Adam and I decided to be voting buddies this morning, so we trekked out to the polls around 7:30am. There were 100+ people already there, and we waited in line for about 10 minutes to sign in and get our voting cards. Except that, by the time we signed in, they had given out all the voting cards and were giving out sheets of spiral bound notebook paper, torn in half, with the word "Vote" scrawled with a Sharpie marker. Very official. :) An hour of later, after waiting in another long line, we cast our votes and received our stickers. And now we have only to sit back and watch the tallies come in tonight!
So, that's my story. What's yours? Long lines? Any interesting conflicts or stories to share?
Some stories from around the country (via Kottke)
Stories from around DC (via DCist)
I think we all know who Katy voted for (See the "About" section) :-))
You'd be shocked at how much interest there is in the UK...I was invited to an election party that begins at 2am...I still haven't decided if I'm going or not...If there's half as much drama as there was in 2000 it's going to be a looong night..
No stories of conflict. But I was very happy with the lack of traffic on the roads this morning.
mine's coming.. i wrote an entry about it, but the evil blog ate my entry. so i haven't had any time to write anymore, but the process was kind of funny.
Yes, the interest at my office has been intense. I am hearing French and Austrian people speculating about the swing states, but mostly Europeans damning Bush (and any of his alleged supporters). And they get really animated and angry at Americans. I think they think all Americans want Bush to win. It's a lot of sarcasm and election parties here as well. Why don't I know any Americans going to election parties in London? Why weren't we invited? hm.. Oh well, I was working anyway. ;)