Heather and I voted! It took about 1 hour and 20 minutes, which I think is acceptable for this particular election but that time can certainly be improved. I almost started to cry as it came to my turn to be assigned a voting machine. I can get emotional sometimes!
Here’s a picture when we first arrived, the line was 2x as long inside.
We vote at the Northwest Career Center in district 64 of Columbus, Ohio. While waiting in line, I herd a staffer tell someone else in line why the line was so slow. Apparently they only had 3 machines working at 6:30. They got all 19 working by 7:30.
Heather and I arrived at about 7:10am. We were done at about 8:30am, which was cutting it close for Heather to get to work. Everyone in line was very pleasent and the time flew by twittering on my G1.
Even though I’ve voted, I’m not done yet with the election. I will be volunteering one more time for the Obama campaign this afternoon. Only after will I be able to say I’m done with the election and just sit back and watch how the chips fall.
How was your voting experience today or did you early vote?
November 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I got several compliments on being smart enough to bring a chair and book, even though the chair started to rip before we even got inside. The line was much shorter (although still 30 feet outside) by the time we left.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I voted 17 days early and breezed right in. The whole process went smoothly and all of the staff where quite cheerful. Like you I also volunteered for the Obama Campaign on election day working as a line manager at the polls. What an incredibly emotional day.
I finally have some hope that I might be able to get back to work soon.