our small town Ohio fire station has a line out the

[Stew225]

door! First time this has EVER happened in the many years that I've voted there. People patiently waiting in line with umbrellas. I was thrilled to see this. Usually, even during the presidential election, one could just pop into the fire station and vote without waiting. The worst I've ever waited is two deep inside. There's a line of over 25 OUTSIDE there now!

There now! Kerry On!

[soup]

1. Same here in Pinellas County FL

Our precinct has never had a line. Like you, we've only had maybe one or two people waiting ahead of us inside the room.

This morning? Not only was the church parking lot overflowing, the side streets were lined with parked cars for two blocks around the place. The line of people waiting outside snaked out around the building and down the sidewalk.

Morning news reporting the same thing at precincts countywide!

Infreakingcredible!

My husband decided to take off work early instead of waiting this morning and we'll go wait it out this afternoon no matter what.

[NJCher]

2. not in suburban NJ/same old same old (but that's good)

It was easy as 1-2-3. I was worried because of what I'd seen on television but when I got to the polls, there were no lines. There was a respectable amount of people walking in and out. When I got to my station (voters organized alphabetically), the same volunteer who is always there remarked about how my name is the same as her granddaughter's (just like she does every year).

On the way in, I saw a car someone had turned into a "Kerry-mobile." It had big signs plastered all over it and was parked in a regular space.

On the way out, a middle-aged couple remarked how easy it was to vote and I said that I had been concerned because of what I'd seen on TV.

That was it--uneventful.

Oh, and same deal as last time I voted. The bake sale run by the volunteer ambulance squad ran out of chocolate cupcakes early. The same volunteer remarked, "Why don't we remember that the chocolate ones always go first?


Cher