Wait a minute - I just realized that I didn't get an "I voted" sticker.
I'll be calling the voter shenanigans hotline about this.
I have never gotten one in my life and have never seen them except on Facebook.
And then when mesh said yesterday that she gets free coffee after she votes, I wanted to storm my voting precinct with a pitchfork in hand and demand free coffee.
Post by earlgreyhot on Nov 6, 2012 16:28:28 GMT -5
I voted early last week and was in and out.
DH didn't register and went to our precint earlier but the line was too long. He just went back and is standing in line. He texted they were out of provisional ballots, but hasn't let me what the resolution to that is.
Post by demandypants on Nov 6, 2012 16:34:35 GMT -5
How long did you wait? no wait. Anything interesting happen? . There was recently a local news article about my neighborhood and how unusual it is that the voter registration was split evenly between Rs and Ds. I like to take credit for that, since we just moved in. Electronic machines or paper? Electronic
Wait a minute - I just realized that I didn't get an "I voted" sticker.
I'll be calling the voter shenanigans hotline about this.
I have never gotten one in my life and have never seen them except on Facebook.
And then when mesh said yesterday that she gets free coffee after she votes, I wanted to storm my voting precinct with a pitchfork in hand and demand free coffee.
Am I to understand that some people are getting not only stickers but hot beverages when they vote?!?
The fuck, man!
::kicks dirt::
No! I had to go to the 7-11 and show off my sticker to get a free small cup of joe. Which is usually yuck, but it was free and still far superior to the Seattle's Best (Beast) we have at work.
Also, A friend in another town said it took her 3 hours to vote because there was only one machine accepting the ballots. She said when she left there was an even longer line than when she had started.
I had a 40 minute wait around lunch time today which is when I usually vote and that is the longest line I ever had to wait in for all my years of voting. We do electronic ballots but there were like a dozen amendments and lots of local races so I think that added to the time it was taking people to vote. DH went in around midmorning and waited about 15 minutes.
I walked in at 10:30am, and was out by 10:40am. There was no one in my line (we sign in by first letter of last name) so I showed my ID, signed in, got my ballot (paper), filled it out and left.
Two interesting things: 1. We were REQUIRED to show ID. I saw two people in another line get turned away because they didn't have ID. I had no idea ID was required here. I was kind of floored, and now I'm looking up that law.
2. At our table, the man across from me (you have your choice of open tables or paper partitions) didn't know what one of them amendments meant. I explained it to him (it was 'should unions members be allowed to vote in secret') and once I explained it, he very loudly said "Oh FUCK NO!" I about died laughing.
Voted in predominately Republican Williamson County, outside Austin, TX.
Waited 45 minutes to get into the room to vote. They only had 2 electronic machines, and you can wait in line to use those or vote by paper ballot. I voted by paper.
I walked in at 10:30am, and was out by 10:40am. There was no one in my line (we sign in by first letter of last name) so I showed my ID, signed in, got my ballot (paper), filled it out and left.
Two interesting things: 1. We were REQUIRED to show ID. I saw two people in another line get turned away because they didn't have ID. I had no idea ID was required here. I was kind of floored, and now I'm looking up that law.
2. At our table, the man across from me (you have your choice of open tables or paper partitions) didn't know what one of them amendments meant. I explained it to him (it was 'should unions members be allowed to vote in secret') and once I explained it, he very loudly said "Oh FUCK NO!" I about died laughing.
I got my sticker and went on my merry way.
We were required to show our license. They scanned it and I guess it pulled up info onto a monitor.
2. At our table, the man across from me (you have your choice of open tables or paper partitions) didn't know what one of them amendments meant. I explained it to him (it was 'should unions members be allowed to vote in secret') and once I explained it, he very loudly said "Oh FUCK NO!" I about died laughing.
I just burst into laughter as well.
I was thrilled that we had no initiatives or proposed constitutional amendments or anything else this year. I feel as though every year I have to stand there and move my lips while I slowly and carefully try to decipher a 650-word proposal for a change in the law. Mind you, I'm a lawyer with ample experience reading vague, complex documents, and it's always a struggle for me nonetheless.