*shows off her "I Voted Today" sticker*

[jessipsaloquitur]

I got up at o'dark thirty, dragged my tired ass into the shower, and slurped down some coffee, before heading to my polling place. It was dark outside, people! I was in line at 5:40 with about 100 people ahead of me. Holy moly, I didn't think there would be so many early risers in my neighborhood! Lovely volunteers were setting up coffee and everyone seemed pretty damn excited to be standing out in the cold at the ass crack of dawn to cast their vote. The polls opened exactly at 6 a.m. with an exuberant "The polls are now open!" from a poll worker and a loud cheer from the crowd. By 6:40 I had my ballot in hand and was busy exercising my right to vote! All in all the process went smoothly and relatively quickly.

Never before have I been moved to tears in casting my vote. But, really, this was SO emotional for me. I can't even think too much about the result yet because I'm terrified of waking up tomorrow morning and Barack Obama not being our President. Just the process, though, the act of casting my vote for this man, for this time, was such a moment of pride. Amazing.

Now I'm going to take my nifty "I Voted Today" sticker and claim my free cup of Starbuck's coffee before heading to court. How about you? Have you voted yet? Tell me about your voting experience? *is curious*

ETA: So mote it be.

Comments

[prncsspetulance.livejournal.com]

I went early, on Saturday. I got there at noon and the polls closed at 1. There was a huge line and I was in it until nearly 1. But by then, the state had announced the polls would be open four hours longer!

I sooooo hope we are able to turn NC blue this year. :D

[meredevachon]

I sooooo hope we are able to turn NC blue this year. :D

Speaking as another North Carolinian...So mote it be!

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Also, that video was beautiful. It made me teary for the first--but I am certain not the last--time today.

[ladymairwen.livejournal.com]

By virtue of living in Oregon, I voted 10 days ago already. OR mails out ballots, you fill them out at your (relative) leisure and drop them at the library. They also have polling places today, but it was nice to take my old sweet time reading EVERYTHING very carefully before I signed my John Hancock.

[aproposofnothin.livejournal.com]

My poll in WeHo had a line down the block at 7:15 am, which is about 100 times longer than it would normally be that time of morning. \0/ The line moved quickly and folks were happy and excited, some taking pictures of the line for posterity. There were two very friendly/polite but very redundant No on 8 volunteers at either end of street: "Hi, are you here to vote? Have you heard about No On 8? *pause* Okay, then, great... thank you!"

[meredevachon]

Grandmother was having a good day last Wednesday, so we stopped in after her hair appointment. No actual line, but each booth was full all the time. We were in an out in about 10 minutes, maybe 15.

And the people working the polling station were great. Grandmother had her cane, and they offered to pull up a chair for her so she could sit and wait for the one electronic voting machine to become available (so she could sit while placing her votes, all the other booths you had to stand).

It was awesome!!!

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Little Bit went with me today and played with a dozen other kids while we moms stood in line. She helped me fill in the vote for Obama. I WAS SO PROUD.

\o/

[jtigermoon.livejournal.com]

Except for the wait, voting was painless. I had to wait an hour and a half to vote. I spent the time talking to two people in line with me. We chatted about everything and nothing. The poll workers were friendly, the line was calm. Start to finish, it took me 1 hour and 53 minutes.