OBLIGATORY I VOTED POST

[bobemm]

OK!

1. Somebody put Stabenow and Granholm signs in my yard without asking (I live on a busy road kitty-corner from the polling place, so such things are to be expected). Which in principle really pisses me off, but in practice I'm not removing them.
2. The tally on the tabulator was 442, which is sort of disappointing for this precinct, but I guess we've still got a few hours.
3. And, I got in right before the line started forming, maybe lots of people will vote after work.
4. Nobody harassed me, as expected. This is a super-progressive area, the election workers actually want people to vote, even if their skin is a bit dark!
5. What are we coming to if that's remarkable?
6. All dems, except for County Commission - I wrote in qmrf, because Peterson is a right bastard and I have no idea how he won the primary BY NINE VOTES and man does that guy really piss me off.
7. Every time I pass over a Green for a Dem, it makes me sad, but I just don't think it's practical this year.

If you aren't sure that you're going to vote today, let me make a suggestion - DO IT GOD DAMMIT. Even if you're a Republican. Eew, sigh.

Comments

[likeawoman.livejournal.com]

apparently voter turnout in midmichigan is so high that many precincts have run out of ballots (according to tv 5), so don't let it get you too down. our tabulator was around 375 at 2pm. the election workers were just a bunch of crabby officious old people, no hassle.

[matintin.livejournal.com]

I never did get registered, or an absentee ballot. It's near to impossible to register for the first time if you left the country as a child.

[marqkay.livejournal.com]

i didn't vote today...in either state. when i left maine i didn't really give it much thought that the elections were coming up and since i am stil technically a maine resident i should have voted absentee. although since i have been down here i know more about the issues down here...regardless, i didn't vote today.

[doombeast.livejournal.com]

I was asked for a photo ID. Luckily Im white so this doesnt constitute harassment or suppression.

[usexpat.livejournal.com]

I feel bad that I didn't register for an absentee ballot. This will be the first election where I didn't vote. Plus I am re-thinking my political views.

[jamie95.livejournal.com]

I was #870, going in 15 minutes before closing.

[qmrf.livejournal.com]

My ballot was #3 at 8 am; my precinct only tallied 228 ballots (26% of registered voters) all day.

Compare to your precinct's 56% turnout and 750 ballots.

Hooray for living in the student ghetto!