Obligatory Voting Post

[chargirlgenius]

Drove up to the local school. Parked close to the door. Walked in through an empty corridor, my heels echoing. Went right up to give my name. Stood for about 30 seconds while waiting for a poll worker to finish explaining the machine to an elderly gentleman, so she could lead me to my machine. Voted. Got my sticker, walked out.

Total time, about a minute and a half.

That, folks, is what voting in rural America is like.

And yes, I teared up slightly as I walked out. :-)

Comments

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wonder what it was like in the morning, and what it will be like in the afternoon. I think I'll drive by on my way home and see if it's any better. It was almost disappointing!

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

our state is hugely absentee and early voting. some folks really like doing it in person though :)

I have to admit its kinda like christmas! so much build up and now we wait for santa... (who hopefully doenst leave us coal! ;))

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Even with the right to do it, I might not. All depends. If I can walk in and out, it's no problem. But if Jeff's on travel, I have both boys, nobody to watch them, etc, then it's more attractive to vote early.

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

This is the last election where we'll have polling places, after this we're 100% absentee. I may never have the chance to see the inside of a polling place! :-D

Even with this election, only two counties in the state have polling places (King and Pierce)