Voting Check-in

[Kristinmo]

How long did you wait? No wait
Anything interesting happen? Nope
Electronic machines or paper? Paper

[Knight]

Got in line around 8:30 and I was out of there by 9. I don't mind a line because I like talking to people. Everything is electronic. I give thme my ID and they print out a little receipt that I sign and I give it to the worker that sets the machine and vote.

[2curlydogs]

I was #1035 in my podunk ass little village 40 minutes after the polls opened.

Got in line at 7:20, got my ballot about 20 minutes later. Voted. Got my sticker.

While waiting I got to see one of the olds screw his ballot up. Twice. Apparently he voted for both Romney and Obama for president. If I were to guess, it would be he was confused with Ryan being under both the presidential and congressional area.

Otherwise it was fairly uneventful.

[cc]

I waited about an hour. With a toddler in tow. The people in line with me were loving her and she did pretty well until we got inside and she wanted to "color" like I was when I was filling in the bubbles.

I did have an issue because I had requested an absentee ballot, but I didn't mail it in. So, they had to call the election headquarters to cancel that one in order to give me a ballot at the polling place. The lines were busy (to be expected), but once she got through, it was easily fixed.

[EloiseWeenie]

NC- I voted early, but my polling place is at the church where my son goes to preschool. At 9 there were several cars, but only local candidates waiting outside to schmooze. If there was a line, it was small and all inside.

[blindyswife]

I got to my location right at 7, and had to wait about 20 minutes in line.
Paper ballot.

Oh, and they didn't have stickers at my location. Sad panda.

[AJL]

How long did you wait? Got to the polling place at 6:45am, walked out at 8:00am. So an hour and 15 minutes.
Anything interesting happen? Nope.
Electronic machines or paper? Electronic

[laurenpetro]

I was number 47. Woo hoo!

ETA: scantron

[MixedBerryJam]

Waited less than 15 minutes. There were maybe 20 people in front of me.

Paper ballots with blue felt tip pens (the pens are usually black, and I recalled all those bubble tests that specifically said, "Use black pen, to not use blue" but I'm trying to let that go.

The closest that comes to interesting is that the ballot receptacle box was jammed, so we all had to stack our ballots "face down" (the ballot was printed on both sides) in the presence of a police officer. I realize this is a low bar for my definition of the word "interesting."

[Kattey]

I'm going when DH gets home from work. DD was sick last night and this morning, so I couldn't go then.

[stargirl]

it took a total of two hours for us, start to finish in northern virginia. about what i expected for down here/this year, i never had to wait more than 5 minutes in NY or even in 2010. my toes are still frozen.

so stories -- the couple behind us was totally nuts. she kept breaking out into song, these same two lines from something, sounded like a musical maybe. who does that?!? even the dude told her she needed to stop eventually, ha.

but his other comments were definitely making me all: he kept mentioning the races/ethnicity of the people getting into line. 'this is what i love about america, this country, you can have all sorts of people altogether at once. if you go to africa or china it's not like that. everyone looks the same, everyone acts the same, there's no culture in africa or china, there's nothing but being the same."

we had the choice of paper or electronic. we used electronic.

[josieposy]

About 45 minutes from start to finish. Got there just after 7:00 and there were about 200 people in front of us. Nothing interesting to report.

[wawa]

Nov 6, 2012 9:51:24 GMT -5 stargirl said:

it took a total of two hours for us, start to finish in northern virginia. about what i expected for down here/this year, i never had to wait more than 5 minutes in NY or even in 2010. my toes are still frozen.

so stories -- the couple behind us was totally nuts. she kept breaking out into song, these same two lines from something, sounded like a musical maybe. who does that?!? even the dude told her she needed to stop eventually, ha.

but his other comments were definitely making me all: he kept mentioning the races/ethnicity of the people getting into line. 'this is what i love about america, this country, you can have all sorts of people altogether at once. if you go to africa or china it's not like that. everyone looks the same, everyone acts the same, there's no culture in africa or china, there's nothing but being the same."

we had the choice of paper or electronic. we used electronic.

Holy crap. People are so ignorant it burns.

[pixy0stix]

No wait. 20 min-ish total process.

The watchers outside the building were doing sprints, no joke. There were people outside putting up signs and as soon as they put them in the watchers were pulling them out. I think there might be an altercation in the making. They were also keeping close eye on one guy with a candidate sign who was walking on the sidewalk.

Paper, the line for electronic was too long.

[Deleted]

There is no culture in China or Africa?

[PinkSquirrel]

I voted this morning. We got there a bit before 9am and waited about 2 minutes in line. It was quick easy and uneventful. We have paper ballots, but do not have I voted stickers

[wawa]

Nov 6, 2012 9:58:59 GMT -5 @mrsbecky07 said:

There is no culture in China or Africa?

nope. All people in Africa are exactly alike. Ditto China. Things you may have heard about Africa being divided in many different countries, with cultural differences within those countries, or about different cultural groups in the different regions of China are hogwash.

[stargirl]

Nov 6, 2012 10:07:51 GMT -5 wawa said:

Nov 6, 2012 9:58:59 GMT -5 @mrsbecky07 said:

There is no culture in China or Africa?

nope. All people in Africa are exactly alike. Ditto China. Things you may have heard about Africa being divided in many different countries, with cultural differences within those countries, or about different cultural groups in the different regions of China are hogwash.

i know, right? people are just crazy. and stupid. i have a very low tolerance for stupid people and that hit my limit at about 6:45, when i'm normally still in bed. i feel there is a day of overwhelming stupidness ahead.

[Deleted]

I voted. It was super fast. Just a steady stream of people.

[eclaires]

1 - no wait, in and out. Our polling place did have lines but it serves two precincts and we're in the really small precinct.

2 - interesting... nothing unless you count the old bag who started at the back of the S's alphabetically to find my last name and suspiciously told me I needed a photo ID. It was hilarious to me because I've got my whole family dressed in red/white/blue. CLEARLY I AM INTO VOTING. I KNOW I NEED ID! The other precincts line was long, but not out the door, yet.

3 - electronic voting. Not sure if it's legit, but I let Jackson press the red submit button. That's his red gloved hand.

[marie427]

Nov 6, 2012 9:58:59 GMT -5 @mrsbecky07 said:

There is no culture in China or Africa?

That guy would have made for a fine ruthless colonizer in the 1800s.

[bottleofwhite]

I waited in line to check in for about 45 minutes. From checking in until actually voting was no wait. We use paper ballots. I was voter #401 for the day at my polling location I officially cast my vote at 7:48 am. I got my sticker, then got stalked for my parking space. It went pretty smoothly overall.

[Deleted]

I have to go tonight. Nervous about dealing with a line and Andy at the same time, but we will deal.

I can't wait to take his picture with his little I Voted sticker. And to cast my vote for Elizabeth Warren!

[MrsDL]

Went a 9:00 - no wait - done in 5 minutes. Electronic, no issues. Probably the most seamless experience I've had voting.

[ufcasey]

8:30am, no line at all to get a ballot, only 4 people in booths voting, paper, no problems! Though it's going to be a clusterfuck after work I'm thinking because they are doing construction in the parking lot and there are only 10 spots now. And no other parking lots nearby. Who decided it would be a good idea to do construction on a parking lot today?! Morons.

[OscarQ]

Went at 8:30. No real line for the M-Z's (why is that a common refrain in the replies?) and maybe 10 people ahead of me for the machines (electronic).

Nothing strange although the woman checking me in said something lame about needing my ID not my son's bottle. Uhm, thanks lady - I would love to have evolved that third arm but since I haven't I need to put something down in order to fish out my license.

But then I guess she realized I'm pregnant and told me there were chairs I could use while waiting in line.

Oh and I wanted to do a write-in of "Anybody But" or something else obnoxious since I refused to vote for mayor. It was decided in the Dem primary (my guy clearly didn't win) and the R had some issue and was ineligible for the general ballot.

And no stickers which was a bummer and a primary reason why I lugged my toddler with me to vote.

[NitaX]

My H went a little after the polls opened. He got in and out, but he said that a line was starting to form.

[CallingAllAngels]

Waited about 15 minutes at 10am.
Electronic machines
Nothing exciting

[pixy0stix]

Poor sbp. ::covers giggles with hand::

[marie427]

OMG sbp!!