Voted in WI for Obama! -2 (-16 with windchill) but clear

[book_worm]

I was #214 at my polling place and I voted at 8am one hour after polls opened. I think turnout will be great!

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Thanks for voting!

Please support our nominee in November!

[easy_b94]

2. brrr thats cold

But thanks for voting

[Scurrilous]

Good job!

:thumbsup:

[MadBadger]

3. Where in Wisconsin? I heard at my polling place in Madison, turnout hasnt been high yet

Though at 9AM at a college, I dont know what Students actually vote at that time.

[book_worm]

6. I'm in Madison too, but on East Side, not on campus.

[MadBadger]

9. High turnout anywhere in Dane County is good for Obama

In the next 1:30, I'm gonna head over to Gordon Commons where the students who live near the Kohl Center vote. The Union didnt look to full, but I think it was just people stoppin in when they had a chance. The Polling station near Cap Foods is where my friend said it was pretty empty, but I think he may have been wrong on some of those things.

[Colobo]

4. GOBAMA!!!

[babylonsister]

5. Excellent, but that is cold!

At least, to me. I put woolies on when it dips below 50 degrees here.:scared:

[Hepburn]

8. LOL....I live in Southern Calif...

...and when it gets below 60 degrees, I start using an electric blanket at night!

:hi:

[thereismore]

10. I am in SoCal too. I use an oil radiator to warm up the bedroom. nt

[Hepburn]

28. You betcha...to us Californians it is dang cold today!

Any day I cannot walk around in shorts and sandals is FREEZING to me!

[caseycoon]

12. I was born raised in Southern California & everybody knows

that anything under 70 degrees is freezing!
:D

[Hepburn]

27. Yes...you are sooooooo correct!

It is 57 degrees where I live and I have on socks and sweats and a t-shirt under the sweatshirt...and I am wrapped in an crocheted blanket!

Brrrrrrrrr......! :hi:

[stellanoir]

7. Thanks for voting

What sort of voting machines did you vote on?

[samdogmom]

22. I think most of Wisconsin has optical scan machines--each county chooses their own supplier/method

I participated in a hand recount of a local race about a year ago. The optical scanners were very accurate. We had the actual paper ballots to count and generally our counts matched the machine counts. The only differences we found were when someone "circled" the fill-in object instead of coloring in the oval/rectangle--so the machine didn't count the vote. Or the voter wrote someone in and forgot to color in the oval/rectangle next to the write-in line so the machine didn't automatically sort the ballot for a hand-count of the write-in.

The vote tallies for the recount changed slightly, but the overall result remained the same. Our race went over two counties so we had Diebold and ES&S equipment.

On Edit: Most counties use the same equipment because we elect County Clerks and one of their jobs is to oversee elections--but not all counties in Wisconsin use only one system. If you're interested, here's a 2006 report on the various voting methods used by municipality in Wisconsin: http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=2728

[midnight]

24. I went to the link you posted to see if I could find my voting area

to see who our supplier/method is. I hope I can find it. This is interesting information. Thanks for sharing.

[livetohike]

11. Any comments from the poll workers regarding turnout?

It sounds like a lot of voters for that early in the morning :-).

[book_worm]

14. Yep, said it has been "steady" and it's an easy vote only presidential primary on ballot

so in and out.

[Ohio Joe]

13. Yikes!

Thats cold. I was lucky, I voted for Obama here in Ohio by absentee :)

[caseycoon]

15. Thanks for letting us know!

I admire your bravery in that weather!
brrrrrr

[Labors of Hercules]

16. WOOHOOO!!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[snappyturtle]

17. Good for you book_worm! K&R

:woohoo:

[Egnever]

18. God how do people live like that!

Grats on the vote! I would be wimpering in a puddle if I had to withstand cold like that. Its 50 here right now and I am cold :P

[thevoiceofreason]

21. Pretty cold in Houston today -- 72, I think.

[Renew Deal]

23. lol

B-)

[TexasObserver]

19. great!!

[CorpGovActivist]

20. Thanks!!! n/t

[meow mix]

25. ty BW

brr cold!

[Omega3]

26. I voted at 10:15 in a small district in SE WI and I was number 191, 5 degrees but it's a

dry cold :)

no big deal, you go from a heated car to a heated bldg back to a heated car, small price to pay for voting.