Polls open soon here in New York.

[Gothic Sponge]

I'm awake and going to take a shower. I want to be there when the polls open.

Good Morning Democracy!!!

[alittlelark]

1. Here in NM (from CA) can't sleep, but must

I have lived the last 3 years of my life for tommorrow!

[Gothic Sponge]

2. LOL!

That about sums it for me. It's hard to believe it's here!

[Chovexani]

3. Sweet me too!

I love the smell of democracy in the morning! Where are you at? I'm in Brooklyn.

[Gothic Sponge]

5. I'm out at Port Jefferson.

:hi:

[Princess Turandot]

4. Me too! Voting in Lower Manhattan...eom

[H2O Man]

6. From the hills in

rural upstate NY: a democratic voter reporting for duty.

[kungfugrip]

9. My Dad lives in Newburgh and has never voted before and he's

voting KERRY

[Princess Turandot]

7. A good 30 people in line in small election district in NYC..

and probably another 30 behind me, at 6AM sharp! Several voters were headed out to other states to work after voting. This is a solid democrat voting area but I've never seen so many folks so early. Yippee!

[Chovexani]

8. I just voted!

MASSIVE turnout in Flatbush area of Brooklyn. My neighborhood is like 99% black, with tons of Caribbean immigrants. My mom and I went at 6 am sharp and there were already quite a few people there...by the time we left the line was out the door, at 6:30 am! My mom is a nurse and most of the time she votes when the polls open due to her weird shifts, and she says that in 20+ years of living around here she's never seen this many people this early in the morning.

Great anectdote: I chatted with the woman behind us while we were waiting for the folks to set up (a couple of machines still weren't plugged in yet, for those outside of NY we still vote on those ancient lever machines). She is Bajan and has lived here for 25 years, but after 2000 she was so angry she became a citizen so she could vote Bush out! How cool is that?! :D She says she has many friends, older immigrants who became citizens also because they felt so strongly about * stealing black folks votes and what he did to exploit 9/11.

I don't know about you but I feel GREAT! :D

[Pepperbelly]

10. CNN shot inside Brooklyn precinct ... HUGE crowd waiting to vote. nt