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["Sil Greene" <quack AT ibiblio.org>]

I voted at the Bethesda Ruritan Club on Miami in Durham around 9:30 this
morning.  There was no wait; I was the only one in line to get my little
sheet and ballot, though most of the polling stations were occupied.  I
didn't notice the counter on the ballot-eating machine (if I'd known I'd
have looked for it).  Filling out the ballot took longer than the rest of
the process, including driving and parking time.  Indeed, everyone there
seemed cheerful.  I didn't think to ask about the crowds earlier in the
morning.

There was a little boy running around in circles softly chanting "vote for
Kerry" as his parent(s) filled out their ballots ... I was briefly tempted
to notify him that campaigning in the polling place was illegal, but
decided against it.

--Sil


Diana Duncan said:
> Well, I just had an excellent voting experience -- at my polling place,
> it usually takes me about one minute to vote, due to pretty low
> turnout.  Today, it took 20 minutes!  There were lots of people there,
> and the poll workers did some smart things to move the line along (the
> guy manning the optical scan machine handed out markers for people to
> mark their ballots in other areas, which relieved the bottleneck of the
> 10 carrels).  I only saw one voter look at the line and decide to come
> back later.  Everyone seemed cheerful.  Whatever the outcome, I think
> this election has been good for our democracy.
>
> Diana
>