Did you vote?
Californians had to vote on the presidential election, two state elections and 12 propositions.
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I voted this morning at 7AM and it was packed. I normally go at night after work/dinner and it’s not usually too crowded. So I’m not sure if the difference was a sign of high turn out or just that more people typically vote in the morning. Also, we didn’t have any propositions. I voted a straight democratic ticket, even though I was tempted to not vote for Lautenberg since he just needs to go. He’s too old. I don’t mind his voting record, I just think that NJ needs to start grooming and encouraging some younger democratic candidates.
No lines for me, but I took my lunch super-early and got there at 10:30. I didn’t vote for Lautenberg, though. I voted for the Socialist.
Oh, and I wrote you in, Derrick. Hence the no X’s next to the uncontested. I’ll contest you, motherfuckers.
We had to vote on gay marriage, standards for confining animals and a whole bunch of crap that will cost the state of California a ton of money.
If the economy wasn’t in the shitter and California didn’t constantly have a budget crisis I might have voted for some of these things. Instead I voted with the thought to keep spending down.
Bizarre how Microsoft branded their X-box logo into the voting machines. Stupid viral marketing.
Walked around the corner at 7:00 when my polls opened in center city Philly and did my voting. Pretty long line, but it moved smoothly under the stern gaze of some delightful no-nonsense senior citizen ladies. Did my thing, clunked in my vote, and was back on the streets by 7:30.
Then a bunch of scruffy hippies, marching down Broad Street with Obama signs, gave me high-fives when I came out of the building. Good high-fives, the ones where you put both hands up and jump.
I got to the polls at 7:05 and was greeted with a line already 50-deep (polls opened at 7). I was voter #71, and was out of there by 7:45.
Those hippies understand the 100 foot rule right?
(3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. This subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day.
Not in Pennsylvania! You can wear your campaign gear into the polling areas but you have to be willing to cover it up if asked, and you can’t linger after voting. The Obama people are letting everyone know about this here.
Maggie and I are going together after work. The polling place moved to a firehouse right down the street, so we might be able to walk there if it’s not raining.
yeah in new jersey, you gotta stay back. at around 5 p.m., i’ll be in williamstown at the different polling locations talking to voters about the issues, hoping they spill the beans on who they voted for, since we’re not exactly allowed to ask them.
sammy and i are gonna vote this afternoon on the next street over! i woke up with a sore throat and a headache. i know the phillies would catch up with me … hopefully obama will make it better.
Dunno the laws in Philly, but they were shooing the hippies away when I came outside because they were confusing up the two lines going into the two separate halves of the room.
John said:Oh, and I wrote you in, Derrick. Hence the no X’s next to the uncontested. I’ll contest you, motherfuckers.
Excellent. i think that puts me at 4 or 5 now. must remember to vote for myself but my family is already experiencing voter suppression.
Kunzer in 08 everybody. Kunzer in 08
The laws in PA are the laws in Philadelphia. The hippies can vote without changing their shirts or pins, they just can’t get in the way or confuse up lines.
alycia said:Not in Pennsylvania! You can wear your campaign gear into the polling areas but you have to be willing to cover it up if asked, and you can’t linger after voting. The Obama people are letting everyone know about this here.
Well that’s good to know.
alycia said:The laws in PA are the laws in Philadelphia. The hippies can vote without changing their shirts or pins, they just can’t get in the way or confuse up lines.
when im elected to that council seat, i promise to never let confusing hippies get in your way.
Took me two hours to vote, never been so happy to wait on a line in my life!
I got there at 8 and was out by 8:02. I also voted for 2 of my neighbors, as well as Herb Tarbous for the House, because he is independant and has a cool name.
Then I intimidated some old people and casted a few fraudulent ballots.
I voted! Ryan Howard MVP, Lidge Cy Young!
i hope our lines are not too long. maybe i will bring a snack. I AM EXCITE!
I voted, coughing on anyone who looked like they might be voting for McCain/Palin.
I don’t know if anyone else lives in the 13th district, but I was very tempted to vote for Jeff Boss, both for president and senate. His website really makes a strong case.
jeffrey “jeff” boss is on my ballot. dude is nuts.
yesterday i was reading up on our more local candidates and one of them listed his martial arts training under the education heading, and his community involvement was only “member in good standing of the national wing chun society” or something – A NINJA REPUBLICAN!!!
Look at Matt being a good citizen and getting every idiot infected. You should make a case and cough on their bibles and rifles too. You know, get those germs embedded in the crevices of the gun and in the fibers of the bible. The gift that keeps on giving.
I voted absentee about two weeks ago. I’ll tell you, at least in my office, which is tied very closely to the edu system, the excitement is palpable. I’m heading to the Mass Democratic Party’s election night party in Boston. Kerry will be there, and probably some Kennedys. I fully expect to cry tears of joy when Obama wins.
i voted at 6:30 this morning. There weren’t too many people there, but everyone who was there was smiling and jovial and it put me in a great mood. I was even more excited as I walked to work through Penn campus and every single lamp post for several blocks had red, white, and blue balloons on them. i never really cared much about the election until recently, but you just can’t NOT get into it with the excitement and optimism all around!
I got out of work early and made it to my local polling station less than one block from my house. I walked in, signed my name, and voted my ass off. It was super fast.
I did however double check to see that my votes were for the right people. Late last night I watched some voting documentary on HBO about how the Diebold machines were hackable and fucked up and about how it had been a problem in Bush/Kerry 2004. Though my machine was one featured in the film, the obvious problem they spoke of was not an issue… although who knows what to expect once they’re actually tabulated. I’ll have to find out what the documentary’s called.
Julia said:You should make a case and cough on their bibles and rifles too. You know, get those germs embedded in the crevices of the gun and in the fibers of the bible.
SOMEBODY hates the first and second Amendments. Way to theoretically wipe your ass with the Bill of Rights, terrorist.
Sammy said:Julia said:You should make a case and cough on their bibles and rifles too. You know, get those germs embedded in the crevices of the gun and in the fibers of the bible.
SOMEBODY hates the first and second Amendments. Way to theoretically wipe your ass with the Bill of Rights, terrorist.
Hey, I’m all for the first and second amendments. Be religious and trigger happy all you want, I just know it’s what they hold closest to their hearts and therefore their mouths and noses, and I’m aiming for optimum infection potential.
terrorist.
i just voted a block away right after work. no waiting except for the people who couldn’t figure out what number i was gonna be. not busy at all, though in this neighbourhood i can definitely imagine everyone camping out to get a good spot the night before. hippies.
ha!
hutch is not going to be able to sleep tonight. i am so bummed about NO JEOPARDY two nights in a row.
Pretty cool map from Politico.com Click on a state to see how each of it’s counties are voting. Their main page map seems to update quicker though…
i had a goddamn provisional ballot. fuckin camden county. if obama loses by one vote, i sweartagod.
anyway, i did some exit polling in monroe township. i’m willing to bet that the people who ignored me/refused to talk to me were mccain voters. because all the people who DID talk to me were for dems, locally and nationally.
QOTD at the gloucester county times, as we watch CNN:
“Hey, whatever happens today … Phillies … world champs!”
That’s fucking retarded.
John said:That’s fucking retarded.
have a sense of humor.
sam.
No, it’s retarded. People actually believe that shit. There are people reading that going “yeah, man. fuck the election, PHILLIES”
I can’t wait till all these people go back to being Eagles fans where I can more easily ignore them.
It’s not “fuck the election” it’s “even if our hearts are broken” the phils gave us something special.
Stop being angry for no reason.
But it’s not about our hearts being broken. It’s about the future of our country. There’s no “at least” that can sound anything but incredibly shallow after that.
sure there is….“Phils = World Series Champs”
Anyways, how about the race in Indiana?
this autumn is fucking killing me with its suspenseful events and beer. i need it to be 2009 so i can get a rest.
also, i have had this song in my head all day but am singing “OOOOOOObama…” instead of the actual chorus. have a listen, see if it doesn’t stick:
nick cave for president.
NBC has Obama having Pennsylvania already? These people are confusing. I don’t even think they know what they’re doing half the time.
Its because Philadelphia sports fans are all retarded.
Stop comparing sports and politics, we all know which one is better anyway.
They are both very similar to me, only I care about the outcome of one much more than the other (which isn’t an attempt to downplay the other).
christina said:sam.
Try suicide.