Tennessee early voting report

[DemFromMem]

My wife and I took our three daughters in for early voting this afternoon here in Memphis. My mother is voting right now at another location. We waited 3/4 hour and the wait at the other poll is an hour. One of my colleagues at work volunteered doing get out the vote work and told me that there were massive record voter registration increases with black and latino voters.

The long lines are hopefully a good sign. Don't give up on the Volunteer State yet!

[wolfgirl]

1. Here in Mid-Tn

voting lines start queing up at 9:30A and run till well after an hour after the polls close. (Open 10A-7P). Wait is anywhere between 1-2 hrs all day long, even on a beautiful Saturday afternoon when folks usually are out playing!

It's wonderful to see all the Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers!

[Tippy]

3. Mid- TN here too

Voter turn out is way up over other years...Kerry will carry TN...I have been saying this since the first of Aug...Republicans in our county are running scared..they know how commited Democrats are here...We have Kerry signs everywhere and they are all in peoples yards....Sat. We had an open house at our HQ's big crowd...we had 3 different bands playing...Plus a Special guest...who many thought was to be a guest speaker...She spoke but not in a language anyone but a true Donkey lover could understand...it was a great day for Democrats..

[Elidor]

9. Hats off to Jenny

That was a great idea.

[lakemonster11]

2. Good news!

All three of my grandparents (who live in rural western TN) are voting Kerry/Edwards. I assume my cousins are too.

My maternal grandmother said (paraphrase), "I think that the men who start these wars should have to send their own kids." Three of her sons fought in Vietnam.

My paternal grandparents are very pious Southern Baptists, so I was a little worried about them getting swept up in the religious rhetoric of the right, but when I talked to them a couple of weeks ago, they criticized the administration's policies, made fun of Bush, and complained that the Republicans they knew were self-serving, ignorant, and racist.

[Reciprocity]

7. You come from very intelligent stock. n/t

[TexasSissy]

4. I hope the new registrants and the early voters are good signs!

[Princess Turandot]

5. People in TN can vote from now to Election Day in person? eom

[Tippy]

6. Early voting ends Oct. 28.....

[naufragus]

8. Every state is a battleground

[Jackson4Gore]

11. Hey Guys

Working on a campaign here in Tennessee and just thought yall might like this update of early voting: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/earlyvote11-04.pdf

[DemFromMem]

12. Thanks.

Wish we could know how things compare to 2000.

[PretzelWarrior]

10. yes!!! now your mind is free to focus on getting others to vote

I'm so happy we're getting early returns from people. It is encouraging. My bro just turned in his ballot the other day (absentee).