Is it over yet?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Do they Serve during poling hours at the Tavern?

Not liquor, but I understand that the tavern smell is still quite... strong.

[LucyKKG]

I sent my absentee ballot already since I won't be in my home county then (I'm @ school). I can't WAIT for it to be over, but I'm nervous about a few results. I think I'll go over to my man's house and stay glued to the TV to find out results.

[christiangirl]

I VOTED! 5 of us from school went together to keep each other company in line. We got there just before the polls opened at 6am and it was nearly 9am before we were done. We were all late to our 9am classes but it was worth it. After this meeting I have, I'm going back to my apartment and praying/hiding till tomorrow. I won't be able to function until I know who won.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I voted a week ago via absentee....I honestly don't understand the huge lines in Florida. All you have to do to vote absentee is to call and request a ballot.

For a lot of people, part of voting is the experience of actually being at your polling place, pulling the lever, and getting that little "I Voted" sticker. Some people are willing to wait in line for that, and if that's what they want to do, so be it. I voted absentee in Florida, and it's just not the same. I feel like there's something I'm forgetting to do today.

[christiangirl]

^^^That's one of the reasons I refused to do it early.

[SWTXBelle]

Yeah, I missed my sticker. I'm still glad I did it early, though.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Yeah, I missed my sticker. I'm still glad I did it early, though.

Our early voters get the stickers. I got mine.

[SWTXBelle]

I wuz robbed!

[Tinia2]

While it is still very important to everyone to get out and vote (after all most if not all states have other important matters on ballots) this is the
Today's Polls and Final Election edition from fivethirtyeight.com:

Today's Polls and Final Election Projection: Obama 349, McCain 189


"It's Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Election Day in America. The last polls have straggled in, and show little sign of mercy for John McCain. Barack Obama appears poised for a decisive electoral victory.

Our model projects that Obama will win all states won by John Kerry in 2004, in addition to Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Nevada, Florida and North Carolina, while narrowly losing Missouri and Indiana. These states total 353 electoral votes. Our official projection, which looks at these outcomes probabilistically -- for instance, assigns North Carolina's 15 electoral votes to Obama 59 percent of the time -- comes up with an incrementally more conservative projection of 348.6 electoral votes.

We also project Obama to win the popular vote by 6.1 points; his lead is slightly larger than that in the polls now, but our model accounts for the fact that candidates with large leads in the polls typically underperform their numbers by a small margin on Election Day..................................."
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/...-election.html

What Will We Know by 7 PM?
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/...w-by-7-pm.html

PLEASE-IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO, GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!
Too many other issues and matters on the ballots that are just as worthy of a vote.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by Tinia2

While it is still very important to everyone to get out and vote (after all most if not all states have other important matters on ballots) this is the
Today's Polls and Final Election edition from fivethirtyeight.com:

Today's Polls and Final Election Projection: Obama 349, McCain 189


It's Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Election Day in America. The last polls have straggled in, and show little sign of mercy for John McCain. Barack Obama appears poised for a decisive electoral victory.


http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/...-election.html

PLEASE-IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO, GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!
Too many other issues and matters on the ballots that are just as worthy of a vote.

I agree with your last part, but about the first...how could they call it this early? It isn't even 3 o'clock yet.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

I agree with your last part, but about the first...how could they call it this early? It isn't even 3 o'clock yet.

They're not calling it. He's citing fivethirtyeight.com, which compiles and weights polls and demographic data to make statistical projections about the probablity of various outcomes. It currently shows that, based on polls and other data, the statistical probablity that John McCain can gain a majority in the Electoral College at 1.1%

[Buttonz]

Mom and I went at 8AM and were in and out. It was nice and shocking!

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

For a lot of people, part of voting is the experience of actually being at your polling place, pulling the lever, and getting that little "I Voted" sticker.

There's a lever? I don't understand why there are different ways to vote. Our voting is all electronic. You get this a Voter ID card to use on the touch-screen "computer." I thought it was like that everywhere. It seems like a much more effective & efficient way to vote, than to punch out a hole in a ballot.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I wuz robbed!

If you voted in El Paso you would have gotten a sticker.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by epchick

There's a lever? I don't understand why there are different ways to vote. Our voting is all electronic. You get this a Voter ID card to use on the touch-screen "computer." I thought it was like that everywhere. It seems like a much more effective & efficient way to vote, than to punch out a hole in a ballot.

There are different ways to vote...in every state even. NY has some electronic, some the old style with the lever. Sometimes just blocks apart (yes, I know this for a fact).

They really need to set laws for the entire COUNTRY on how to vote, regarding the type of machines, early voting laws, hours the polling places are opened (some close as early as 7PM!) etc. It's crazy that NOTHING is uniformed besides the choices for President.

[nikki1920]

EXACTLY!!!

It took me 1 hr and 15 minutes and I went at 12:30 this afternoon.