Share Your Voting Experience Here - Long Lines, Young People, etc...

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Originally Posted by Oyster

I went with my mum when she voted... I am one year too young to vote this year. I will be voting next time around, though!

The line wasn't bad at all... the people running the election said the morning was when all the action was.

I did run into an odd little lady. I have no idea who this woman was, but she was a middle-aged woman who told everyone she saw that she was voting for Obama... "only because he has pretty teeth." She was dead serious, too. I felt like telling her I was voting for McCain only because he is stashing hamsters in his cheeks; but I restrained myself as that would have been a lie.. since I'm can't vote. :-)

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Well good dental hygiene says a lot about a man;)

I went into the fire station, chatted with the "voting ladies" for a minute (they are all my neighbors), had a cup of coffee and a doughnut. There is never a line. The "check in" process involves one of them saying, "Hi, Shanna. How are the dogs?"

We don't have electronic anything. LOL. We mark little circles with a pencil and toss the paper in a box.

Life in a very small town ... :D

They let us leave work early if we hadn't voted yet, so I did. I wanted to vote before work, but the line @ 7:30 a.m. was half a block long and growing.

Instead, I got there around 5:00 p.m. No line, and I got to use the new touch-screen voting machine - we had a choice. It was fun!

I could tell I just beat the after-work voters. When I left, they were starting to get REALLY busy! This is exciting!

No flirting at my polling place, tho. I'm jealous, RICHARD! :D

Just voted about 30 minutes ago, was in and out in 5 minutes.

I voted about a week ago. :) Our ballots are mailed to us. :) It was a pleasant experience! :D

I think I'll look into our local laws - there was a woman wearing a bright orange campaign shirt directing traffic at our voting place, which I felt was very inappropriate. I'm not against people showing their allegiance, but please, leave it home in you're a volunteer or paid to work at a voting place.
The voting was much lighter than last year, I was out of there in about 30 minutes - maybe it was just the time of day.

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

The ban on politically oriented clothing is a matter of law.
In New York no electioneering is allowed within 100 feet of a polling place, and that includes political slogans/candidate messages on clothing. I believe in Massachusetts it's either 100 or 200 feet from a polling place.

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Hubby and I voted last night around 6:20pm and we were in and out in about 5 minutes. No wait at all. They just scanned my driver's license, handed me my ballot and off I went to color in my circles.

It was my first time voting in a presidential election. It was amazing, I felt so important, :p

One lady in line in from of me, couple behind me. I was in and out in 3-4 minutes.

I was in and out in about 5 minutes; I think it was a lull. Down in Manhattan there were incredible lines! And this for a state as blue as they come!:D

I went at about 10:30. No wait - in and out in 5 minutes! :)