The voting thread (U.S.)

[fearfaoin]

And that's why I was asking. They held a race, but not everyone showed up, kind of like the South used to be when the real contest was the Democratic primary.

Right. I was curious, too. Dale had a different meaning for "race" than I first assumed.

[rodfish]

I voted 9am eastern time and was number 472 at my polling place.
Filled in the circles next to my choices and then fed it through a machine.
Must have worked cause they gave me a sticker!!

[Charlene]

We Californians have a huge ballot this year, an absentee requires two stamps to mail.

I thought absentee ballots had prepaid postage. At least the one I get does, but as the prepaid postage is only good within the US it doesn't help me any...

Ours in Washington State does not have return postage. I don't like paying to vote, even 39 cents. There are places where the ballots can be dropped off but it would take more than 39 cents worth of gas to get there.

We don't get stickers - Spokane County votes by mail. According to the Washington State Secretary of State web site, 34 of Washington's 39 counties vote entirely by mail now.

[avanutria]

Weird. Mine was Washington state too and I could have sworn it had return postage.. As it is, I paid 72 pence (about $1.32) to send it in.

[JS]

Make sure you punch your chads all the way out!

Doing my civic duty today after my nursing exam. Then, sitting with a bowl of popcorn in front of the TV to watch the returns.

Paul, are we in the same district (NY 20, Sweeney v. Gillibrand)? Nasty bit of a campaign, there. Think it's as close as they say?

I voted just before lunch. Lots of kids around, since the local elementary schools had classes off for conference days. I managed to keep young E. from pushing all the wrong buttons, I think.

[carrie]

Voted. Paper ballot.

Carol

[fel bautista]

Voted at 7am. First one in the booth. We had some glitches; they forgot the pens to mark the ballot. The ballot fits in a plastic sleve with holes that you put a marking pen made for the diameter so there is no slop. We made do with some felt tip markers. The other glitch was the use of an electronic ballot counter. You slide the ballot into a slot; it reads the ballot and you get a receipt that you voted. Start up was problematic but was solved.

[Loren]

Come on all you Merkin democrats - vote early and vote often!

Being a Democrat, I stayed home and didn't vote, simply to spite Steve.



Loren

[scottielvr]

Does every state give out stickers?

Mine says, "I think I voted."

[Congratulations]

This was my first election.

[Nanohedron]

Asked one of the attendants if the local turnout was a big one; "Yes, it's been pretty big, actually," she said. "Imagine that," I replied.

[seisflutes]

I voted and got a sticker.

[anniemcu]

Yup! Somebody had to cancel out my one neighbor and shame the other.

[chas]

I have done my civic duty.

I got a sticker, and, got one for my daughter, too. At the time I didn't know my wife had gotten stiffed, else I would have gotten one for her too.

[Lambchop]

OK, I voted. I only had to wait a few minutes while they tried to sort out whether the guy in front of me lived at his address or in his post office box. It was getting tense there for a moment. The poor man was hard of hearing and couldn't quite grasp what the problem was. I was mystified, myself.

The lady with the voter list looked at my driver's license and chirped "Oh, yes! Your mama was here first thing this morning! She noticed that you had not come to vote before work" -- since I hadn't signed the list before she got there -- "and said to keep an eye out for you!" I can't possibly get away with not voting when they'll tell my mother on me.

We have those computer touch-screen things. Guy next to me didn't get the concept of "NEXT=>"