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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 10:14:37 AM
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stamper_ben
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That is absolutely ridiculous!!! Getting free coffee even if you didn't vote?
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 10:22:38 AM
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Zhi
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Yay, it will be over today!
We voted 2 weeks ago. Went down to the library, showed our IDs. Took turns keeping the baby happy and having the "cheat sheet" to vote, there were 13 amendments this year so we needed one... we always sit down and discuss candidates and issues a few days ahead of time, we're always on the same page politically, which is nice. No lines, very nice election workers who just adored the baby. Filling out the ballot was fast due to the cheat sheet. Then we checked out some books. I LOVE early voting. :D
According to the news, lines are already massive here. Our ballots are just TOO long this year, and most people don't do their pre-voting preparations so they aren't ready to just blaze through the ballot like we did. It would have taken me probably at least 15-20 minutes if I actually had to read every one of the issues, and I'm a really fast reader.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 10:24:42 AM
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My voting experience went fine. I was there 15 minutes before the polls opened and there were already about 20-30 people in line. I about froze my hind end off waiting for the doors to open, but it was worth it!
One of the poll workers came out and was asking people their names and addresses to verify that they were eligible to vote there. When I left, there was nobody waiting outside.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 10:36:33 AM
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tafkam
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My wife and I stood in line for just under an hour, but the delay was due to the polling place only having half the number of machines they usually have......
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 10:49:58 AM
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stamper_ben
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A vacation tee shirt causes a flap at the polls.
If you vacationed there, be sure to not wear your souvenir Delaware tee shirt.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:12:08 AM
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debilyn
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I was in and out in about 20 minutes at 7:30 this morning.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:24:31 AM
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Stood in line for 20-30 minutes. The weather was nice.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:32:39 AM
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dianetavegia
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Jim and I didn't have to wait at all. There was one booth open when I completed my photo voter I.D. session (driver's license). No waiting, no parking problems and no complaints.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:34:19 AM
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sue244
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Stood in line for about 40 min but then was in an out pretty quickly but only because I had written down how I was going to vote on the like 20 amendemnts and referendums here in Colorado. The one thing I did not like was all the political signs outside the polling place. I don't think they should be anywhere remotly close to the polling place. I would hope that people have thier minds made up by the time they pull into the polling center.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:52:54 AM
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My experience was great.
My wife and I arrived 15 minutes before the poll opened.
They let us in out of the weather, which wasn't all that bad.
We were 3rd and 4th to vote. Took us all of ten minutes.
Then we went and ate breakfast, waited for the chiropractor
to open. Waited about ten minutes on him to open.
Were first in line, took less then 15 minutes for us both.
Now, I'm at work. Aside from working it was a grand morning.
I didn't vote straight Republican ticket, but did wind up voting all Republican.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:54:08 AM
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The one thing I did not like was all the political signs outside the polling place. I don't think they should be anywhere remotly close to the polling place. I would hope that people have thier minds made up by the time they pull into the polling center.
I agree.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 11:55:39 AM
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I early voted a week ago Thursday and stood in line for an hour before it was my turn, but more than worth it to cast my vote...
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 12:45:09 PM
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I drove our dd to school this morning and the parking lot of our polling place had about 15 cars in it at 7:30. Dh just calle dme a few minutes ago and said he walked right in and voted. I don't understand in this day and age why you'd have to wait in line so long.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 1:00:52 PM
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There was a huge line at the polling place, way bigger than 2004.
My heart swelled with pride at the power of democracy. Then I started worrying about getting to work on time.
Luckily for me, I had my wife's absentee ballot with me to turn in. The poll officials didn't want people standing around with 'live' ballots in their hands, so I got pulled to the front. I felt enormous guilt going to the front of the line, but at least I'm a fast voter. Zip zip zip, and I was out of there.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 1:03:15 PM
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I was in and out in about 10 minutes. My friend is a poll worker and said that when they opened there were about a hundred in line and it had been steady ever since. I'm fortunate in that my precinct is small compared to the other two that vote in the same location. There were very long lines for those people.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 1:49:24 PM
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Just think how many conservative christians would have voted if Krispie Kremes handed out free donuts to those who voted...McCain would win in a landslide.
Actually, Krispie Kremes are giving out star shaped donuts for voting.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 2:02:54 PM
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stamper_ben
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ORIGINAL: SonInMe1
Just think how many conservative christians would have voted if Krispie Kremes handed out free donuts to those who voted...McCain would win in a landslide.
Actually, Krispie Kremes are giving out star shaped donuts for voting.
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They oughtta check in with the Starbucks lawyers.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 2:08:21 PM
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Our voting place was quiet and uneventful; but that pretty much describes our town. I will report that I knowlingly voted against a Republican for the first time since 1984.
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RE: How was your voting experience? - 11/4/2008 2:33:53 PM
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Covaan_Meshuga
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I waited 30 minutes
I vote in the state of Washington, the state notorious for losing boxes and boxes of ballots done from the voting booths as well as losing mail-in ballots (especially the ones from the military), for encouraging democrats to "vote early and vote often," for deciding that the voters didn't know what they really wanted so the state changing our decisions to meet with what they had hoped we would vote, etc.
So many of you on CW know that my latest drivers license has a photo that is unacceptable to me, so I taped one (the one on the left) over it. It is very obviously taped there, and I seriously doubt that many drivers license offices will allow a photo of someone with a milk mustache to be on an official license.
But there it was!
And they didn't ask a single question. Paid absolutely no attention to it. Looked at it and handed me my ballot card.
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It would be different if you had to declare a certain candidate or something. Just doesn't seem right to me.
. Had to buy my own cup of joe.
I only had to wait about 2 minutes. 
Passed another polling place on the way that had a long line coming out the door. Looked to be mostly students from the college. 
