Just got back from early voting in FL... Insane number of people

[aphex]

I've driven by the supervisor of elections previous years while early voting was going on and usually there were 10-15 people waiting in line. Not so this year. When I arrived there was a good 75-100+ people in line, many of whom were registering to vote today as well (FL allows you to register the same day you vote). I'm going to be out of town on Nov 4th, so I figured I might as well try out early voting this year.

The line moved very quickly considering the number of people, they did a good job keeping everything organized. Everything was very smooth.

My only complaint is the horrible wording of the amendments (not that I should be surprised). As a law school graduate, I like to think I'm fairly well educated and that my reading comprehension is up to par, but the way they word the amendments I couldn't tell if I was voting for or against something half the time, one of them even appeared to have a double negative. Blugh.

 

[StageLeft]

I think most of them were voting for Obama

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think most of them were voting for Obama

hopefully not

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think most of them were voting for Obama

hopefully not

Most of them probably were. Even with the addition of Palin, Obama's supporters are still far more enthusiastic about their candidate than McCain's are.

 

[dphantom]

Originally posted by: aphex
I've driven by the supervisor of elections previous years while early voting was going on and usually there were 10-15 people waiting in line. Not so this year. When I arrived there was a good 75-100+ people in line, many of whom were registering to vote today as well (FL allows you to register the same day you vote). I'm going to be out of town on Nov 4th, so I figured I might as well try out early voting this year.

The line moved very quickly considering the number of people, they did a good job keeping everything organized. Everything was very smooth.

My only complaint is the horrible wording of the amendments (not that I should be surprised). As a law school graduate, I like to think I'm fairly well educated and that my reading comprehension is up to par, but the way they word the amendments I couldn't tell if I was voting for or against something half the time, one of them even appeared to have a double negative. Blugh.

Yeah, we have one of those double negatives in Michigan. You actually have to vote no to vote in favor of the prop. :disgust:

 

[midway]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think most of them were voting for Obama

hopefully not

Most of them probably were. Even with the addition of Palin, Obama's supporters are still far more enthusiastic about their candidate than McCain's are.

hell, Palin has made obama's supporters even more enthusiastic about Obama.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: midway

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think most of them were voting for Obama

hopefully not

Most of them probably were. Even with the addition of Palin, Obama's supporters are still far more enthusiastic about their candidate than McCain's are.

hell, Palin has made America's supporters even more enthusiastic about Obama.

re-imagined.

 

[Lemon law]

Well the OP, aphex, is right on one thing, both Florida and California have far too many people crowded into too little good land. But you can trade swamps, mosquitoes, and hurricanes, for earthquakes, mudslides, and wildfires.

At rush hour, all roads are equally bad, because if any one given road were better than any other road, enough people will take it and fuck it up.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: aphex
I've driven by the supervisor of elections previous years while early voting was going on and usually there were 10-15 people waiting in line. Not so this year. When I arrived there was a good 75-100+ people in line, many of whom were registering to vote today as well (FL allows you to register the same day you vote). I'm going to be out of town on Nov 4th, so I figured I might as well try out early voting this year.

The line moved very quickly considering the number of people, they did a good job keeping everything organized. Everything was very smooth.

My only complaint is the horrible wording of the amendments (not that I should be surprised). As a law school graduate, I like to think I'm fairly well educated and that my reading comprehension is up to par, but the way they word the amendments I couldn't tell if I was voting for or against something half the time, one of them even appeared to have a double negative. Blugh.

Same thing here.

debi and I voted today too for our state and commented on the horrible wording for state Constitutional ammendments.

It is clear Goverment pulling the wool over our eyes right in front of us.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Well the OP, aphex, is right on one thing, both Florida and California have far too many people crowded into too little good land. But you can trade swamps, mosquitoes, and hurricanes, for earthquakes, mudslides, and wildfires.

At rush hour, all roads are equally bad, because if any one given road were better than any other road, enough people will take it and fuck it up.

It's all about going against the flow. It only takes me about 5-10 minutes extra to get to work and back during rush hour. If I were going from west to east instead of east to west it would be triple that I bet.

I always wonder if people realize just how little good land there really is in California. In San Diego, the legendary weather you hear about only exists within about 1 mile of the ocean, after that it turns hot as hell. That's why I live in a flat area by the beach, no wildfires, no mudslides! (earthquakes still perhaps an issue)

 

[TraumaRN]

So it looks like at least in North Carolina, Democrats are the ones casting the most votes.

North Carolina going blue?

Here's your early-vote snapshot of the day, courtesy of the meticulously up-to-date records of the North Carolina elections board. As of this morning, over 340,000 North Carolinians have cast general election ballots, with the vast majority taking advantage of the state's early in-person absentee voting, dubbed "One Stop" by Tar Heels. Over six million state residents are registered to vote in North Carolina, one of the nation's newest political battlegrounds. Of 270,000 in-person voters since "One Stop" opened last Thursday, over 60% were registered Democrats, compared to only 20% Republicans. (The remainder: mostly unaffiliated voters, who make up about 20% of the state's electorate.) Of the 66,000 civilians who have mailed in absentee ballots, Republicans have outnumbered Democrats by a margin of about 2-1. Still, registered Democrats make up 55% of those who have already cast votes for the North Carolina general election, while registered Republicans account for less than one in three ballots already cast. *** UPDATE *** As of 4:30pm today, the number of in-person early voters jumped to 358,000, per an update from state elections director Gary Bartlett. That means that close to ninety thousand North Carolinians cast ballots today.

Thats not good news for John McCain. He's definitely going to have to find a way to clone himself. He needs to be in so many places at once. Sure he can win Florida and Ohio but if he loses Virginia and North Carolina it wont matter.