The official "I voted 2004" thread
 

i sent mine in a couple of days ago. maybe in 2008 i will do the traditional standing-in-the-line thing and vote on the spot. i did my part :)

Voted early on Monday. This coming Monday, we get a real treat. W is coming to our corner of the world...first President in 70 years to visit Greeley.

Got tickets to take my family. Should be fun.

Already did my civic duty by early voting... I'll be goddamned if I hafta stand in line for a long time waiting to cast my vote.

While I may be a lifelong registered Republican, I won't reveal who I chose to vote for and why until the polls close. I wasn't impressed by negative sh*t-slinging attack ads from either side.

And WTF is this over-done "I'm so-and-so, and I approved this message?" No sh*t, Sherlock, I can read the f*cking disclaimer on the TV!

ETA: Voted straight Republican ticket.

Voted in the Parliamentary Election, 1st Round Presidential election and the 2nd Round Presidential election.

That little saying just gets on my last nerve!! Would they say "I'm so-and-so and I DON'T approve this message!"
I'm going to vote early just as soon as the bell rings in about 5 minutes!

I started a similar thread last month.

I mailed in my ballot this week :D

The ballot is signed and sealed. Tomorrow, I'm going to go to the post office to add insurance and a certification request. This is Florida we're talking about--I'm NOT risking any isht with my vote.

I waited almost 2 hours in line this morning to do early voting. It was worth it since I'm sure the lines will be worse on Nov. 2. I overheard one of the poll workers saying that they're expecting 80% turn out this year; I don't know how true that is.

I voted yesterday and there were only about 5 other people in there. Of course, it was pouring down rain so I think folks just looked out the door and said "Oh, forget it!!"

I sent my ballot in on Saturday!!!

I will early vote Saturday morning to avoid long lines later Saturday and on 11.2.04. I really believe nationwide that voter turnout will be at an all time high.

i sent my ballot in last week.

I sent my ballot in. :)

I am doing the traditional stand inline and wait thing.

2 votes for W
 

I voted yesterday & took my 81-year-old Mom with me.

I'm going to be doing the "stand in line and wait" thing next Tuesday. No choices - my state doesn't have early voting or no-excuse absentee voting (the ability to vote by absentee ballot even if you could have made it to the polls). I think I'd better bring a good book! :(

Edit: I just hope that what happened last November in my town doesn't happen again. The voting machines were misconfigured and had to be taken out of service. Some districts got paper ballots, but my district was "lucky" enough to get one of the backup voting machines (properly configured). You can't use paper ballots if there's a machine available, so everyone had to wait on line to vote using this one machine. We had a huge turnout because of a hot referendum, so I wound up waiting for TWO HOURS. :( A lot of people saw the long line and decided not to bother voting.

early voted...for kerry
what is more exciting for me is many of my seniors are coming in grinning that they voted...for the first time.
that is too cool. i tell them i don't care who they voted for, the important thing is that they voted.

But I don't want to vote.... :(

Sent in my Absentee ballott yesterday. Mrs. DA sent hers in the day before.

Do you vote in Ohio?

If so, good move. I just sent in my Florida absentee ballot.

i thought about doing that since i was registered there for the last election. don't know why i didn't since you know kerry will win mass.

My boyfriend recently moved to Georgia but voted via absentee ballot in Florida so that his Kerry vote would actually count!

No. Grew up in Ohio but since have lived in Maryland, Wisconsin, Michigan and Colorado for the past nearly 25 years.

Guess we've hit a couple of the "battleground" states.

That's pretty much how I felt about New York.

Also, I wanted to vote in my local elections. There were some family friends running, and I wanted to show my support.

Early-Voted yesterday for W !

2 more for W
 

Mom and I voted after lunch last week. We waited in line for about 20 mins. It was my first time voting, so I was excited. My dad's feelings about voting is like christmas. He WILL NOT early vote, he likes all the "drama" and "excitement in the air" on election day, just like he won't go shopping for christmas gifts until christmas eve..... MEN...

Hey, atleast he is voting!!! :D

Im proud of everyone voting, expecially new voters!:cool:

Seriously, you guys have to wait in line?
I'm really shocked by that. The longest line I've ever waited on was 10 minutes.

Why does it take so long? Do you have paper ballots?

Overnighted, insured, and requested signature delivery for my ohio ballot this morning! yeah me!!!!!!

marissa

-oh yah, notch one for kerry

I voted last friday .... i screwed up my absentee ballot (it kinda got mangled in my backpack) so luckily I was in my homestate for break and could vote and luckily the could cancel my absentee ballot too else i may not have been able to vote

I have waited up to an hour in past elections, for both the old lever booths and the ACCU (like scantron) paper ballots. It had more to do with about 100 people in line for 5 booths than the length of time to actually fill out the ballot. If you have to go before work or right after work, it can be a long wait. The ideal time is the middle of the day.

My boss encourages voting (for whoever) and says "If you're late because you were voting, you don't have to use your CTO (vacation) time", so I'll go after I drop the kids off at school that morning.

DA: You've hit almost all the swing states. It looks like it's time for you to move to Pennsylvania!

Dee

Lever voting machines that are older than I am. :rolleyes:

The good news is that you can't be prevented from voting as long as you're in line before the poll closing time.

I used to work for a company that gave us 2 hours of "voting leave" so you could come in late or leave early on election day. It was interesting to watch people roll in at 11am on a Tuesday once in a while... "oh, we had to vote on the school budget today... (I was in and out in five minutes but I'm not going to admit that. Boy, it sure felt great to sleep in this morning...) "

Go John/John!!
 

We have early voting in Texas, and I voted today. Took me 3 hours to get through the line!! The said that about 17,000 people had voted at that one place just TODAY!!

I mailed my ballot earlier this week. Since Tuesday is a holiday, I'd rather spend the day doing something other than waiting in line to vote.

Re: Go John/John!!
 

2 1/2 hours in line this morning but I let my voice be heard!!! :D

I mailed in my ballot on Friday. Cost me about 15 dollars to guarantee it got there by Monday at 7, since Florida decided to send it to me on Thursday *rme*

I voted early on Friday afternoon! The average wait in my county (DeKalb) was 2 - 4 hours, so I was pretty happy to get out of there on the lower in end of the scale. Actual voting took about 5 minutes.

My dad is here painting my house, and he and my nephew (who's in college) are driving back to our home town (3 hours away) to vote on Tuesday.

I thought the wait was longer out in Dekalb, with the way the newscasters on WSB were talking, lol!

A friend of mine lives in Cobb, and she waited a good...4.5 hours last Friday. *dead*

Now that election day is here, it's time to bump this! I have voted.

I dropped my kids off at their school, which has two voting precincts that utilize their facilities. There wasn't a parking place to be found and the lines looked like 2 to 3 hour lines to me. I dashed over to my voting precinct at the local firestation and was out in 30 minutes. Our precinct clearly has less people in it!

That school is going to be CHAOS at drop off and pick up time!

Dee

ETA: My ex voted at the school that my kids attend and he reported in that he was in line for almost 3 hours. So, my vote has been effectively cancelled out by him... <sigh>