Have you already voted?

[survivor999]

if so, how was it?

[Laelth]

1. Went smoothly.

Of course, my vote went into a Diebold card. No paper trail. No way to prove how I voted.

But at least I made them steal it.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Bluzmann57]

2. Went very smoothly

No problems whatsoever.

[nickinSTL]

3. How was it?

It went smoothly.

There was a line...but not terribly long, about a 10-15 min. wait.

I provided my Voter ID card for ID, no photo, and had no problems.

I used the touchscreen, and it was easy, the printout and the screen both registered my vote correctly.

[NoSheep]

16. I am so confused on the id issue. I printed a voters' rights flier

from our county BOE and it said NO ID whatsoever required to vote. Is this state by state?

[nickinSTL]

20. yes.

voter ID requirements are set by the state government.

[NoSheep]

29. Wow. I just saw the SC gov didn't have his id.

[MrSlayer]

4. Yes. It went rather smoothly.

Turnout in my ward is pretty high. Over 150 have been out so far out of 400 voters. In the primary only 118 people came out at all. So this is good.

[rox63]

5. Yessirree!

Voted before I went to work this morning. It went very smoothly. Of course, I voted with a paper ballot, in a heavily Dem state. :)

[helderheid]

6. Voted on a paper absentee ballot a couple weeks ago

[CountAllVotes]

14. ditto here

permanent absentee voter here - the way to go! :D

:dem: :kick:

[Clintmax]

7. Voted at 10 this morning! Smooth sailing! n/t

[tenshi816]

8. I voted absentee two weeks ago in the UK,

but I have no idea if anyone actually bothered to count my vote when it got to my voting precinct in Georgia.

[negativenihil]

9. yup!

Voted before i left for work ~730am est. i was in and out. no lines to speak of, but then again it was only 730am.

[lebkuchen]

10. voted absentee

I vote every two years and the ballot gets sent to Germany w/o mishap, so I assume CA counts it. I think in that state, if you miss an election, you have to reactivate.

[smoogatz]

11. Very smooth.

We voted around 9:30 central time; no lines, but all voting stations were busy. One of the poll workers said the turnout was excellent for a mid-term.

[Coventina]

12. Poll worker illegally asked me for photo id.

:mad:

Other than that seemed to go fine.

[NoSheep]

30. What was your response?

[Coventina]

37. I showed it to her. I wasn't taking any chances on not getting my ballot.

I told her that she was wrong, for whatever good that does.

[NoSheep]

40. If I may ask, what state are you in?

[Coventina]

42. AZ n/t

[liberalnurse]

13. I voted at 7:30 AM.....

There were 5 voting units and all were fully being used...fully operational I then was waiting in-line with 10 ahead of me! All went smooth. It was also drizzling rain. I suspect a huge Ohio turnout. This is the first time I ever, ever had to wait. There were 8 behind me when I voted. :hi: :dem:

[ThatsMyBarack]

15. We still have paper ballots!

So my vote today went SWELL! (knock wood) :woohoo:

[Yogi]

17. Went smoothly,

I had to show ID for the first (a real pain) but other than that fine.

voted in Ohio

[AlCzervik]

18. just got back, no problems at all, i even got a parking space.

[Mandate My Ass]

19. Yes, 11:00 AM EST

The poll workers said turnout was very high. Good sign for the Dems. And the weather in Philly today is beautiful. :thumbsup:

I voted against Rick Santorum and Curt Weldon. That felt real good.

[William769]

21. Yes.

Full Democratic ticket!

[mwdem]

22. Yes, by 7:30 a.m.

Everything went smoothely, and we had the paper ballots.

[Montauk6]

23. Went smoothly but I was VERRRRY worried

I moved to a new address on Friday and the night before had gone to the USPS website to notify them; I knew there was no way the city was going to process this change and have me on the rolls by Tuesday. So, I chanced it by going to my old polling place. But it worked out, I was still on the old list. I happily voted.

It's very easy in NYC; they have the old flick-the-switch-slide-the-big-red-lever machines. They work great, I hope they keep them. I wouldn't want to vote on some computer, GADS! I already deal with PCs ENOUGH in my life, thank you please. This is PERFECT "technology," there's been no problems with it, they're not hackable, so why fix what ain't broken.

Oh, side note, I did make a mistake that I didn't realize until too late (I blame it on the early hour and still being in the yawn zone). I voted a straight Dem ticket, and beforehand I was going to vote for Shari Michaels 7th District Civil Court judge but I ended up voting for Rita Mella who is a Democrat running as a Democrat (a Democrat running as a Democrat, so novel!). Michels, for whatever reason, is a Democrat (all her endorsements are from high-roller Dems, and her literature EMPHASIZES that she's one) running under the Equal Justice Party (???).

OK, I guess I'm the goat, flame away...

[TahitiNut]

24. "thell"? "thell" what? I don't underthtand.

:dunce:

[BReisen]

25. Voter #13 at my polling place

Kind of gave me the creeps, I'll admit. Hope it isn't an omen!

Polls opened about 5 minutes late - we have the new EVM - used to vote with punch cards and butterfly ballots - my guess is it took them a while to set it up.

The great thing is that Chester County PA offers both the EVM and the paper ballot (that gets scanned in). PA hasn't certified any of the machines with paper trails, so the county made the decision to do both to meet the requirements of the law but also offer a better option (read: recountable). The poll workers in my polling place had the EVM set up but gave everyone a paper ballot to vote on. No one was interested in using the EVM.

I took my kids with me so they could see the process. My youngest would only eat the Democratic donuts offered outside! :-)

[Sterling]

26. No longer a voter here. Can't be bothered anymore.

Been doing it for a hell of a long time now but it is clear to me that no one really represents my interests. E voting was the nail in the coffin. I used to argue with people including family over politics, now i realize that was stupid and politics are lame.

Good luck, I hope Dems can win but more importantly good luck getting them to do what you elected them to do.

[CabalPowered]

54. If politics is lame and you're too depressed to vote

what are you doing here?! You want to feel better, go vote a straight dem ticket.

[SydBinFL]

27. Yes!

Early voting last week. Voted all Dem, where there was a Dem running. No Rep. votes from me

(I'm in Foley's district.)

[The Icon Painter]

28. Voting

Unusually large turnout in this proudly blue precinct here in Atlanta in the sane part of bloody red Georgia.

[William Bloode]

31. Yep, Saturday.

Went well.

[dollydew]

32. It was great

I had no problems at all (and I'm in Georgia)..

[w8liftinglady]

33. i voted early 2 weeks ago-was busy then

[Beelzebud]

34. Voted. It went smooth. I'm hoping for a celebration tongiht.

[Tracyjo]

35. I had to wait about 20 minutes

That's the longest I've ever had to wait in my tiny red town. I was #140 at about 10am. We only had three machines and one was broken. People were waiting for parking spots when I left.

[Initech]

36. Just got back from the polls. Went very smoothly.

[CrispyQ]

38. We were given a choice of paper ballots that will be scanned later

or electronic. Funny, though, there was only one electronic voting machine & 7 stations for paper ballots.

[raysr]

39. Vote by mail here in

WA State.

[huskerlaw]

41. Yes. Absentee.

Last week.

:woohoo:

[Bush_MUST_Go]

43. Parked, signed in, voted. Took about 2 min. total. Very smooth, like usual.

[Left Is Write]

44. Yes.

Other than being mistaken for my son's grandmother, it went okay.

[deadparrot]

45. Hell yes.

They asked for ID (pretty damn sure they weren't supposed to), but everything went fine after that.

[MorningGlow]

46. First thing this morning

I was voter #33--my lucky number! I take that as a good sign.

P.S. Took MorningGlow Jr. in with me (he's 3) and by the time we met up with grandma for the kid-handoff so I could go to work, he was shouting "DEMOCRAT! DEMOCRAT! DEMOCRAT!"

:rofl:

Republican hubby is really not going to like that!

Also good news--Republican hubby didn't even register in our new town, and so couldn't vote. He didn't cancel me out!

:woohoo:

[Tatiana]

47. Very easy voting experience. Paper ballot, optical scan machine.

Today was the first time in my life that I voted a straight Dem ticket.

[steve2470]

48. did absentee ballot in Florida, sure hope it gets counted nt

[blueblitzkrieg]

49. not yet!

was going to this morning, but woke up late. will be voting after work at 5 (I can't concentrate on work here, lol)

[Tulum_Moon]

55. Yes, but the mentally challenged man was there again

I live in a very small town. I wont post his name. He was at the primary poll a few months ago and he sits in the lobby and is in charge of the cookies and punch. But he started yelling out at people he knows, which is everyone, "your a demarcate" or "your a republican" when they would receive their ballots. The election monitor person walked in and told him to leave. :eyes: He left crying. Today he was just kinda hanging around.

[mvd]

50. Just did about 15 minutes ago

I've also been handing out some Lois Murphy and Olivia Brady literature. Lots of people taking the literature, and a pretty good turnout. The only thing that bothered me was my machine not making a noise after I voted, but they said there is a paper trail.

[mmonk]

51. Yes

Heavy turnout at my precinct despite a steady rain. No glitches or complaints reported. Going smoothly so far.

[NiteOwll]

52. I was disappointed

when I saw we now had Diebold. We used to have punch ballots.

I tried to vote against my Republican congressman, but who knows, maybe I actually voted for him? :shrug:

[guardian]

53. Went smoothly.

Voted with no problems. Also voted to legalize marijuana here in CO.

[SeattleRob]

56. Yes (last week)

By Absentee mail-in Ballot

[Solitaire]

57. I voted...

I'm in Manhattan - all went as usual. No problems at all.

:)

[Mugu]

58. Voted at noon with no problems.

The poll workers said that voting was unusally heavy.


Regards,

Mugu

[phusion]

59. Yes, about 2 weeks ago, early voting

in New Mexico.

No problems. Paper ballot fed into a scanner. The ballots are kept and, in case of a recount, they can be counted by hand.

[survivor999]

60. Going to vote now!

Wish me good luck!

[Cobalt Violet]

61. I did.