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richard
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Election Day! The "I Voted" Item
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Nov 7 06:31 UTC 2000 |
Okay, today is election day! This is the "I Voted" item. Did you vote?
how did you vote? was the turnout heavy? anything interesting on the
ballot? any interesting polling place stories?
hear any exit polls?
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scott
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response 1 of 59:
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Nov 7 14:18 UTC 2000 |
Long line this morning, about a 45 minute wait (the other ward there had about
a 5 minute wait. Grrrr).
I voted mostly a straight polygon ticket, but with Nader for President.
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richard
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response 2 of 59:
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Nov 7 14:19 UTC 2000 |
I voted! 7:30 am, moderate number of people there but it was early in
the morning (would have been a zoo had I waited and voted after work)
NYC still has, believe it or not, those ancient manual, non-electric
voting machines, where you go in the booth and the ballot is this giant
board with a switch next to each candidate or ballot proposal. And you
turn the switches and pull the levers. You'd think in this day and
age, you'd be able to go into a booth, see a computer terminal, and
just point and click all your choices. But this is a union town, and
it takes union workers to set up those big clunky voting booths. So
its a political issuue.
I voted mostly democratic, but not a straight ticket (voted for a
liberal party member for state court judge) In New York they also try
to confuse the voters, by listing both Bush and Gore twice (they are
also the candidates of the state conserative and liberal parties
respectively, but pull the liberal Gore lever and you are getting a
different slate of electors than if you pulled the Democratic Gore
lever. Now how many voters realize that is a different issue.
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jerryr
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response 3 of 59:
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Nov 7 15:14 UTC 2000 |
don imus had to fill out a paper ballot because someone forgot to turn on his
booth. he said he marked both the republican and conservative lines for bush.
he prolly voided his vote by doing that.
i voted on the eastside of ypsi at 9am. first time i have used those magic
marker ballots. went smoothly. 165 people had voted before me.
i voted mostly democrat. no on the courthouse. no on the buying of more
trees. no on vouchers.
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richard
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response 4 of 59:
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Nov 7 15:15 UTC 2000 |
hehe..he *did* void his vote...it clearly says on the ballot for
president, you may only vote "once"
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jerryr
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response 5 of 59:
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Nov 7 15:17 UTC 2000 |
i figured as much. breaks my heart :)
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aruba
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response 6 of 59:
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Nov 7 16:15 UTC 2000 |
I voted. I swapped my presidential vote with a voter in Kansas (I offered
to swap with richard, but he never wrote me back). So she voted for Nader
where the race is already won, and I voted for Gore in Michigan where it's
close.
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danr
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response 7 of 59:
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Nov 7 17:43 UTC 2000 |
I just got back from voting. It took about an hour. I don't understand why
they didn't have more booths. There were only five booths available and plenty
of space for more.
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gull
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response 8 of 59:
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Nov 7 19:03 UTC 2000 |
I voted by mail a couple weeks ago.
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bruin
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response 9 of 59:
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Nov 7 19:03 UTC 2000 |
I voted at about 12 Noon today. Turnout was larger than I had
expected, but no long lines. I used the "blacken the arrow" ballot.
My vote was the 687th for the day and time in my precinct.
I did, however, vote for one Republican candidate (Peggy Haines, who
was running unopposed for Register of Deeds in Washtenaw County).
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aaron
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response 10 of 59:
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Nov 7 19:11 UTC 2000 |
I voted earlier today, selecting the candidates I thought would be best
for their respective offices.
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ea
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response 11 of 59:
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Nov 7 19:45 UTC 2000 |
I voted, absentee. If I remember right, I voted pretty much
democratically, except I voted for Nader, and I voted for an unopposed
Republican (my neighbor) for A2 City Council.
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krj
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response 12 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:01 UTC 2000 |
Ann Arbor, Slauson Middle School, precinct 5-4: I arrived around 11:15
and the whole process took just under 30 minutes. Most of that time
was waiting in line, of course. I'd hoped that this would be a quiet
time. I was voter #622.
WWJ-AM news says turnout is heavy at most places in Michigan, possibly
on track to be the biggest turnout in 40 years.
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flem
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response 13 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:01 UTC 2000 |
I voted, and I find that the effort has quite exhausted my ability to give
a shit. Right now, I honestly don't care who wins, and will likely put forth
significant effort to keep myself from finding out for a few days.
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scg
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response 14 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:03 UTC 2000 |
I was going to vote before work today, but ran out of time and had to get to
a meeting. I'll vote sometime this afternoon.
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sno
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response 15 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:45 UTC 2000 |
Done in 30 minutes or less. Even so, I think I'll vote absentee next time
in order to diminish the hassle.
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johnnie
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response 16 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:51 UTC 2000 |
I voted around noon, and was the 200-something voter for the day. In my
tiny corner of the world, that's heavy turnout. They had even run out
of "I voted" stickers.
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keesan
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response 17 of 59:
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Nov 7 20:55 UTC 2000 |
I saw Bruin at noon at Miller Manor. Jim saw Ken before that at Slauson.
For some reason the lines got shorter at Miller Manor around noon or slightly
after that, instead of longer. We had three wheelchairs in a row, all for
one low booth. I don't understand why people cannot vote by computer online,
at home or work. Do they actually confirm signatures at the polls? Miller
Manor had twice as many voters before noon as they usually get all day.
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gelinas
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response 18 of 59:
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Nov 7 21:38 UTC 2000 |
I voted at High Point. Everyone there was from my precinct; the other
precinct had no one waiting. (I suspect most of the people living in
that precinct actually live and vote in the city.)
The vote-reading machine jammed while we were waiting to vote, so some
people had to drop their ballots into a metal box. By the time I had
marked up my ballot, the machine was working again and those other ballots
were being run through by the poll workers.
I think I had about an hour's wait on line.
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richard
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response 19 of 59:
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Nov 7 21:43 UTC 2000 |
#16....precinct ran out of "I Voted" stickers?!?! horrors! everyone
who votes has a constitutional right to an "I Voted" sticker.
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xcalibur
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response 20 of 59:
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Nov 7 21:50 UTC 2000 |
My election process was easy as pie. All incumbants except Gore. Sent
proposals 1 and 2 down the river.
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mrmat
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response 21 of 59:
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Nov 7 22:31 UTC 2000 |
Voted at Slausen about 3:40 pm, took about 25 mins. Steady stream of voters,
I was #984.
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other
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response 22 of 59:
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Nov 7 22:34 UTC 2000 |
vote number 189. Around 10:30am.
I voted in one of the few buildings - probably in the whole country -
built specifically as a polling place, and still in use exclusively for
that purpose.
It is on Mary Street, a little one-way running from Packard to Hoover in
Ann Arbor's central campus area.
There was a short line, and five booths with the electronic scorecard
ballot (fill-in-the-arrow), though the pen in my booth was running dry.
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mur123
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response 23 of 59:
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Nov 7 22:50 UTC 2000 |
hai.
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rcurl
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response 24 of 59:
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Nov 7 22:56 UTC 2000 |
I figured a time to beat the crowds would be 2:41 at 3-6. Sure enough,
I had to wait for one person to have my ID checked, and no one to
vote. When I left there was a long line waiting for booths.
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