i'm totally going to be documenting election day even if I have to use my nasty camera phone to do it. 

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I got so worked up I forgot to record it!

I started crying about twenty steps away from my house and had to call my mom to calm myself down.  Alas - I'm looking forward to other people's pictures and video and whatnot.  I'm so annoyed with myself, but I'm so excited that I don't care that much.

Have a great day, everyone!

 Atena

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Weird experience.

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I voted!

I got there at about ten minutes to six and waited about two hours before I got inside.

This is the only decent shot right now, but I have more coming:

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I voted a 9:00 am in Northern Virginia and there was only one guy ahead of me in line.

I was in and out in less than 10 minutes. It was amazing. 

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Jjust got back! There was a line, but not too bad. If you have more than one precinct voting in your polling place, go in, check and make sure you are in the right line! Don't just get in the line outside!! Or you will probably wait longer than you have to! Denise LaymanVisit my blog:
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I voted this morning with my surrogate kids, friends and neighbors.  It took 30 minutes but everyone was in a good mood.

Megan

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But I didn't record my vote, However, I took a picture of my daughter once we were done and outside and wrote about what happened in line at my own blog, including the guy who tried to videotape when he exited the booth, but was told he couldn't do that.

All in all 90 minutes.

I watched video of the Obamas voting, and read that Sarah Palin voted but will not tell for whom she voted, citing privacy, but we assume she voted for her own ticket.

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If you did not get a chance to mail your absentee ballot, you can drop it at any polling place without waiting in line. Just hand it to the poll workers in the signed envelope.

If you spoiled your absentee ballot, you can vote at your normal precinct. Tell the poll workers you spoiled your ballot and would like a new one. You get a real ballot, NOT a provisional one if you are listed on the registration rolls.

Please tell your friends, since not everyone knows this.

I'm currently waiting on a phone call back from the Board of Elections in Lucas County, Ohio.

I showed up at the polls this morning just after they opened. After waiting in line for about 20 minutes, I approached the check-in table and was directed to a table for my local precinct, 11N. I waited in that line for close to another 20 minutes, realizing that the people working at that particular table didn't seem to know what they were doing.

When it was my turn to approach the table, they couldn't find my name on the voter registration list. They went in search of the precinct captain who kept managing to vanish even though the room we were in is not that large. The word came back that I would have to fill out a provisional ballot. 

I was handed the two page paper ballot by a gentleman who truly seemed overwhelmed and confused. He also gave me a yellow sheet to fill out for a provisional ballot with no instructions on what I needed to do. I filled out my ballot and approached the table again, looking for further instructions. The gentleman had me place my paper ballot into the box with all other paper ballots. Only then did I realize that the yellow sheet was actually an envelope that MY paper ballot should have been placed in before dropping it into the box. The gentleman realized he'd made a mistake and went in search of the precinct captain again. I stood waiting at the ballot box, trying not to either scream in rage or burst into tears. He returned, took the yellow envelope from me, dropped it into the ballot box and said, "We'll sort it out at the end of the day." 

Even it that was the right way to handle it, and I can't see any circumstances where it would be the right way, he never signed the provisional ballot sheet to witness my own signature. So, in all kinds of ways, my ballot is invalid. Except that it's now in a box with all of the other paper ballots that people chose to fill out.

And the kicker came an hour later, when my son went to vote. I had called him to warn him that I hadn't been on the list. My son was also directed to the table for 11N, but someone there figured out that because our address is an even number, we were on the list for 11F.

I've reported this to the Lucas County Board of Elections, but I have no idea how they'll solve this. If my provisional ballot is invalid, does that make all of the other paper ballots invalid as well? Will they just figure out that I was registered to vote and count my ballot along with the rest of them, even though technically it was dropped in the wrong precinct box?

Seriously, I want to cry.

I also just learned that my niece in SC, who is blind and voting for the first time, was told she had to stop voting because she'd gone over the time limit allowed. How on earth is that legal? She did manage to cast her vote for president, but there were other races that she was unable to vote on. 

Disorderly Conduct

Via Baratunde Thurston of Jack and Jill Politics

I'm rather sad my kids were too sick to come watch history, but they kind of didn't care anyway.

I was on my voter rolls twice. Once as Erin Vest and once as Erin Kotecki Vest. I helped the poll workers correct the mistake and I only took one ballot, of course.

I studied and researched all my local judges, referendums, etc. And voting took me only about 1 minute.

I cried when I handed in my ballot. Then I went and got a free starbucks.

Sigh. Today needs to go faster.

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Queen of Spain

I feel a little sad about the fact that I voted last week and mailed in my absentee ballot.  Not only do I not get to have the experience of going into the polling booth, I don't even get an "I Voted!" sticker.  It's a shame!  I did, however, write a blog post about my vote.

-Kirsten

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I did that in 2004 when I walked into my polling station and saw the dreaded Diebold machines.  Thank goodness for camera phones, not sure I would have done that if I had to run home, grab my camera, and again wait in what was a 2 hour line in Virginia.  Today, in Manhattan, I had no lines when I arrived and no need for my camera.  It was a truly great election day, no Diebold machines!

This Election Day, It Seems Like Christmas!

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I love voting. =)

Christine

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I voted for Obama last week via mail-in ballot. Can't figure out how to post a picture here, but I did take a photo of myself voting in this historic election.

Love seeing this unbelievable turnout!

Happy Election Day, everyone!

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I loved voting with my boys!

-Kimberly/Mom in the City 

I totally wanted to get some great photos - but we voted at 6:30 pm and I didn't realize until we got there that darkness does not make for good election photos. lol

So I posted what I could.. :) 

~ Jack's Mommy (aka Coleroo)

Composite of this day. There is a lot of work ahead for all of us. This is not a one day thing. But it was one incredible day.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

Yes! Today i'm Happy true! The Change is here ! It was incredible day....!