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

[peronel.livejournal.com]

I've voted in every election since I've been old enough.

I've never got a sticker.

I wanna be in America.

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

no lines at the polling place across the street from my house. we'll see what its like this evening when folks get off work.

or, everyone like me voted absentee. we dont get stickers when we vote absentee. I feel kinda robbed....

[aeliakirith.livejournal.com]

Wow, my polling place was mobbed at 7 AM. Line stretched out around the building. I'm leaving work in half an hour or so to go vote.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

They don't give stickers in this state.

It's less real without the sticker.

[spikywheel.livejournal.com]

I think we should go to the blue thumb. No chance of voting twice if your thumb is blue.

Of course it would be funny to see folks running around with blue thumbs for 2 weeks. Esp folks in the media, tv, etc.

[kevindharner.livejournal.com]

I was in and out in 5min

[bdeb.livejournal.com]

That is how it is voting out in the small town my folks live in. I voted there up to this election. I'd go in at 5:30 walk right up, and vote. Doing it in the burbs of Chesterfield this year sucked.

[laracorsets.livejournal.com]

Hey, how come everyone gets a sticker but me?

I want a sticker.

Mine was quick and easy too. Here by NYC you simply need to choose your timing well. 10:30am, perfect.

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

I walked into my polling place at 8:15 and was in my car talking to my mom by 8:28. I was in a longer line when getting my coffee this morning.

Got a free taco at lunch for wearing my Vote sticker. Every day should be sticker day!

[maggiebowgirl.livejournal.com]

Middle of DC and mine only took about 30 minutes this morning. What helped was that there weren't very many F-K's so I just sailed right up past the line. :)

[thornbury.livejournal.com]

About eight minutes from me; I opted to go just before lunch. Jessica said the same thing when she went mid-morning, too.

If I was a P-Z, I could have been out in record time.

[beckishadow.livejournal.com]

That's how it was in non-rural America too.

Except I didn't get a sticker. :(

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

Voting in rural SC was a different story. We waited almost 4 hours! The lines at our precinct were at least 3 hours all day. They really need to split the precinct up.