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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:55 PM Original message |
What are conditions like at YOUR precint polling place? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. 40 minute wait in Santa Monica, line of about 75. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Little Marlborough NH is very calm and quiet today. I voted at 2 pm |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My sister is working for Obama in Keene and Marlboro today! |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. This weather is a good omen! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. We went to our neighborhood polling place |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. I waited 2 hours in Richmond Va this morning. |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Melbeta Nebraska |
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fencesitter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. 2:30 PM in suburban Philly. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow, my experience almost exactly (I didn't run into |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Since I was waiting I chatted with a poll worker. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I knew Lincoln Park would be blue!! My cousin lives there |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That's a promise that won't be broken if I can help it. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. they have a paper with numbers on it and we could see them circle the # |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Got there at 6:40 in Dover NH... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. There were two people in front of me when I walked in - San Diego, CA |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think it took even 15 minutes to drive there, vote and drive home |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. the line was out the door for the first time ever, i had my huge California sample ballot |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What's your feeling on Prop 8? n/t |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. i think it will fail, i'm hoping it will fail big, same with 4, i'm tired of voting on that one. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Glad to hear that. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Parental notification, i think this might be the 4th time i've voted no on that. |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. No line at my polling place in WI |
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crossroads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. I had a 20 min wait to vote in NO, La. |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Normally takes me 10-15 minutes, tops to vote |
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kilaana (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. 1.5 hr wait in Indianapolis |
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luvs2sing (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. North side of Columbus, Ohio |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. 45 minute wait in San Francisco County. n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Other than the biased poll worker? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. You should call your city elections office and complain |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Already did. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I agree with sufrommich, complain. LOUDLY! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I went early on, and took an hour and a half |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Lincoln NE |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Voted in Northern Virginia - In line at 5:40, polls opened at six, out by 6:20 |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. Other than the fact that there were WAY too many McCain supporters there, it was fine... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. CNNI had reported a half mile line somewhere |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Longest line I can remember here |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. we heard the same thing - they had a line out the door in the early morning |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Hi Barb! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Fox News! just called Ohio for Obama! |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. I had the same experience as you |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. I went in around 9:30 |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. So Cal: In and out in five minutes. Paper ballot. Totally smooth. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Just got back--I was the only one in there (at city hall) for the first few minutes, and then |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. West Palm Beach-walked in, voted, under 3 minutes. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. It was manageable |
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tencats (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. Chicago near west side I was #180 at 2:30 this afternoon. |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. 1.5 to 2 hour wait in Brooklyn |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. I was at the polls in Mar Vista, California 15 minutes at 6:45 a.m., 15 minutes before they |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. LOL! Great story. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. kids on the bus from a school near my house have been doing that eveyrday |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. No wait, >50% of VERY REPUBLICAN precint had voted by 12:00 noon |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I forgot to mention that I am in Indiana.... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. SF, no waiting. 6 machines for my small neighborhood. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. Dull as usual - Camillus NY(St. Joseph's Church) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. 24 people in line at my neighborhood school at 11AM |
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. No lines at all in SF nt |
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buzzycrumbhunger (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. Left coast FL |
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Zech Marquis The 2nd (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. 2 hours in VA, thankfully line was indoors |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. I was in and out. No line, no wait. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. Here is Gig Harbor, Washington.. my family reports long line, traffic to the site. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Great in the Portola District of San Francisco! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. fine, we walked to our polling place, waited about 5 minutes |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. Stopped by my precinct earlier, and it was almost empty... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Yes, a lot of trouble because it's called election fraud. No one here would support that. |
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Zombie2 (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
64. Small town.... Southern Indiana |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
65. Smoother than EVER at my polling place. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
66. Easy, no line anywhere. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. In Colorado, 60% early voting. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. UPDATE: At 4:00 p.m. - room full, line out door. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
70. Harper Lee's hometown, Alabama |
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