Early voting yesterday in Texas; Tarrant County actually

[yellowdogintexas]

I went with my husband so he could vote since he may have to head back out of town before Election Day. (I am voting Election Day, myself).

So off we go to the Sub-Courthouse, which was surrounded by campaign signs of every type, mostly local candidates. In the parking lot, an elderly lady on oxygen was being assisted with a portable voting booth by an election worker, and my State Rep was out in the free electioneering zone shaking hands and asking for votes.

We went over to talk to him, he said it had been steady all week, and he feels really good about it.

Went in and while my husband was in line, one of the election judges let out a shout "First Time Voter Here!!" The whole room applauded! Apparantly they have been doing this all week.

Another young lady came in who had registered on line late in September and of course didn't have her card yet. So she was told to go ahead and get in line and if her name had gotten in the book she could vote. So she got in line and a few minutes later, I heard the judge tell her to "just have a seat, honey and we will call downtown because they have the master list and if you can't vote today you will be able to vote tomorrow or Tuesday." Extremely polite and kind to her;

She was a young African American woman, excited to cast her first vote and she was treated with the utmost respect. I was very proud.

Over 40% of our registered voters had voted as of end of day yesterday, with today still to be finished.

I am excited about Tuesday, because if I have to wait in line at my little precinct after this many people have already voted, it will mean we have had one hell of a turnout here.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. I hope you Texans at least give McKKKain a big scare.

My child living in Corpus Christi feels so overwhelmed by the ignorance there!

[yellowdogintexas]

2. so do I. I just hope we kick John Cornyn out of the Senate and take back the

Legislature, actually

[blogslut]

3. Yeah, I'm softy

Your post made me cry.

[crazy_vanilla]

4. go Tarrant !!!

Hi yellowdog, nice to see a fellow Ft Worth resident here.

I too am not voting till Election Day, but happy reading all the early-voting stories at DU.

[RollWithIt]

5. There is a poll worker at my local early voting place here in SW Florida, Lee County, Republican

Long story short, she's a longtime Republican, she acknowledged there were far more Democrats voting, but she said she was happy because she was happy to see so many people getting involved in politics. She has to be at least 75.

[Imalittleteapot]

6. Voting in Fort Worth on Tuesday. Love your report!!!

Last time I early voted, all they offered was electronic balloting and that was the last time for me. Besides being given the option to use an optically scanned paper ballot, I like the excitement of election day.

I hope to have the energy to go to the Downtown Hilton at 8:00 for the election return party.