I did my civic duty today and headed over to my local polling place only a half hour after it had opened. There was quite a significant line for 7:30 in the morning, although nothing like the lines I encountered two years ago during the presidential election. Still, it was enough to make me slightly late for work, proudly wearing my red "I Voted" sticker.
The other problem with 7:30am, aside from the before work crowd, was that it was too dark to get any decent photographs. I went back this afternoon and remedied that problem:
The other problem with 7:30am, aside from the before work crowd, was that it was too dark to get any decent photographs. I went back this afternoon and remedied that problem:
My actual polling place. It acts as community rec center/warming house the other non-voting days of the year.
There's a nice little park right next to the building. I don't think that pool is going to be getting much use for quite some time to come.
All-in-all, I was entirely satisfied with my voting experience. Too many judges though. Now I just have to sit back and wait for the results of our usual 3-way governor's race. And hope like crazy that the people of the 6th district regained their sanity and voted Michele Bachmann out of office.
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Here, elections would never be held during weekdays. There's a very large probability that only 2-3 people would come. And voters in the morning? People going before work? That's like sci-fi to me. I think only the elderly go to vote here before noon, mostly because they always tend to do things before noon.