There's something about going to the polls in person ON election day....

[senseandsensibility]

and casting your ballot with your fellow citizens. I love the public "out in the open" nature of it. I love to see the polling place and the people and try to gauge the mood. And this year, I wasn't going to deny myself the experience. I wanted it to be "hands-on", so I could wallow in the joy of casting my vote for Kerry!!!

For the past few weeks, I've envied the early voters and the absentee voters a little....but I wouldn't miss this for the world!!:party:

[senseandsensibility]

1. Hey!! Kicking my own thread!!

:kick: Anyone agree?

[Demit]

3. definitely! always get a little rush after voting! today as I walked...

out saying "that felt GOOD!" people in line laughed & smiled and that felt good too...

[seraph]

11. ABSOLUTELY!

:kick:

[RafterMan]

2. It was a good feeling

When I got there, there were maybe 10 people. When I left, the line had grown to the hundreds. I had one of those ancient voting machines with the big lever to pull.

I admit I imagined it was a guillotine.

[senseandsensibility]

6. Whoa! You have some serious anger issues!

We need more of that in the Democratic Party.:)

[NEDem]

4. yeah, nothing beats it!!

Absentee is ok if you have to, but there's nothing like walking into the booth to give you that sense of empowerment!!

[jrthin]

5. DITTO!n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. That's why I opted not to vote early. :^)

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[Borgnine]

8. It's the best.

Being 20, it's the first presidential race I've voted in. Even though the place was crawling with freepers (western VA), it felt good to imagine myself as the source of their hatred. Hell, I was even dressed in all blue.

[senseandsensibility]

12. I've done that.

Imagined myself as the source of the freeper's hatred, I mean. I am pretty scary!! Ha HA!!

[senseandsensibility]

9. Just got back from voting

in California!:) It was at a firehouse! Good omen? Lots of really whitebread, conservative looking types in my suburb waiting to vote. Took about 40 minutes to get throught the line! The apprearance of the crowd bothered me at first, but I look pretty "whitebread" myself, so who knows? Seemed like a serious mood. Not a lot of chit chat.

[trackfan]

10. I usually vote by absentee ballot, but

once every four years, for the Presidential Election, I go and vote at the polling place.