. Wife & I voted early-Mt Airy, NC

First time ever--Straight Dem ticket.

[JoMama49]

112. I voted absentee a week ago - straight dem ticket! If only

Angelides could knock Arnold out.

[MidMichiganBuckeye]

113. Just got back!

What a day! I have waited 14 years for a day like today. The polling station was PACKED, despite the nasty weather (rain and cold). I live in a safe district, Michigan 5, Dale Kildee (Yes, THAT Dale Kildee, from the Foley scandel...you can't BUY that kind of advertising!), but as you may know, the Govs race is close, and nasty here, and Debbie Stabenow is in a bit of a fight, though I think she is pretty safe. Everything was running smooth. We use optical scanners with a paper trail, so I feel pretty good about that as well. Lots of women, lots of Union people (I think today is a union holiday).

[Synnical]

430. Welcome to DU MidMichiganBuckeye!

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

114. I voted! Straight Dem, of course....

also changed my avatar for the first time in about 3 years.

[StoryTeller]

115. I Voted in Omaha, NE!!!

Especially pleased to place a vote for Jim Esch, running against Lee Terry, for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Go Jim!

No problems at the polls--pretty busy, but no one had to wait very long. Seemed to be running smoothly.

I'm planning to volunteer this afternoon for the Esch campaign, but we'll see--I couldn't find a babysitter. :)

[NYCGirl]

116. Voted in Greenwich Village in NYC! NT

[onenote]

117. I voted (Just missed seeing Jim Webb)

I'm in the same precinct as Jim Webb. The cameras were all set up and ready for Jim Webb to vote within the hour when I got there.

[Hippo_Tron]

118. I'm disenfranchised but if I wasn't I'd be on my way to the polls as we speak

[Desertrose]

119. Voted by mail (AZ)

You betcha...dems got 3 dem votes from my household.....

[Le Taz Hot]

120. Husband and I voted

5 minutes after the polls opened up in CA.

[MoJoWorkin]

121. I was # 258. Voted on optical scan machine--at least there is a paper trail.

[dethl]

122. I just voted about 15 minutes ago

Straight democrat. I wish we could unseat Pearce here in NM-02.

[closeupready]

123. Yep!

:)

[bunny planet]

124. I VOTED

just got back
in NJ
black box, no paper trail.
so here's my paper trail
STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET 2006

[gademocrat7]

125. Voted last Wednesday.

Straight ticket and wrote in names where there was an unopposed rethug incumbent.

[deepthought42]

126. I voted in MD!

First-time voting in person. Voting via absentee ballot (2004) was definately easier. In Anne Arundel county they are having problems getting the machines working, including where I voted, but they did get them working by the time it was my turn to vote. I can only hope my vote is counted. I hope the people before me who had to use provisional ballots get their votes counted.

[girlphoenix]

127. There when the polls opened!

Took one with me, dragging two more there later, and have another two with promises to go vote.

[FourScore]

128. I voted in Ithaca, NY and took my 3 children with me to help!

We still have the lever machine here, and my kids love taking turns pushing the the small voting tabs and then pulling the big lever together. They get stickers, too! (My kids are still pretty small.)

I'll be making GOTV calls this evening.

Go DEMS!

[Scriptor Ignotus]

129. voted

count it

[July]

130. Voted in NJ-07 a little while ago.

Not many people at my polling place.

[Carbon Tiger]

131. Did my duty as an American

Voted proudly this morning in North Louisiana's district 5.

[bklyncowgirl]

132. Voted in GOP town in Jersey

Pretty good turnout. Touch screen machine. Voted straight dem ticket. Wrote in my Dog for unopposed boro council seat. Maybe next year he will run.

[Jo March]

133. I voted on Saturday

There was quite a crowd at the BOE. It was great! Voted on an ES&S machine, though. :scared:

[corkhead]

134. 7AM, bright and early. Straight ticket.

[Weembo]

135. Early

Now off to work the polls

[depakid]

137. I voted last week by mail!

[Career Prole]

138. I voted, and had a pleasant surprise.

Our local veterinarian was coming out as I went in. I had parked beside his car at the middle school...me and my dusty Kerry/Edwards bumpersticker.

I was sorry to see him leaving because I'd wanted to chat him up some.
He'd voted for * twice, and we'd agreed to disagree because he's a damn good vet and my animals aren't political.

He waited for me outside. He waited outside because he wanted to tell me that he'd voted against every republican on the ticket because "they'd all gone bad".

That's my exit poll. Small sample, I know, but I'm liking what I'm seeing.

:toast: Here's to common sense, Brad!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

139. There's An Election?

Just kidding! Hey, I voted by mail here in San Diego last week. The GOP is making noise already about the exit polls not being accurate and it's only 8:03 A.M.

[cleveramerican]

140. 50 degrees inside my polling place

no heat, poll workers in coats and gloves, not sure who I should call.
I voted about 7:30 and there was a line of about 15 people.

Straight D's all the way

[Justpat]

141. I voted already here on Long Island.

No problems.

[Tesha]

142. Mr. Tesha and I voted.

And Mr. Tesha has been out at the wards holding signs
and will be again soon, after his tea break.

Tesha

[RoyGBiv]

143. Done ...

Had to argue and fight to get it done, but it's done.

[minnesota_liberal]

145. Heading out to vote right now.

The lines were pretty long as of 8:00 this morning. I'll take that as a good sign.

[Ryano42]

146. New Mexico, Early Voting, Paper Ballot...

Optical scan, got a receipt!

:D

[Maeve]

147. Straight Dem ticket? Dem straight it was!

We're looking at (almost) a clean sweep in Ohio on the state level and probably a new senator AND a few reps....(Betty Mongomery may keep her job and a few others are possible, but the governorship is OURS!)

[Gothmog]

148. I voted friday

[KalicoKitty]

149. I voted!

I have a yard full of lawn signs. Not one was stolen or destroyed this year!

[demo dutch]

150. Voted in FL... straight Dem ticket!

[kwolf68]

151. Voted in Virginia

-Webb
-Feder
-Against the Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage (or for the 1man/1women thing)
-For the 2nd amendment involving church incorporation
-For the third one giving tax breaks for conservation measures

First time using touch screen and it worked well...very easy and my votes were all read back accurately, although who knows about that.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

153. I voted. (Northern suburbs of Pittsburgh PA)

No lines but steady flow of voters. ESS voting machines with no paper trail but the machine appeared to register and capture my votes correctly.

Go Democrats!!!:bounce:

[dajoki]

Delete -- Double post n/t

[dajoki]

154. I VOTED STRAIGHT DEM!!

Rendell-Gov.
Casey-US Senate
Carney-US House

[The Count]

155. Voted in NYC. Working Families Party

Mostly the same candidates (voted Dem where different).
Not a very heavy turnout where I was, no incident ether - as we have lever machines and no contested races here. In the counties with contested races I read of incidents though.

[vard28]

156. I was offered a paper or electronic ballot...

... in Loudoun County, VA this morning.

I loudly announced, "Oh, I want the paper ballot please. This way I'm hoping it will actually be COUNTED!"

I got several dirty looks, but I got more laughs and cheers.

Let's have happy thoughts for Democratic wins, boys and girls! :popcorn:

[marlakay]

157. Voted early by mail straight dem

In WA state.

[InternalDialogue]

158. I voted in Denver last week.

Colorado is trending blue so strongly, I wish we'd have had a Senate election to throw in the mix. *Sigh*. We'll turn Allard's seat blue in two years.

[Recursion]

159. I voted for my non-voting delegate to Congress

Taxation without representation rocks! :)

[mcar]

160. I voted

[cats4dems]

161. Yesterday Portland OR

Straight Dem ticket:kick:

[thinkingwoman]

163. I voted with my 18 yr old daughter

It was her first election, but she'd been in the booth with me before so she was ready.

I am a proud mom.

[MethuenProgressive]

186. Tell your daughter "thanks" from us at DU!

:patriot: Good for her! (and you!)

[thinkingwoman]

224. I will! Thanks! nt

[Ediacara]

164. I voted early a week and a half ago

Unfortunately, I'll be at work all day :-( Although, by the time I'm off work, Ricky will have already given his whiny concession speech!

ON EDIT: I voted in Bozeman MT using an optical scan ballot.

[guruant]

165. voted for the first time! (18 y.o.)

voted straight dem (though maybe I should've picked each individually to try and avoid possible hacking) and voted against the south carolina marriage amendment!!!

[The Witch]

166. I voted in Virginia!

Now, do I go down to the hotel tonight and celebrate with our new Senator, Jim Webb? Hmmm!!

[PuppyBismark]

167. Voted 2 weeks ago- Sent certified, have USPS Receipt they got it.

[RedSpartan]

168. Done.

[lilymidnite]

169. I voted in Utah

Waited about 10 minutes.

Straight Democratic, with the exception of 1 Green party.

Diebold machine. I verified the paper ballot carefully. No apparent problems.

An elderly man next to me asked the poll worker (loudly) how to vote straight ticket. He said (again, very loudly) 'Democratic!!' (This is Utah, mind you, the reddest of the red).

[PermanentRevolution]

170. Voted in FL

Crossing fingers, hoping that Crist is sent packing...

No worries about Krazy Kat, though!!! Buh-bye!!!

[UDenver20]

171. I VOTED IN ATLANTA!!!!

[chieftain]

172. My wife and I just cast straight Democratic ballots in Bradenton

Florida and we feel grrrrrreat!!!!!!. Go Dems, take our country back from this ungodly group of thugs, fools and incompetents.

[Mr. McD]

173. I voted, 1st. in line

[Tiggeroshii]

174. I voted early.

=)

[yowzayowzayowza]

175. Voted early...

last week.

[Hawkeye-X]

176. I already voted early voting

My report is out there somewhere.

Used Sequoia with paper trail. Let's hope they use it to match all voting records.

[shanti]

177. k&r

I VOTED!

[progressoid]

178. Yer Damned Skippy I Voted!

[momzno1]

179. Berkshire County Massachusetts

voted... no problems here.

[sagesnow]

180. Things to Do List for this Election

10/15/06 Send in absentee ballot __Check
11/7/06
9:00am Poll watch __Check
1:00pm Poll watch __
4:00pm Poll watch __
4:30pm GOTV phone calling __
9:00pm Wait for returns__
Up all night with a glass of Burgundy___

How are you spending the day?

[dpbrown]

181. I voted in Minnesota!

Let's get those Bush bastards!

[darmok167]

182. I voted just now.

Longer lines than usual. Unfortunately, in my district, no way to make any gains in the House or Senate, but I voted straight Democrat for the first time and it felt really good.

[Arugula Latte]

185. Voted last week ...

Yay, vote by mail! :woohoo:

[Lugnut]

187. I voted

Wild horses couldn't keep me away.

[Catchawave]

188. Go Team America !

Larger than expected turnout in my precinct :patriot:

[pkz]

189. I voted in WV

and for the record, big turnout...even in the rain!

[Laurab]

190. Just got back

Straight dem - even one local I wasn't sure I wanted to vote for, but I just could NOT bring myself to give a repuke a vote.

K & R, too!

[Klukie]

191. First time voters in the house!

The hubby and I voted (straight Dem) today for the first time in our adult lives and boy did it feel good.

[BoneDaddy]

192. Done

My wife and I just voted Democrat across the board in NJ.

[JackCo]

193. Voted

Hubby and I just got back from voting. I just wish our US Senate seats were up for re-election bc I would really love to get rid of Sessions.

[LondonReign2]

194. I voted

But am too lazy to change my avatar! :)

[Nostradammit]

195. Voted in Oregon yesterday

There were four people coming up to the ballot box outside the police station at the same time.

Don't recall voting for a single Republican.

Hmmmmm...

[MercutioATC]

196. Westlake (Cleveland) Ohio. No problems but a long wait.

I went at 10:00 am. Out polling location had 12 working Diebold touchscreens and I waited in line 40 minutes. There's usually no wait.

[ooshaunaoo]

197. Voted in NY-26...

10:30 this morning. Go Dems!!!!

[Blue State Blues]

198. I voted with my baby

Got to get them started when they're young.

At 10:30 it was busy at the polls, but the wait wasn't too bad. Baby only got a little cranky in the booth. Everything went smoothly, but, of course, I have no way to know that my vote will be counted as I cast it.

[rodeodance]

199. this is SLOW , time to start a second offical thread.

[Evergreen Emerald]

200. I voted! (A week ago--absentee)

Go Dems!

[theplutsnw]

201. My husband and I voted

at the top of a large hill in Seattle, so no flooding worries
here!  

Edit to add voted for ALL DEMS of course!

[DemExpat]

203. Four overseas votes in my household last week!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

DemEx

[solara]

204. I voted NEW MEXICO!!

Go Patricia Madrid!! Go Bill Richardson!!

:patriot:


VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

[Conscious Confucius]

205. I voted in Minnesota.

Some of the golden oldie poll ladies said I looked like Omar Sharif.

[Cameron27]

206. Just got back

and it feels so good-------->straight Democratic.

[Gelliebeans]

207. I voted

a couple of weeks ago.

[LiberalEsto]

208. Derwood, Montgomery County MD

I voted at Mill Creek Towne E.S. around 11:30 am, along with my 20-year-old daughter. There was no line. But before we had finished voting, the line was up to 8 people and started growing.

It helps when your spouse is a poll watcher. I called him on the cell and he said there was no line, so we zipped right over. Dave said there had not been any problems so far, and that all was going smoothly.

[adamuu]

209. I VOTED - Albany NY (NY21)

I vote in my apartment building.
There's a voting booth in the lobby.
neat, huh?

It's mechanical.

There was no line. My friend and I were the only ones there.
Two check-in people and an election supervisor.

One other advantage is that the 300-ft rule bans campaigning and campaign literature throughout the 13-story building.

I know... I'm lucky.

Edit
I was not asked for ID. Just a signature.
There was a poster that clearly showed what the inside of the booth would look like.
There were cheez-its and little donuts there. I did not partake.

[THUNDER HANDS]

210. straight dem for me baby

all the way!

[Joey Liberal]

211. I voted straight Democrat!

And it felt damned good too.

[Maraya1969]

212. Voted here in Florida last week. On my comment card I put: "I hope

my vote is counted."

[fight4my3sons]

214. Husband and I voted in Maine (Phippsburg)

[MattP]

215. I voted in Palm Desert

I voted in Palm Desert and I am driving a friend without a car to another polling place in a couple of hours and then going to a move-on calling center.

[Turn CO Blue]

216. I voted! As I filled in each oval I grew a little more giddy

I am so full of hope this time...

[smoogatz]

217. I voted around 9:45 central time--

my wife and I were voters #280 and 281, which is apparently a big number for a mid-term, this early in the day. I voted for all the Dems, one by one, and against the death penalty and the dumbass anti-gay-marriage amendment. In my heart, I voted against Bush and the theo-fascists with every pen-stroke (we use opti-scan here).

[SF Bay Area Dem]

218. Voted absentee in California and proud!

[a la izquierda]

220. Voted a couple of hours ago!

Yay!! Go Democrats, go!

[Miss Chybil]

221. Everything went swimmingly - mostly.

I walked over the my polling station, presented my military ID and was asked for my driver's license, instead. I presented that, was given my ballot(s) (two pages long in AZ this year.) I had already filled out my sample ballot, so I just copied everything over and was done in a few minutes. I went at about 10:40 a.m.. There was no line. There were three other people voting and there were five poll workers there. When I was finished I put my ballots through the reader and I was number 379 and 380. I then walked home. It's a beautiful 79 degrees Fahrenheit here right now. A beautiful day to vote! I can't wait for tonight!

[il_lilac]

222. i voted

tried not to gag as i voted for my Dino rep. At least i have the greatest senators!

[Vinca]

223. Voted in New Hampshire - on paper.

[Greyskye]

225. voted last week

:kick:

[HughLefty1]

226. Voted here!

I voted absentee a few weeks ago in SoCal!

I'm originally from PA and would like to start the 'The Official Rick Santorum Death Watch Thread' but don't have enough posts here at DU.

For all Americans, I beg someone to start such a thread...

Posters, if you should come across any poll information showing that pear-shaped faggot Rick Santorum taking a dive in the polls today, please give updates.

Go Bob Casey!

[Democrafty]

227. Done n/t

[Chorophyll]

228. Hi everyone!

I never post but I always read and I want to thank everyone here for keeping me informed (and keeping up my spirits for two years.) And oh yeah, I VOTED! We are taking back Congress today! Peace!

[coznfx]

229. Oregon is 100% Vote-by-Mail this election

We don' need no steenkin' machines! Voted about a week ago. All Democrat, except 1 Libertarian (because I know her!)

[DUyellow]

230. WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Totally Committed]

231. Checking in... finally done for the day!

Voted at 7:30 am on a paper ballot. The place was full, and there was a line waiting.

TC

[WinkyDink]

232. I voted!

[Kare]

233. I voted!

I voted around ten this morning and the booths were all full!
Looks like a great turn out is happening.

:dem:

[Blue_In_AK]

235. I voted this morning in Anchorage...

No problems, turnout looking good in my precinct.

[MethuenProgressive]

236. 65% Turnout expected in Methuen, MA

The school parking lot is packed! The poll workers( and the policeman) said they were expecting 65%, but that it looks like there might be even more than that turning out today!

[slackmaster]

237. Mega-Diebold touch-screen dittos from CA-50

:scared:

[drdtroit]

238. Yes indeedy! n/t

:patriot:

[concord]

239. Voted First Thing in MA

It was as busy as two years ago. No problems. And no signs for repugs in my red/blue precinct. Folks have had enough.

[ChrisCat]

240. Voted this morning in Central Il

No line at all, but I live in a tiny town.

[Ignis]

241. First thing this AM in CA, straight D ticket. (nt)

[ElboRuum]

242. Voted... Kicked... Recommended...

Got in early this morning. Right in. Right out. No weirdness.

I'm lucky, we've got a pretty small precinct manned by the same group of people every election, and they take their jobs as poll workers very seriously. They were on top of things. Now if we could export this level of proficiency everywhere...

[michreject]

243. I voted

heavy turnout

[HeeBGBz]

244. Count one vote against Trent Lott

Whom I had been told wasn't up for re-election this cycle.

There was a sign up down the road that said show Trent Lott your thanks on November 7. So I surely did. Just not in the way they intended. Heheh.

It surely gave me heebie-geebies to use that diebold machine but it seemed to register okay and the printout printed my vote correctly. Although I didn't get a receipt, there WAS a printed copy of my vote.

[Beaverhausen]

245. I voted- Burbank, CA. "Ink-a-dot" worked just fine. Lots of voters there

It's a new precinct for me so I'm not sure if it's always that busy, but it seemed very busy and the workers told me "We don't know what we are doing."

[doxieone]

247. I was #567 at my polling place...

Interestingly, when I walked in, I walked in with a guy who said he came here because his wife was working there.

Only afterwards did I start to think -- was she letting him vote at her site -- and he would vote again at their 'real' site???

I asked when we were walking in if he was a demo or repub -- he said repub. (We were joking around about having no one to vote for.)

[watrwefitinfor]

248. I voted this morning - pouring rain here in SC

But I think my little precinct is having a heavier turnout so far than in the 2004 presidential race. More people had already signed and voted by ten this morning than were on the list at 3 p.m. in 2004. Go figure.

Everyone here was smiling, too. It's nice to go in and chat with your neighbors and ask them how the machine's behaving and have them tell you, so far, so good. Our little county always goes Dem, still it's a machine, and even though we're probably too small for them to fool with, I'm always a little wary.

Wat

[FatDave]

249. My Experience Today

(this was originally posted in another "unofficial" thread)

I made a major move last summer, so this was my first time voting in my new area. I live in De Forest, WI, an exurb of Madison (Hail Satan!)

I voted on my way to work, got there at 8:15am. There was the longest line I've ever had to wait in to vote. Not quite out the building. This was could've just been the "before work" crowd, but there seemed to be a pretty good cross section of population there, young, old and everything in between. I was in line for about 20 minutes.

This picture (taken on my crappy camera phone)is from about two-thirds of the way to the back, looking toward the front.



There seemed to be a lot of first-time voters there asking questions. The guy putting his ballot (optical scan) into the reader in front of me stopped and asked me if we were supposed to sign it anywhere. I simply said "no", resisting the urge to point out how illegal that would be.

In line, an elderly man was asking about his wife who had trouble walking. The poll worker looked her up in the book, saw that she was registered, and informed the man that if he brought her to the polling place, they would deliver a ballot to her in the car so she wouldn't have to stand in line.

All in all, I think my observations are indications of good things to come, at least from my area. The turnout seemed high, a lot of first-timers, and people going through some considerable inconvenience to vote.

Cross your fingers, I'm crossing mine.

[file83]

544. It's nice to hear actual GOOD stories coming from a polling station for once.

And my fingers are crossed!

[wordpix]

250. I voted straight Dem line in CT---hoping for Lamont, Destefano & Chris Murphy to pull it out

[LilyLibber]

251. I voted Saturday.

GO DEMS!

[LeftCoast]

252. SF, CA - I voted. Appeared to be highest turnout I've seen

Every single polling booth was taken and there was a line. Poll workers told me it'd been like that all morning. It's only anecdotal evidence, but it sure has me hopeful!

[Babsbrain]

253. Now on to impeachment!

It felt mahvelous to give the purple middle finger to George Dubious Bush!!

[MARCUSCO]

256. I EXECUTED MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT (in NY State) BY NOON...

AND VOTED DEMOCRAT STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE!!

Please encourage everyone to do the same! :kick: :headbang:

[Colorado Liberal]

254. Longmont, CO checking in

Voted last week via absentee (I'm in Musgrave's district, so I of course voted for Paccione!). I'm working down in Colorado Springs this week, so I'll be watching election results from the "belly of the beast"!!!

[cyberpj]

258. Done. And things moving smoothly in Delaware. BUT local papers downplaying evoting problems (here):

Just got back from voting in Delaware - good systems - things flowing smoothly here

BUT
Our local paper already has 2 articles about no problems with electronic voting in -

Pennsylvania:
In Pa., only ’typical’ glitches reported with voting machines
By GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press
Posted Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 12:07 pm
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/NEWS/61107038/1006/NEWS

and Maryland:
In Md., voting problems apparently avoided
By STEPHEN MANNING, Associated Press
Posted Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 11:03 am
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/NEWS/61107032/1006/NEWS


What so many people don't get is that it's not necessarily about the machines themselves, that just one part of the total package, IT'S ABOUT THE TABULATING!

We need to keep educating Dem politicians and all election fraud groups to remember this is the big one - programming the tabulators to change the counts - that they use if all the other techniques fail to give them a winner.

IT'S ABOUT THE TABULATING!

[Pacifist Patriot]

259. Me. Diebold Opti-Scan with Sequoia Ballots

Heaven knows what was recorded.

[Jokerman]

260. K&R!

[flamingyouth]

262. I voted

:hi:

[CottonBear]

263. I voted in Athens, GA this morning.

There were no problems (at least not that I know of considereing we were the first in the Union with 100% Diebold voting in 2002 thatnks toi our Democratic SoS, Cathy Cox. :( ) Athens is a blue city and the Democratic turnout has been heavy wich is awesome! I'm ready to throw out the GOP and take back our state!
:woohoo: I'm wearing my "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker which is a peach with that lettering on it!

[JTFrog]

264. I voted

this morning in Indiana. Diebold opti-scan. No receipt, no sticker, just a shrug of the shoulders from the poll worker.

[MADem]

265. I voted but I gotta go back out and drive more people to the polls

So I don't have time to fart around figuring out how to change the icon....

I've driven almost fifty people thus far!!!!!

[appleannie1]

266. I voted in PA

My husband asked the poll worker if the thing she put in the machine to turn it on was the vote switcher. Her reply was "I hope not but I have no way of knowing. All I know is this is what they gave me."

[Serial Mom]

267. I voted - straight DEM party

no on marriage ammendment to our state constitution

no to death penalty

yes on school improvements

[bullwinkle428]

268. Voted straight-ticket Democratic in Iowa - polling place was very

busy (during the lunch hour...I guess not too surprising). Used the ES&S optical scanner machine, as most people were choosing to vs. the touch-screen machine. I think most people are quite skeptical of the touch-screens!

[New Earth]

269. i voted

:bounce:

[SouthernBelle82]

270. I voted!

[NoAmericanTaliban]

271. I voted in GA. Straight Dem ticket!

Went in around noon & didn't have to wait much. No issues, although you can never feel real comfortable voting on a Diebold machine.

It was so much fun I may go again. :)

[Triana]

272. Voted - First thing this morning! (n/t)

[RealDems]

273. Cardin and O'Malley in Maryland

[malachibk]

274. I VOTED

n/t

[babsbunny]

275. Voted by mail

Hope Blackwell didn't throw it away!

[speedoo]

276. Voted at 1:15 pm EST, Brooklyn NY... please vote in my poll!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5813662&mesg_id=5813662

[Gregory1230]

277. Done!

I voted in Summerfield, Florida (near The Villages) (if you don't know where it is, it is near Ocala, Florida which is Central Florida).

I voted 13:47 (1:47 pm).

:kick:

[sentelle]

278. Done. Bainbridge Island, WA (WA-1)

We are an all vote-by mail county. we're talking about a 100-year flood, but I voted two weeks ago.

First time ever voting a Party-line vote. anyplace where there was only one candidate running (and they were a R), I wrote in 'Eric Cartman' (think South Park), as Mickey Mouse is a Republican.

[tblue37]

279. Here in Lawrence, Kansas, we have just changed from penciled

paper ballots to inked ones. I hope that doesn't mean some Diebold machine is scanning them. But at least we have paper ballots to turn to in case of a recount.

Of course, Lawrence is blue anyway.

[Silent3]

280. Check!

Got up this morning, voted straight ticket dem, then, having taken the day off from work, I stood outside holding up a big sign for John Lynch and Paul Hodes for a few hours. Now I'm standing by to give rides to the polls.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

281. Uh, I voted 9 days ago. For President of Brazil.

Voted for the lefty guy, and he won. Can I join the fun?

[momophile]

282. voted last week.

hey ho, let's go!!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

283. Just got back

Walked to the precinct with the doggie. He was a big hit but still didn't get to vote. Voted straight Dem except Mr 'pede just HAD to vote for Stinky.:eyes:

[LittleClarkie]

284. I voted

and canvassed.

[libodem]

285. Just got back form voting

Straight party...Democrat!

[gulfcoastliberal]

286. Done!

NT

[byronius]

288. I Voted, For Benefit Glorious Nation of America.

And it felt soooooo GOOD.

[michaz]

289. Voted this morning

Voted this morning in NYS

[luckypunch]

290. Voted

Paper ballots, no problems. Moderate turnout, the only signs I saw were for Deval Patrick.

[Vadem]

291. I voted Monday.......

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[toad12]

292. I voted in the great state of Vermont! (eom)

[Arkana]

293. I VOTED, DAMMIT

...two weeks ago, but I still voted.

[mcscajun]

294. I voted!

:)

[Vorta]

295. I got a surprise (Pinellas County FLorida)

I went to vote, and did without problem. They even had chairs this time (long ballot). My polling place was in a Mormon church (stake/ward/whatever) at one time and we managed to get that changed because they were having the voting in the actual worship room (using the altar as a table no less). Now it's in an evangelical church and they have changed the access around so you have to walk through the actual church to get to the fellowship hall. But that's not my major complaint.

I then rode my bicycle over to the community center in the heavily minority northeast side of town to see if the Republicans were making a nuisance of themselves. There was no polling place there! The (republican controlled) elections office consolidated that polling place with one on the westernmost edge of the upper east side of town. OK, so we aren't talking the Bataan death march to get from one place to the other, but it still smells funny.

I'll be making the rounds again this afternoon.

[philly_bob]

296. Upper Province Township PA: Repub outnumber Dems 4-1

I'm counting the people standing outside handing out literature and trying for last minute persuasian.

[itcfish]

297. I Voted 7:30 a.m. on Long Island

My 2 sons, my daughter and me. I dragged the 3 of them out of bed. LOL My hubby will go this evening.

[MoToR]

298. Proud to have participated

and what a relief that we had no touch screen machines.

[cascadiance]

I turned in my absentee ballot a week ago at the ROV here in San Diego...

And this is what Mikel Haas gave me back for my trouble...

Wants me to lie about how I voted!

[jean]

299. Voted straight DFL (that's Minnesota's Democratic Farmer-Labor party!)

:dem:

[nedbal]

474. In NY I voted for the Dem on the Working Families Line (mostly)

NY has many of the same candidates also on other party lines, a dem could also be on working families, Green, liberal, and Independent , a repug could be on repug and conservative, the total vote is what counts here. For the 2 sure wins Hillary and Spitzer I kind of threw away my vote and to keep the Socialist Workers on the ballot in the future I voted for them. not that I really would like them to win but it sends a message. The real reason I voted for the dems on the working families line, sends a message that supporting corporate america is not how you get my vote.

This might be deleted as it's not a DU straight dem support vote, but that's how I voted. The working families 99% of the time endorse the Dem candidate.

[phatkatt]

300. Voted in North Alabama!

STRAIGHT TICKET!

[Wheezy]

301. Me me me! n/t

[JimboDem]

302. Absentee

last month. A Democrat "abroad". I'm from MA, but had to vote based upon my last US residence (TX). I hope it counts.
Keep the Faith!

[Tigress DEM]

303. TA-DAH!

kick!

[Coexist]

304. I did - absentee.

[tenndem1]

306. I voted, so did the DH

We voted early here in TN

I love my home state of TN for many reasons, but I sure don't love the fact that this is a RED state; however, I have found the DU, so I'm feeling pretty good.

[Boston Critic]

307. Voted in Brookline, Mass.

Things moved smoothly as polls opened at 7 a.m.

At almost 3 p.m. EST the news is filled with reports of record turnout elsewhere in the country (RI, MO, etc.)

[God Almighty]

309. Voted absentee yesterday

[unfrigginreal]

310. I voted in Charlotte, NC

My partner and I both did around noon. Was very quiet there but we don't have any statewide races this year.

[T Town Jake]

311. Okay, just got back from the polls: voted straight Democratic ticket....

...no luxury this year of "voting for the person": this election is too important so it was Democratic across the board regardless of what I thought about the individual. Which was easy, because the party put up some really good candidates this year.

Had eight state questions/ballot initiatives: voted progressive on all but one of them (the one I voted reactionary on would diminish property values in my area).

There had already been 600+ voters at my polling place (there is a counter on the machine that takes our ballots), which is nearly unprecedented for my neighborhood/precinct.

I have a feeling it's going to be an excellent night for Democrats! I am certain we will take the House of Rep., and am very hopeful for the Senate to turn Democratic also! I think we can do it. Exciting times.

K & R.

[Human Torch]

312. I voted bright & early this morning...

:kick:

[RayOfHope]

313. I voted and also got 2 disabled persons to the polls (to vote DEM!) n/t

[TheUnspeakable]

314. Just came back! 10 th. Dist. Illinois!!!!!!!

[Tansy_Gold]

315. I voted and

FINALLY persuaded "my vote won't count" BF to vote, too. He's been offering whiny excuses all week but after I told him how EASY it was (what a lazy fuck he can be at times!!!) he did it.

So that's two DEM votes in AZ!

[Thrill]

316. I voted

Larry Kissell(NC) 8th district. He's going against Robin Hayes

[Beam Me Up]

317. I voted on a paper ballot: Alameda County, CA

Thanks to everyone who put in hours of hard work getting THAT established!

The one thing that I really hated doing was voting for Diane Feinsteine. I SERIOUSLY considered voting Green. The ONLY thing that stopped me was the prospect of a Republican winning her seat!

[last1standing]

318. I voted!

Good luck to everyone!

[graywarrior]

319. Voted

2 in our family voted dem.

[Ishoutandscream2]

320. "Paper, or machine?"

I laughed, and asked who manufactured the machine. The answer, "Not Diebold." I laughed again, said I wanted my vote counted, and asked for paper. The gentleman said my vote would be counted either way. I laughed again and marked straight Democratic on my ballot.

On, in Rockwall, Texas, home of the dingus Congressman, Ralph Hall.

[bemildred]

321. Voted. nt

[98geoduck]

322. Lamont BY 2-3 pctg points...

LIBERATE JOE!!!

http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/frontPage.do

[bonito]

323. My wife & I voted this morning

And when my youngest son went he met Clint Curtis!

[vademocrat]

324. I voted in Richmond, VA

Got a "ready to stay at home but leaning towards Webb" coworker to vote (for Webb he says) today!

I'm so nervous I can barely stand it!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

325. Done. n/t

MKJ

[TwentyFive]

326. Voted For ALL Democrats today

See ya! bye bye you evil republicans. The US can't survive 2 years with no oversight of the incompetent, constitution shredding dolt you call a president.

[tavalon]

327. I voted and I changed my avatar

:woohoo:

[Child_Of_Isis]

328. Done it!

No problems.

[verdalaven]

329. Done at Noon

The volunteers said there had been an incredible turn out already for our township.

[McCamy Taylor]

330. Me and my husband voted early. Lots of Dems did too in Fort Worth.

That was before the Teamsters who are supporting the Republican candidate for gov. decided to have bus driver's strike. I am so glad that Texas has two weeks of early voting.

[ailsagirl]

331. DONE!!! Now for the waiting...

[emmadoggy]

332. I voted absentee a few weeks ago.

:dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick:

[Megahurtz]

333. I voted several days ago

by mail.

[Rockholm]

334. Voted at 11:00am - 30% turn out by then!

Amazing numbers!

[ShortnFiery]

335. I voted this morning and handed out Democratic flyers at our

table for three hours in the rain. ;)

It was very heartening to see that two local H.S. Democratic Party members are staying until the polls close. Bless the Teen and 20 Somethings who are active in politics. :patriot:

[bikeboy]

349. OH YAH!

i voted this morning El Cerrito CA at 8:30 and my wife and I were #'s 107 and 108 ! one of the last elections we voted in at our precinct we were #'s 11 and 12 at 1:00 in the afternoon... Turn out is still going strong too as we just drove bye the polling place and there are folks moving in and out.

I got to vote for 6 people that I have worked with and for and it was so cool to feel that there is so much hope in one action, voting!

what a great day

GO Dems!

[garthranzz]

336. From Katrina land - I voted n/t

[xyboymil]

337. I voted!!! Said no to the ban against gay marriage in WI too!!

:bounce:

[Jack Rabbit]

338. K/R

And in about four hours, we'll start getting returns from the East Coast.

[Lena inRI]

339. Scanned my vote at 7 am. . .

straight Democrat.

Lawn signs very telling. . ."Keep Chaffee" surrounded by and outnumbered by "Whitehouse for RI Senate" and "Stop Bush--Vote Democrat"

Slogan of the day:

"We need a Whitehouse in Washington we can trust!"

:kick: :grouphug: :kick: :grouphug: :kick:

[fidgeting wildly]

341. NYC checking in!

Voted around noon, looking forward to victory tonight.

[Beacho]

342. Voted here in Irving

The only reason I didn't vote straight dem is because there were (Too MANY!) offices that had a repuke and a libertarian, or just a repuke. I wanted to deny ANY vote to a repub.

[BootinUp]

343. Just got back from voting

me and the Mrs.


No, I refuse to change my avatar! :)

[renegade000]

344. i voted

sent my absentee ballot in about a month ago.

Voted in Virginia for Webb, against the marraige amendment...well just a Democratic ticket all the way!

[tigereye]

345. yes

electronic voting was fine.

[EMAN51]

346. I voted in Castaic, California!

Did my part to restore democracy in America (although I'm counting on the rest of civilized society in the other states to carry the day!)

[stillrockin]

347. I voted in VA, worked at polls from 6 AM - 2 PM,

and am now making GOTV calls to Dems in my district. The day is flyin' by!

[dalloway]

348. I voted.

[williesgirl]

350. Just voted for Jim Webb, Judy Feder & against the gay marriage amendment - recommended

[GaYellowDawg]

351. I voted in GA this morning!

Probably didn't do much good, but damn it, I did anyway!!

[MODemocrat]

352. My husband and I voted here in Missouri

Every negative ad we heard about Claire McCaskill, the more and more determined we were to go vote
for her. I know negative ads work sometimes, but, when you know they are blatant lies, it makes
you realize what kind of people are putting out this nonsense.

My husband couldn't wait to get to the polls, so we were among some of the first there.:thumbsup: :hi: :dem:

[kittykitty]

353. Voted absentee in S. central PA. My husband just voted and said the poll workers said there was 35%

turnout, so far. 4 PM. This is a small town precinct outside Chambersburg, PA.

[Azathoth]

354. I voted

Not thrilled about Menendez, but he's a small price to pay for a Democratic Senate :)

[Fritz67]

355. Done

It may not count for much--I live in pretty heavily gerrymandered districts--but no way I'm letting those right-wing fucktards keep this up.

[Autumn Colors]

356. CT voter here....

My husband (registered Independent) and I voted - straight dem ticket, so chalk two more up for Ned Lamont (as well as two for Diane Farrell - we're in Chris Shays' district).

[UrbScotty]

357. Voted absentee (nt)

[slay]

358. Just voted here in NC

Man I wish there was a paper trail. I have NO idea if my vote will actually be counted. :(

[Doremus]

359. 3 voter household -- all proudly voted straight-line Dem today. n/t

[Demi_Babe]

360. I voted straight Dem

[citizen snips]

361. done

[robertpaulsen]

362. I voted! K & R from North Hollywood, CA!

:kick:

[motely36]

363. I voted this morning n/t

[Girlieman]

364. Out GOP Out!

6:30 a.m. Weehawken, NJ

[greendog]

365. I voted for Jon Tester

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[bluescribbler]

366. I voted @ 8AM

Signholding after work. Then off to the victory parties.

[Maven]

367. I voted - straight Dem.

And I made sure to tell practically EVERYONE I ran into today to vote.

[tishaLA]

368. Los Angeles, CA. Straight D

and oh! Those props! Sheesh!

[Yellowbird]

369. 3 Straight Dem Tickets Voted Here

All three folks at my address, which include me, my husband, my son; all voted straight dem tickets... on paper today

[rhiannon55]

370. I was voter #70 in my precinct at 8:30 this morning

They told me that in the August primary elections, only 70 people voted there all day. Of course, voter turnout is always lower in the primaries, but still.

I think we're kicking repug butts. Woot! :patriot:

[RandomKoolzip]

371. Yep. Jes' voted.

Feels good.

I'm not changing my sig or avatar.

[wildeyed]

372. I voted last week.

Early voting. Like to be free on election day to help out.

[mom cat]

373. Yep. Took my new hip out for a spin and walked over to vote for

Ted Kennedy
Deval Patrick
Michael Capuano
and a host of great local candidates!

What a good feeling voting for such great candidates!

[leftupnorth]

374. I voted

and it felt great!!

[Massive]

375. I Voted...

Stamped my vote in Detroit, MI. Paper ballots...voted straight ticket DEM.
Man did it feel goooood.
:)

[countingbluecars]

376. Voted bright and early

this morning in Virginia.

[terrya]

377. I voted. Chicagoan here.

I live in Chicago and in the precinct I live in, you were given a choice...

1) Touch screen. Hell no

or

2) You were given a large paper ballot (the thing looked like a menu) with a list of candidates on both sides....and a pen. You were then instructed to fill in the arrows next to the candidate of your choice. I'd never seen this kind of voting before. In 2004, it was a punch ballot. The 2nd alertnative was time consuming but...it was vastly better than the touch screen.

Also on the ballot...a resolution urging the United States to begin an immediate pullout of troops from Iraq. That was great voting for that.

[Norquist Nemesis]

378. No. 361 reporting back to camp, Sir!

No problems experienced. That doesn't mean I'm fully confident my vote will be counted though.

[Baclava]

379. I voted in Florida this morning, with no problems.

We use paper ballots, fill in the big ovals, large, easy to read ballots. You scan it.
Get your sticker and go home. 10 minutes...done and gone.
No lines, no wait. Easy as pie.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

380. First thing this morning.

Indianapolis. Of course, electronic machines weren't working.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

386. This afternoon... southeastern PA

Went @ 3pm figuring moms would be at home for returning school children ... and I'd beat the after work crowd. Good guess ... cruised right in, no waiting ... paper ballot ... shade oval beside choices ... slide the ballot into the electronic tabulation machine.

Hubby just came in ... left work a little early to vote. No problems, but said there was a long line and more coming!

[Dosaybe]

381. I voted despite lack of privacy (wings laid flat) in central PA

How do you do the I voted Icon?:dem:

[angus]

382. voted in Oklahoma

Not many significant races here, but hopefully we are helping with the repthug purge.

[shawmut]

383. I voted in Massachusetts!

Can't wait to see Deval Patrick give his victory speech! :party:

[spooky3]

384. Lines were too long in our blue precinct this AM, but I voted this PM!

[Paulie]

385. I voted last week on the 30th

On a confounded Sequoia machine in Southern Cook County, Illinois, but it had a paper log in the window, and even with the dozens of judges, the paper was right. Hopefully the paper matches the machines memory.

Had to do the early voting because the baby was due on the 6th, ended up on the 2nd. :D

[toey]

387. I voted a little after 2 p.m. and I was only the 78th voter

I was terribly disappointed by that number. There were 2 other machines so I can only conclude that approximately 250 people had been in and out of there. I hope I'm wrong.

[Doctor_J]

388. Checking in from MI

Stabenow, Granholm, and all the local Dems.

[soleft]

389. I voted for the Working Families Party

In NY it's the same as the Dem ticket.

[BrewAz]

391. Voted in Arizona

Done...actually voted on Thursday (mail in)...I hope they count my vote.

[readmoreoften]

Me too. /nt

[nedbal]

480. In NY I voted for the Dem on the Working Families Line (mostly)

NY has many of the same candidates also on other party lines, a dem could also be on working families, Green, liberal, and Independent , a repug could be on repug and conservative, the total vote is what counts here. For the 2 sure wins Hillary and Spitzer I kind of threw away my vote and to keep the Socialist Workers on the ballot in the future I voted for them. not that I really would like them to win but it sends a message. The real reason I voted for the dems on the working families line, sends a message that supporting corporate america is not how you get my vote.

This might be deleted as it's not a DU straight dem support vote, but that's how I voted. The working families 99% of the time endorse the Dem candidate.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

390. Voted in Colorado Springs

I went in at 2:15 out at 2:20. No line, no waiting...this is GOOD news. I live in the reddest section of town! The republicans weren't out in droves so, Hoo-Ha! Hubby went this morning, waited 10 minutes.

[readmoreoften]

392. Voted! And on an old fashioned lever machine!

lever machines :loveya:

[Pugee]

393. Voted here in Missouri this morning!

[RedCloud]

394. Did the deed.

I live in a right wing area. I was very glad to see a LOW voter turnout, so the rest of the state doesn't have to cancel out every yahoo the repugs can scrounge out of their civil war loving nests.

[IronLionZion]

395. I voted early and often!

haha, no but i did vote early by absentee ballot.

[Vanje]

397. Record breaking mild today in SW idaho

Nice day to go for a vote!

[jayctravis]

398. I voted!

At about 1pm in the very small town I vote in the elderly lady said it had been "steady". When I put the ballot in the optical scan machine, the attendant read it as vote 132.

[wiley]

399. Entire family voted Democrat, all races throughout Jersey

We're talking some die hard Republicans who are enraged at what Bush and his Republican rubber heads have done to this country. People at my polling place were visibly determined to vote. There were large numbers (for my town) of people who Republicans never seem to invite to their little events (or really even care about) - like African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and lots of younger people. I've never seen anything like it.

The two Democratic poll workers - there are two Republicans and two Democrats (and for the first time four (4) young polyglots speaking assistants who were greeting voters with instructions in English or Spanish or Irish or Korean (?) - were smiling broadly. Two older women who have been at my poll for at least 30 years looking like all those years when you couldn't find anyone to even offer to help set up the polling station were just overcast days compared to this day. All of the poll workers were fussing over the assistants like they were their grandchildren.

I really feel like I could die now having done at least something for my kids and grandkids to rid this country of selfish, criminal, arrogant, unqualified, hate-filled, elitist, dishonest, lying, self-possessed, do or say anything regardless of the truth or the decent people it hurts politicians (Republicans) and their supporters.

It is Independence Day!

[Straight Shooter]

400. It's an honor and a privilege.

:dem:

[tomp]

401. posting because skinner asked us to...

...though i'm not sure i see the point. i voted.

[Guava Jelly]

402. straight dem baby

:)
kc missouri
Optical scan :)

[ncteechur]

403. I voted at 7 AM

:dem:

NOthing but UNOPPOSED DEMS on my ballot! Yahoo!

Optical scan machine.

[IdaBriggs]

404. I was released from the hospital at 10:15 pm last night (so I could vote today).

Voted Straight Dem, as did my mother, and one of her best friends. I got to find out the judicial candidates for all of us (which are non-partisan here) so we could vote Dem there, too. My husband is voting on his way home from work today. The election workers all said it had been "steady" all day long; on the way out I talked to a "former lifelong Republican" who voted straight Dem except for one candidate who was a personal friend for a local office.

People are not happy with the current administration. We even talked about how a local sheriff (R) who I have previously voted for is now running for Senate, and no way would I be voting to send another Republican to Washington. She said she knew him, too, but didn't vote for him either for the same reason. We both agreed that giving the Dems the majority was the best way to get things straightened up, but if they blow the opportunity, they're toast.

(By the way, the hospital was a week long stay because of hyperemesis (which means 'can't stop puking') due to my ongoing twin pregnancy. The babies are fine, and I'm on a fabulous drug that is really helping. We found out we are having one of each! Woo Hoo!)

[RawMaterials]

405. I just voted not sure it counted though sw ohio no paper trail

just a wavy flag, no instructions on witch way to put the paper through the scanner, witch you would think you would have to have, so it know what you voted for, watched to African americans turned away because of id and the one said "I don't know why you tell us N******* to come down her and then don't let us vote" made my hart hurt to her him say that, what is this country coming to?

[lildreamer316]

406. I voted!! n/t

[InvisibleTouch]

407. Franklin County, Ohio

I voted shortly after 2, as per the great suggestion somebody made to try for off-peak hours if your schedule is flexible, as mine is. Oddly enough, we're having very similar weather here as we did during the '04 debacle - overcast and rainy, except that it's warmer today. I have too clear of a memory of standing in the freezing rain for hours, two years ago. I wasn't sure what to expect this time, and all the posts about problems and disenfranchisement were making me majorly nervous - I was geared for battle, anticipating long lines and arguements with poll workers or challengers; I had my driver's license with me as usual, but also had dug up several utility bills with my address, and several other forms of ID just in case. Also had those phone numbers handy in case of problems.

When I got to the polling place, there were maybe 20 people there, counting the poll workers. For a midterm election, that's more than I've ever seen there before, but it still wasn't exactly crowded. My name was there on the rolls of eligible voters, and my driver's license was fine as an ID (as it seemed to be for everyone else I saw, too). Voting was on a touch screen, and the poll worker who pointed me to my machine was pretty good about explaining how to use it and double-check before casting the vote. I asked if there had been any problems with the machines today, and he said no. Everything went pretty quick and smooth, and I got my cool "I Voted" sticker to put on my coat.

On the way out, I noticed one of my neighbors was there as a poll worker. She said there had been a long line in the early morning, before work hours, but then it thinned out. She too said there had been no problems with the machines, to her knowledge. Another neighbor came in as I was going out the door, and I mentioned to him that the machines were apparently doing okay. He said something to the effect that he sure hoped so, not like during the last time - which leads me to believe he's a Dem and informed about the voting issues.

Overall, a very positive experience. I told myself I wouldn't get my hopes up, but I feel good about it. Not ecstatic, not willing to pin my whole happiness upon the results, but good.

[vanboggie]

408. Yup, 4 Dem voters in our household

We all voted on the side of Good :)

[wildflowergardener]

409. I voted in Missouri

I voted this morning - no trouble. I voted on an optical scan machine and everything went fine - I was in and out in 10 minutes.

Oh and I was number 250 approximately probably at about 8:30 am - the poll had been open since 6 am

I've been out canvassing until now.

Meg
St. Louis, Missouri

[AntiWarPoster]

410. I votttedddddddddddddddddd

nt

[juajen]

411. I voted today in Lafayette, Louisiana for Mike Stagg

Turnout was good. I voted on new electronic machine. Was easy, but it did not give me a review of what I had voted for. I'm sorry I did not get the name of the machine. Don't know why. Stupid.

[Seabiscuit]

412. Is this thread supposed to freak the freeptards visiting us?

Good idea.

I voted, but I'm not changing my avatar. I like it the way it is.

[Cuauhtla]

418. My avatar means....

I voted, and then I danced.

[Dukkha]

413. voted in Columbus, OH

no troubles here

[Daphne08]

414. I voted

The machines were the same as last time... Hart InterCivic.

[Jennos20]

415. Early voted

in Austin Texas! Booo Rick Perry!!! Go Dems!

[NoFederales]

416. My Household Voted!

NoFederales

[dfordjones]

417. Voted two weeks ago in Montana

Tester will win and it will not even be close!

[electron_blue]

419. I voted too

[Sweet Freedom]

420. Just got back. Gave my kid my "I Voted" sticker.

[CelticWinter]

421. I was up early this morning

and went out and voted. :)

[Ethelk2044]

422. I voted PA

[Rainscents]

423. I voted!

[seasat]

424. True Blue, All Dem here in St Pete FL

:dem:

[cassiepriam]

425. I voted in infamous Warren County Ohio,

All calm and orderly when I voted,
only paper ballots to be filled out with an
ink pen, no machines of any kind.

[Synnical]

427. Fort Lauderdale, Fla - Checking In

Voted about 5:15, no problems - made sure the vote didn't get switched. Tiny wait for a machine to become available. First time I've ever had to wait at this precinct.

:kick:

[Mr_Spock]

429. Voted. Straight. Democrat.

:D

[1monster]

432. I voted!

But where the heck is the "I Voted" icon?

[Chichiri]

433. Klobuchar, Hatch, Petterson, Langseth, the works

I voted, baby!

[Bolo Boffin]

434. I voted!

TX here.

[Laelth]

435. Done.

Took 2 with me and reminded 5 more.

:dem:

-Laelth

[FormerDittoHead]

436. Straight "D" in Woodbury, NJ! n/t

[Sparkly]

437. Voted in MD!!

:kick:

[dusty64]

438. Done

and NO fuc$in rethugs!

[Point_n_click]

439. I voted in Maryland

I had an interesting experience.

Usually I am up to vote at 7:00am, but todaya I slept in on a hunch that poles would be very busy first thing. I was right.

When I arrived at 10:45am the parking lot was about one third full (typically it's got six to ten cars, in this case I'd say 40 to 50). There was a line of about 25 people ahead of me (typically there are maybe 3). Pole workers let me know that sleeping in was wise since the line ran outside and alongside the building this morning.

Election officials were telling everyone to turn off cell phones because they were interfering with the Diebold fraud devices, er, I mean the voting electronics.

As I was approaching the building a woman asked if I wanted the Republican ticket info and I replied "definitely not" to which a man asked if I wanted the Democratic ticket info to which I replied "already voting democrat" and somehow couldn't resist adding "I'm tired of the neo-nazis".

While in line I spoke with the people around me about why I prefer paper ballots. The gentleman behind me thought that it was a crock that the machines could be used for fraud until I explained step by step where the problems could occur at which point he decided he didn't trust them either.

The vote went smoothly as far as I could tell from the machine I used, but some other folks were encountering some issues.

[L84TEA]

440. Iowa! I voted!!! NT

[Danger Mouse]

441. I voted!

And it felt good. Uhm, dunno how to give myself the 'I Voted' avatar though.

[Danger Mouse]

446. Nevermind...

I got it =)
And I'm in Dutchess County, N.Y., y'all. Goodbye (HOPEFULLY) to John Sweeney.

[marigold20]

442. Turnout was high

The poll workers looked really beat - I voted after work so they've been there since 7:00 a.m.

[OneBlueSky]

443. I voted for John Hall for Congress in the 19th CD in New York . . .

turnout when I went (3:30 pm) was very light, but that's typical (and why I went mid-afternoon) . . . most people vote early am, at lunchtime, or after work . . . we vote on lever machines, so there was not problem in that regard . . .

[Moloch]

444. Voted this morning...

Newport News, Va

Jim Webb
Shawn O'Donell

No
No
No

[Infomaniac]

448. Voter Number 62 at my Election District - Queens, NY

Go Spitzer Go.

[Helga Scow Stern]

445. I took my 88-year old mom to vote

and handed in the absentee ballots of myself and kids.

[Ice4Clark]

447. We arrived around 4:30 pm and we couldn't find a place to park!

I've never seen so many folks voting. The poll workers said they had been very busy all day. We have one of those damn marriage between a man and woman on the ballot, and every church around has signs to vote yes. So, I'm thinking that may have drug them all out.........I hope I'm wrong as I want the resolution to die.

[pamela]

449. I VOTED

Turn-out was HUGE! It wasn't this crowded at my polling place in '04. Wow.

[Staph]

450. I voted straight Democratic party, too . . .

but one race, one candidate at a time. It was such a pleasure to darken in the little ovals one by one, laughing at the empty ovals of the Republican candidates. As empty as their hearts. As empty as their souls.

[pacalo]

451. I voted!

[NMMNG]

452. I voted on my way home from work this morning

In and out in under 10 minutes. No problem whatsoever. :thumbsup:

[ArmchairMeme]

453. Democratic in MA

I had two calls from the people working for the democratic candidate running for governor both times they wanted to know if I needed transportation to the polling place if so they had a local phone number for me to call. Very pleasant calling manner. Their slogan "together we can"

This was noticeable after the very negative campaign from the republican candidate.

Oh paper ballot very easy to use. I want to keep it.

[Duppers]

454. Mr. Duppers & I voted

in Williamsburg this evening and proudly strolled by the repubs handing out their crap. I gave 'em a smirk and a thumbs up to the other side who were beaming at me.

Weren't too many folks there at 5pm. 'Course this is a repub area and hopefully most of 'em stayed home!

Shit's happening at the polls in this state, but I have great confidence that, after the votes are counted, Jim Webb is going to be declared the winner! Yeah! :) :bounce:

[texpatriot2004]

455. I voted this afternoon on paper with a pen in NM I didn't vote for

ANY "R"

The ballots are counted by those damn scanners but I felt 100% better voting on paper, leaving a paper trail in the event the ballots need to be recounted or in the event there is a need to "audit" them.

One of the poll workers gave me one of those stickers that I spent all "election" day in 2004 giving out when I worked the poll that day. She really wanted me to put it on straight away. I didn't and I asked if she had a sticker that said, "my vote was counted as I intended it?"

That was the end of that.

[Saturday]

456. I voted absentee a couple weeks ago.

[bear425]

458. I early voted a week ago! n/t

[doni_georgia]

459. I went at 10 this morning - about 50 people at my tiny precinct

including a much higher ratio of minority voters than I had ever seen there before. Granted I live in republican lala land, so not much chance of the status quo being over turned here, but still it was nice to see some diversity in my very white, conservative district.

[bigwillq]

460. I VOTED!

:bounce:

[last_texas_dem]

461. I voted

About 5 PM this afternoon... There was a short line and all of the voting "stations" were full at my precinct (there are only six of them, though, as it's a small precinct. Seemed like moderately high turnout for a midterm election. My precinct goes Democratic in local elections and is slightly Republican on the state level; hopefully, a number of those typical Republicans might see the light at least for this year, though...

[AirmensMom]

462. I voted.

A few weeks ago.

[MadJohnShaft]

464. every time I get to vote, I get to vote for Jan Schakowsky - IL

Brought the six year old with me, so he could check it out. Paper or Plastic? I picked paper. ;)

Evanston IL is 80% some blue, but it's still fun ;)

[TheDonkey]

465. Got my sticker!

voted against AHnold.

[DemGa]

466. Yep

[quiet.american]

467. Voted. Woot. n/t

[calico1]

468. I voted early this morning, figuring it would be

too busy after work. I am glad I did because it was not busy at all early (around 6:30) so I was in and out quick. Outside the school there was some geezer with a pro Joe sign shouting at people "If you are voting for Joe he is at the bottom." Contrary to what some are saying at least in my area he was very easy to find...right at the very bottom all by himself. I hope Lamont can beat him! When I was on my way out there was a van with a sign "Democrats and REpublicans vote for Simmons" and something to the effect that he saved jobs at the sub base and Electric Boat. It was very early so I don't know what else went on there. I hear the voter turnout is very heavy here so hopefully it's a good sign for us and a bad one for the Thuglicans.

[dolo amber]

469. I voted...and everyone I talked to on the phone today I work, I reminded

"Cool, we'll take care of that for you...and don't forget to vote!"

:D :bounce:

[Fire Walk With Me]

470. Voted.

[ralps]

471. I voted at about 2:30 & also drove my elderly apt. neighbor to the polls!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Retrograde]

472. There was a (small) crowd

Voted at ~3:30 on my way home. There were 8 people ahead of me, and about as many in line behind. About a third of the names in the voter list were marked "absentee ballot".

Mr. Retrograde said he saw several people using provisional ballots for reasons ranging from forgetting the absentee ballot to moving just before the election. At least here people are motivated. I overheard some people on the bus talking about how good it felt to vote against Ahnold!

[I Have A Dream]

473. I voted. n/t

[SeanQ]

475. One more for Devall Patrick

[Martin Eden]

476. I was asked if I wanted PAPER or PLASTIC

I made a joke about whether this was the polling place or the supermarket (I'm sure I wasn't the only one making that crack, though perhaps the first early this morning).

PLASTIC is a punchcard ballot, and PAPER is a darken-the-oval optical scan ballot which was my choice.

The first step in the process today was for a nice old lady to ask me my last name, then confirm my first name when she read it to me. No ID required, but my signature was. I didn't see them compare it to any previous signature of mine, so I couldn't help but think it would be fairly easy for an imposter to come in and cast a vote under someone else's name. I don't know if that's much an occurence in DuPage County, Illinois (western suburb of Chicago, heavily Republican).

[greblc]

477. Semper Fi!

[133724]

478. I think i voted....

At least I sent my absentee ballot in a couple of weeks ago.......

[sunnystarr]

479. I voted

Go FORD!!!

[Duer 157099]

481. Voted at 3:30pm, Sonoma County, CA -- I was the only one there

I was shocked. But, they said people had been trickling in all day, and that it was much busier than the primary in June. They also said a lot of people voted absentee

[trof]

482. Naw. I had to stay home and wash my hair.

;-)

[Sacajawea]

483. Took all of 7 minutes to vote on eastern LI, New York at 10:30 am....

Nice, old-fashioned mechanical voting machines. Pull the red handle to close the curtain. Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack the little levers to choose all the Dems. Pull the red handle and the curtain opens (and your vote is registered). Hey, it works.

[Monty_]

484. Voted

in Chicago with no problems

[petepillow]

485. I voted in N. Delaware.

Alot of important races here!

:sarcasm:

[Lindacooks]

486. I voted!

[caligirl]

487. two more votes in calif. Paper ballots offered and we accepted.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

488. Voted in NYC!

[bronxiteforever]

489. I voted-Freedom from Fear starts tonite!!!!!!!

[Martysbestcatch]

490. Hubby and I voted

Saying "bye, bye Rick". Polls were busy but no problems and no wait.
They had four machines today instead of the usual two.

[catabryna]

491. Absentee here in CA...

VOTED!

[bleever]

492. I voted.

Absentee. As she slipped my ballot throught the slot, I said, "That isn't a shredder, is it?" They weren't sure at first whether or not I meant it as a joke.

[LVdem]

493. I voted today

I double checked my ballot two times, so I guess I checked it four times!!!

[liberalla]

494. I voted on a paper ballot in Benson, AZ

Was slow when I got there (about 2:50), but they said it was really busy earlier. They also said the turnout was MUCH higher than usual! Yeah!

[Pryderi]

495. Not only did I vote, but I worked as an election official!

[AnnieBW]

496. 90 Minutes In Laurel, MD

Been busy all day. My husband went at 9:30 AM and left at 11. I got there at 5:45 and left at 7:15.

[Mist]

497. Voted around 10:30AM - I was the 94th voter (small precinct). nt

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

499. Yeah! - Go Dems!

[Dem2theMax]

498. Voted a week ago. Long live democracy!

:kick:

[Kurovski]

500. Aye, voted!

weeks ago. :kick:

[Kermitt Gribble]

501. I voted

on the way to work this morning. About 5 minutes in rural western PA.

[Hissyspit]

502. Voted Friday. n/t

[madrchsod]

503. voted on a big piece of paper....

my wife used the touch screen

[Carla in Ca]

504. I just voted...happy day!

n/t

[truthisfreedom]

505. did it. convinced my mom and dad to vote, vouched for my new neighbor.

[emdee]

506. I voted during the early-voting phase. nt

nt

[TransitJohn]

507. I voted!

3 weeks ago absentee...Albany County, Wyoming. Go Trauner....kicks Babs' ass!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lifelong Protester]

508. I Voted!

and on paper too, no damn machine for me

[zuzu98]

509. I voted!

[subterranean]

510. Voted this afternoon in CA

[marmar]

511. I voted.

And hopefully, the dawn of a new day begins tonight.

[blueblitzkrieg]

512. Voted

here in Albuquerque New Mexico. All for Dems.

[RiverStone]

513. Voted in rainy WA state!!!

Go Dems

[Joanne98]

514. I voted on a Diebold in the 18th Ohio BUT we won ANYWAY!

[damntexdem]

515. Oh, I early voted a couple of weeks ago.

Now I'll just sit home and watch the fraud reports -- err, the vote counts.

[damntexdem]

539. I should have mentioned:

1. The damn no-paper-trail machine made it a real trial to simply vote straight Dem, hitting the straight-Dem button;
2. There was heavy early voting here in Denton -- my wife was in line for hours on the last evening of early voting;
3. There was a good turnout at the heavy-Dem precinct where my wife and son worked the polls today;
4. Stopped in at the courthouse to ask a question and overheard a voting-problem:
A woman was not on the rolls here, said she'd moved some time ago from another county. She was told to try to vote in the other county, but that if she wasn't on their rolls, then she couldn't vote. She said she'd registered when she renewed her driver's license with her new address, was asked whether she had done that online. She said she had done it online and had hit the 'register to vote' button. She was told that one cannot register online, that since she hit that button, she "should have been" sent a voter-registration card to mail in. She said she had not received said card; was told that she was not registered in this county, in any case.

[brentspeak]

516. I voted this morning in NJ

DU's on "low bandwidth mode" right now, so avatars can't be viewed.

[mother earth]

517. Mostly paper ballots in Massachusetts!!! I voted for Deval!!!!

:bounce:

[Duncan Grant]

518. 4:00 pm PST

:toast:

[ozoneplayer]

519. Arkansas straight Blue.....

We got a New Governor...he's sorty blue too.:toast:

[NancyG]

520. I voted nt

Voted in EVERY election since could

[BensMom]

521. I Voted Lincoln Nebraska

I drove through Lincoln home from the job about 5pm. I didn't see much street corner campaigning. I did catch the new huge ford truck with the Ricketts sign covering the back of the truck. It was huge and ugly - the truck and the sign.

A lone Rickett's person stood still at 27/hi way 2 with a sign - no honking, nothing.
My polling place was packed. They had portable voting set up at tables and chairs. So about 12 people voting and another 15 waiting. I noticed my son was the 23 voter this morning - Ben is just 18.

Then I saw a young person in line and asked him hold old he was. He told me this was his first time voting. He was going to vote for Ben Nelson, because his father was Iraq and was not going to be able to come home for Grandma's funeral. Then he went on to tell me his mother called Ben Nelson and Ben Nelson said he was going to call the pentagon. His family had a phone call the next morning that dad was on his way home. I told the young gent it was a beautiful storey - and thanks for sharing. Oh the conviction in his eyes. An exciting night. How was yours?

Lets go BLUE!!

[dweller]

522. ...

later

rec
dp

[NinetySix]

523. I voted three weeks ago!

...and I'll lose my vote again. Ah well, it's the effort that counts -- I've performed my civic duty.

[paulk]

524. finally got to vote - Denver

Two hour twenty minute wait. About 150 people still inside and another 100 or so in line outside. this at 6:30 pm. More people walking up as I left.

[LearnedHand]

525. I voted this morning!

Precinct worker said she'd NEVER seen people lined up at 7:00 a.m. Hope this is a good sign.

[sweetladybug]

531. I voted and took many seniors to vote also

:patriot:

[Anwen]

526. I voted! Chico, CA

:dem:

[The Brethren]

527. both my partner and I

voted today. Not too much hassle - chose paper voting, YES!!!!! :-D I am so excited to see the dems winning and that so many people turned out the election. And I am sooo loving watching the returns tonight. You guys rock!!! :kick:

[Poll_Blind]

528. Hells yeah I voted! n/t

PB

[Javamancer]

529. just got home from voting

Arrived 8 minutes before the polling place stopped letting people in. Took 45 minutes. Ugh. Remind me never to skip early voting again.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

530. I voted this evening...

I have my fingers crossed for John Hall. I met him this weekend. He seems like a nice guy. :)

[Hans Delbrook]

533. I VOTED and helped KICK RICK the PRICK out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eat dirt, sleazebag!!

[file83]

547. Everyone in your state that voted against Rick deserves a friggin'

Nobel Peace Prize.

EXCELLENT WORK!!! :woohoo:

[Breeze54]

534. I voted and so did my 18 yr. old son!!

I'm so proud of him and all of you!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:



:kick: & Recommended! ;)

:toast: :dem: :toast: :dem: :toast: :dem: :toast: :dem:

[Moosepoop]

535. I voted before work this morning

Helped to keep Granholm and Stabenow in!! :patriot:

[RushIsRot]

536. I voted around 11:30 this morning.

In my county in Arkansas, it was announced that we would have our choice of using the machine or, because they had malfunctioned so badly in the past, we could choose a paper ballot. At my polling place, we only had one choice -- a paper ballot! I was extremely pleased.

[countmyvote4real]

537. Showing off my new icon.

Well, when that feature is restored. I voted around lunch time.

[mtnsnake]

538. Wife and I voted together as always

only this time, we came out of the booths with little smiles on our faces, smelling victory. Yeah.

[lvx35]

540. I voted! (and I dragged a friend in too) nt

[file83]

542. I voted - Democrats every last one!!!

:woohoo:

[barbtries]

543. i voted

in manhattan beach, ca, where i've voted for the past 19 years...punch tickets, and there were 2 things that happened that were new: the guy who crossed me off the roll said, "Ah, it's great to have someone show up and vote who's on the roll," after which i asked if there were many people with missing names...he said, "Don't ask." The second thing was that my ballot was scanned as it went into the thingamajig - you know, the box!

hope my votes count...i voted straight Democratic with the exception of Dianne Feinstein. She's just been playing it too safe with regard to the war for my vote. on that race i went peace and freedom, which is what i would vote straight ticket if i didn't believe it was more important to get rid of the republicans.

[procopia]

546. Voted!

No problems!

[SunDrop23]

548. Here here! Took my kids with me at 6:30PM.

Straight party as always!

[Book Lover]

549. Voted

Though I'm not going to change my avatar, I just voted!

[Rocknrule]

550. I'm in Colorado and I voted early

I am proud to say I struck a blow against Musgrave. They gave me a choice of a paper or Diebold ballot, and I wisely chose the paper ballot. Damn criminals ain't gonna steal my vote!

[silverweb]

551. Done!

First time on a Diebold touch-screen, but I voted!

:kick:

[lwcon]

552. I voted...

... in a Catholic-church school!

Church and state, together again for the first time. (sigh)

___

Hey, the liberal light is always on at the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy. Please stop by and say "hi!"

[Bitwit1234]

553. I did too

[redacted]

554. Both of us voted on opti-scan about 4PM CA time, after one of us challenged.

Described in Skinner's thread on voting problems.

[Kajsa]

555. Voted on a paper ballot (CA).

The boxes were huge!
Next time I'm bringing a broad-tipped felt pen.

[Honest_Abe]

556. My wife and I

were second and third in line to help defeat John Hostettler on our precinct.

[soothsayer]

557. I voted (#175 in the M-Z line,tricornered cap on, Arlington VA)!

[malmapus]

558. Voted last week!

Did by absentee just to make sure I had a paper ballot!

[Nikia]

559. I voted

Even though I had to stand in a long line to do so.

[mikelgb]

560. i voted

[LeahD]

561. Voted early.....

sure did take a while to fill in all of those ovals for opti-scan.

:patriot:

[TroubleMan]

562. Voted around 8AM.

nt.

[BleedingHeartRN]

563. I voted!

All for Democrats!!!

[4_Legs_Good]

564. I voted - late, but voted

California. Let's go!!!

david

[kayob1]

565. I voted!

[Auntie Bush]

566. I voted last week.

[doublethink]

567. Voted Absentee a week ago!

:patriot:

[The Jacobin]

568. Early voted straight ticket

[Bobbie47]

569. I voted

I had to wait and the crowd was the biggest since I've been voting here.

[geek tragedy]

570. I voted. Go Spitzer!!! eom

[Lost-in-FL]

571. I DID, I DID!!!

[Beartracks]

572. Tulsa, OK vote

Voted this afternoon while running errands. No waiting (or not much) in my Tulsa precinct, but it was about 3 PM. I believe I voted for all Democrats... Yes... Yes, I'm sure of it!

Oh well... At least my vote stood for something!

[jab105]

573. My husband and I voted at around 6:15pm and it was packed...

...but our county is getting more and more red:(

[Robeysays]

574. here here!

to democracy! :toast:

[onefreespiritedchick]

575. I voted

And, very happy about tonight's results :)

[windbreeze]

576. voted n/t

[SlavesandBulldozers]

577. I voted in FL. let's get these fascists out!!!!!

[RatRacer]

578. Voted during the early voting period

for Harold Ford, Jr.

[Downtown Hound]

579. Yo! Checking in!

Straight Dem ticket!

[KenCarson]

580. i voted

early this morning before work

[Liberalynn]

581. I voted at 10:30 a.m.

along with my Mom. I voted Row B all the way and so did my Mom. A friend even called to tell me, that he did the same. He said he and his wife are just sick of the crap from the row A crowd! YAY.

Still wish Masa had won, but at least the state as a whole belongs to the Dems!

Hurray Governor Spitzer! I predict he wil be President some day!

[GreenPoet64]

582. I voted in Grand Terrace, CA

[Cookie wookie]

583. Voted absentee in GA n/t

[everythingsxen]

584. Eye Voted

[Crunchy Frog]

585. I voted a couple of weeks ago by absentee ballot.

Straight Dem.

[Seldona]

586. Voted right after work with the wife.

Lost on the gay marriage amendment here in Wisconsin, so bummed about that. But what an unbelievable night. Spent it watching Olberman and listening to Mike Malloy. :)

Speaker Pelosi? YES!

[feminazi]

587. I voted

but i'm too lazy to look for the icon.

[ticapnews]

588. Voted a month ago.

:)

[babydollhead]

589. voted

[Vidar]

590. voted this morning.

[knitter4democracy]

591. Hubby and I voted!

It almost killed me, standing for that long so soon after major surgery, but I did it with the help of kind people in line and my family. It took an hour! I've never had it take so long.

Go Granholm!!

[Hekate]

592. I voted (on paper) then went to the grocery store & did it all electronically

Strange how that works: at Trader Joe's I can slide my credit card, watch the purchases totted up on the little screen where I slid it, get the receipt with everything on it -- and be assured that the credit card company, the bank, and the store will all work in synch to make sure it's correctly done. But the voting machine manufacturers can't manage it?

Seems to me that there's no such thing as "glitches' and "human error" when they foul up -- even the appearance of simple incompetence is intentional.

I went home and said this to my honey, who teaches Computer Info Systems and knows it already. Thanks to me, though, he now tells his students about it as well.

Hekate

[Yukari Yakumo]

593. Voted here.

But I'm not switching my avatar.

[madmunchie]

594. Yep, I voted and I was the only one in their voting!

Cardboard booths and paper ballots! Half of the offices had NO DEMOCRATS RUNNING!!!!! I HATE MY COUNTY DEMS!!!!

[ClayZ]

595. I voted!

[fortyfeetunder]

596. Went and took children too

Very surprised surprised to see a line at the election location this evening. In past elections, I'd be chatting with the poll workers because I was one of a few voting. This time there was a good crowd. But voting went quickly and we were out in less than 10 minutes.

[satya]

597. Absentee ballot, dropped off at the polling place today. (I never mail mine) nt

[crispini]

598. .

kick

[fedupinBushcountry]

599. Proudly voted and worked for

Jim Webb in Virginia beach today. It may be red here, but in the end every vote counts.

[lvx35]

600. I voted! (and I dragged a friend in too) nt

it rocked.

[Cha]

601. I voted tonight and waited

in line with a book I brought just for the occasion. And the Democratic candidate Michael Arcuri WON in the 24th District of New York. :patriot: :loveya:

[bertha katzenengel]

602. sorry I'm late checking in -- I VOTED

O'Malley!

Cardin!

Go, Jim Webb!

[Festivito]

603. On paper, but: bad format, bad reader, possibly satellite connected?

Good volunteers.
On paper.
My ballot misaligned during read, spat back, then accepted my ballot upon second attempt. Good.

But,

Overpriced paper -- cardboard, numbered, over-sized, perforated tear-off number -- ridiculous. 8.5x11 would be fine.
. Is numbered ballot traceable to me? Why number it? So only the current officials can stuff the ballot box?
. Ballot is not stamped as valid by poll workers meaning ballot box can be stuffed. There would be no difference between a stuffed ballot and an actual voter ballot. No difference between the vote I cast and one replaced by some nefarious other.
. ballot was so long the secrecy sheath was not long enough so the embarrassed poll worker tried not to look at my vote. A ridiculous situation.

Format was to darken a circle, takes 10-20 seconds of concentration. Used to draw a one to two second line.
. with 40 or more circles to darken, circles took five minutes of my time versus half a minute with lines.
. How do I know if I darkened the circle enough? I DON'T; I WON'T. Undercounts won't be flagged for me.
. How much time should I spend on each circle? I don't and won't know. A line is so much easier. A computer printed ballot would be so much easier.

Then the sheepish poll volunteer said the reader might communicate by satellite. Who knows what it is sending, when it is sending or what it is receiving and when. Scarily ridiculous.

Overall.

Very prone to mischief.

[JI7]

604. voted

yesterday in California.

[Kahuna]

605. I voted!!

Of course I did. :shrug:

[HamdenRice]

606. yesterday about 4 pm nt

[laheina]

607. I voted absentee!

And so did all of the dems in my family. Several of the repukes didn't. :) The latter was a bonus.

[ladyVet]

608. I voted

Picked up my mom and my two oldest boys and went to our little rural polling place at the elementary school. Got there around 5:20 pm, had a line around the perimeter of the school gym, but the line was moving pretty fast. It took an hour until we got to the machines, but everybody seemed happy and looked glad to be out in the rain to vote.

There was steady traffic the entire time, and the poll workers said it had been a good turnout all day, no problems with the machines (we have touch screens). We watched carefully, but whatever we touched, was what came up on the confirm screens, so I feel good about my vote. We all voted Democrat except for the sheriff race (the challenger is a lackey of the former do-nothing, good ol' boy dem sheriff).

oops..... I'm in North Carolina