Got up and went to vote early today, as the kids are home from school and I hoped to beat the crowd and lines.
Our polls open at 6, and I've never waited more than 5 minutes before as long as I was there before 9am. At 7am today the line was longer than I've ever seen - ended up being about a 40 minute process.
Everyone was polite, courteous and respectful - both voters and poll workers. No issues of political discussion in the line, no protestors or pollsters outside.
No voting machines in this election, due to the ongoing problems. Everyone filled out a paper ballot for scanning. An unexpected change.
We require photo ID here for voting - no one had any issues with it, and the state does provide free IDs for that purpose on request.
While I have doubts it will be as smooth of a process everywhere else (even locally), it gave me a small measure of hope for the event as a whole.
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That's great to hear! Hope things are going well.
We have photo ID requirement as well. And did the election result end up as you wished? Inquiring minds want to know.
Momma Fargo - I'll be posting some election observations in the next couple of days, FWIW.
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