Election Day

[*JG* 2]

We should have a St. Louis area party on Election Day 2012 for all the newbie voters on here! Carla is our party planner.

Edited November 4, 2008 by Jomo's girl

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I don't live in a highly populated precinct and it took about 25 minutes to get through the line. According to the voting scantron, I was voter 270 in my precinct at 8:30am.

Edited November 4, 2008 by Wacken

[NickD 202]

LONG line at the middle school which made dropping the kids off a real treat, but when I went to where I vote there wasn't really a line at all. BTW no one got asked to see their license or any other proof of id. Small town and I stick out like a sore thumb since I wear hijab but still, these little old ladies at the polls can't know EVERYONE can they?

They certainly don't make it easy to vote, we had to vote at the school, parking lot is jammed anyway, why can't they call school off? Fortunately, the National Guard was moved next to our airport leaving the old armory building empty next to a park just a few years back, city purchased that and is now using that for voting, and it does have somewhat of a parking lot. Ironically, this armory is located on a street loaded with no parking signs, think they would make an exception for one day every four years.

Our polls open at 7:00 AM and close at 8:00PM, but state laws require them to stay open until everyone in line gets a chance to vote. Really bad in the larger cities. We did have to monitors, but they were just standing in the hallway looking bored. We were with neighbors and chatted in line, was peaceful.

Are there powers above that do not want us to vote?

Edited November 4, 2008 by NickD

[Niels Bohr 72]

Briget,

Old people tends to forget. This makes it ever more so unfitting for them moderate the voting process. A solution would be a name list, and a verification of valid state ID. There is something wrong. Not with you because people already know who you are, but, those who barely gets out of the house. I'd suggest to them, "To Kill A Mockingbird."

[Sister Fracas 5]

I dunno.... I voted 2 weeks ago! Waited 5 mins.

[HAL 9000 96]

I reside in Obama's district. At 6AM there were more media people than voters. It is on the street behind mine so parking was a bit of an issue last night since they prohibited most parking in the area. As for my vote... it went out a couple of weeks ago to my actual state of legal residence.

[almaty 19]

newbie voter party for all..in the loo area..at sister carla house.byob...and tacos./....2012..book it

[웃 910]

In and out in 10 minutes. I was voter 217 at 10:15am.

[웃 910]

In and out in 10 minutes. I was voter 217 at 10:15am.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I got there 20 minutes before the polls open and the line was snaking around the block - maybe 100 people in front. Took me about half hour after the polls opened to get through.

[Ta Ta 1]

First time vote for me as a USC ( German ).

Waited only about 10 min.

I went at 9am, after most everyone left for work. I heard it was very crowded at 6am. I am in a small IL. town.

[PlatyPius 5]

I didn't wait at all. I voted at 7:20am. No one was there. Walked in, voted for some Democrats, some Republicans, and one Libertarian. Walked out, and almost got run over by two completely packed 12-seat vans full of voters.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

took 15 minutes, we had the usual 5 electronic voting screens.

local and state election vote was split fairly evenly among dem and republican.

Edited November 4, 2008 by charles!

[caybee 21]

I drove by a different polling place on my lunch break and didn't see a line outside, nor many cars.

[doodlebugg 10]

Do the votes from Alaska even count since they close at 1am?