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

[elizabethann]

I haven't voted yet. I'll go tonight after work, and hopefully things will be a little slower then. I'm hearing a ton of folks are waiting in never before long lines and that they are seeing many many young folks in those lines, which is awesome. Funny, some "older" person said "all those young folks had baseball caps on and they were all backwards". I thought that was cute.

So I'm just curious. What was your experience today at the voting booths? Did you have a long wait? Were there a lot of young folks? Etc.

Thank you!

[MoonandBean]

I went at 8am. There were about 10 people in front of me and 10 behind me. I think everyone looked "middle aged". The people registering the voters; they were old We had paper ballots and could vote as straight democrat or republican or vote for each candidate separately. We had one issue to vote on which was whether to spend 4 billion dollars fixing all the water lines in the state.

[lvpets2002]

Well this time I did have a experience when I went to Early Vote.. I had this T-Shirt on with Cartoon Cats on it and I had my button on of Why Be Normal.. Well the Electorial Judge was sitting across the room from me & could not see the button or the shirt real good.. She stood up & demanded me to show her the button & shirt.. She thought it was something to do Political.. She made some rude remarks && after I showed her my shirt & the button then she was ok.. Well today they non-stop on the news announced for no-one to even think of wearing political on any clothing.. They said if you do then you will be refused at the voting polls.. Well there is my experience..

[kuhio98]

Well this time I did have a experience when I went to Early Vote.. I had this T-Shirt on with Cartoon Cats on it and I had my button on of Why Be Normal.. Well the Electorial Judge was sitting across the room from me & could not see the button or the shirt real good.. She stood up & demanded me to show her the button & shirt.. She thought it was something to do Political.. She made some rude remarks && after I showed her my shirt & the button then she was ok.. Well today they non-stop on the news announced for no-one to even think of wearing political on any clothing.. They said if you do then you will be refused at the voting polls.. Well there is my experience..

Well, that's just crazy. You have the right to wear whatever you want. Even if someone wears a political message, so what? They can't refuse you your right to free speech or your right to vote.

Our experience ~ No line at all. Senior citizen volunteers working the polling place. No young people voting while we were there. But, we went in the morning. I imagine it is going to be a ZOO after work today.

Hopefully, people will vote up until closing time. Unfortunately, with the time difference, election results sometimes get announced while we're still voting. Very disheartening. I think it's going to be so close this election that there won't be a clear winner while our polls are still open.

[Cincy'sMom]

I have not voted yet. Four years ago I tried to go before work, waited 45 minutes, found out I was in the wrong line and decided I better get to work. When I went back after work, there was no wait. This year I decided to wait until after work. I hope I don't regret it....

[catlover4ever]

I got to my polling location at 7:15 am, walked in and was behind about 7 people. That took only around 7 minutes. Got my ballot, went to my booth, filled in the blanks and deposited my ballot into the counting machine. That took me all of 11 - 12 minutes. Hubby will go tonight and I told him to just be patient as in our town most people vote between 4 - 7pm.

P.S. as for being refused at a polling station because you are wearing something policital....yes they can refuse to let you vote. You actually can not get within 75 feet of a polling location with anything political. I'm not sure of the reason why, I just know that you can not, as I have wore many t-shirts and held many a political sign in my life...as a matter of fact my mom is out there today, holding signs for local races here in CT, and she will later take the numbers from the polling location that she is at today and report them to the appropriate committees with the results.

[Karen]

We just went, voted, no line, no waiting. As we have Question 3, banning commercial dog racing, I said to Paul "What, not even one greyhound?"

But as we were leaving, up walked greyhound and owner. Brisby is 11 years old, and they had been there since 9 am, so had gone home for a break. He's an old man, after all. But we chatted for a bit, and I did take his picture, which I'll post later!

[RedHedd]

I'll be voting after work. The line this morning @ 7:30 a.m. was half a block long! I hope they have ballots left when I get there! This is SO exciting!

[caseysmom]

I got there right after 8:30 and there was a small line, I heard at 7 there was a huge line.

It was exciting! There was someone taking pictures of a 19 year old voting for the first time.

[Suki Wingy]

I'm about to go now. It'll be my first time voting.

I think it's funny because of the time differences it looks like some of you are claiming to have voted in the future from when it says you posted.

[caseysmom]

I'm about to go now. It'll be my first time voting.

I think it's funny because of the time differences it looks like some of you are claiming to have voted in the future from when it says you posted.

Congratulations! Good for you!

[prechrswife]

I went around 9 this morning. I had to wait briefly behind one guy because one lady was temporarily manning both the "S-Z" line and the alphabetical section right before it. There were a number of people voting, all ages. I was in and out fairly quickly. There was a LOT of early voting in this area, which I think is keeping the lines down today.

[zippy-kat]

Walked in, voted, walked out. Not a single person in line ahead or behind.

The people running it were relishing the break; they said they'd been super busy until now.

[Donnaj4962]

I just got back from voting. As I pulled into the parking lot, I didn't see many cars, so I was thinking there may be no line. I walked right up, verified my precinct, showed my ID and signed in. Then I waited in line for about 1/2 an hour. Not bad considering there were 2 separate precincts in one polling place and only 3 machines!

There were young and old, and me in between!

I have voted in every election since I turned 18.... something I am proud to do and proud that I have done!

I hope the long lines don't deter anyone from voting.

The workers said that the line at the time I was there was the shortest it had been all day. A couple of workers were actually taking a lunch break! I am sure it was the first break they had gotten all day!

[Twisterdog]

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 ...