View Full Version : Elections Early Voting, post your wait times and locations
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 01:51 PM
I just got done voting in Johnson County, KS. There was a 45 minute wait at the location where I voted. I thought that was impressive considering it's a cold rainy day and not ideal weather for the many seniors who were there to vote.
Dave Lane
10-22-2008, 01:54 PM
Where at? I was planning on Metcalf South
dirk digler
10-22-2008, 01:55 PM
So I take it you voted for Obama? I am proud of you Denise. :D
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 01:59 PM
So I take it you voted for Obama? I am proud of you Denise. :D
Hell no. I very proudly cast votes for Republicans and Libertarians for the first time ever. Felt weird as hell but felt great.
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 02:00 PM
Where at? I was planning on Metcalf South
I just left there. The line moved rather quickly but there was a wait. I will let you know that most people who saw the line stayed anyway.
dirk digler
10-22-2008, 02:01 PM
Hell no. I very proudly cast votes for Republicans and Libertarians for the first time ever. Felt weird as hell but felt great.
So you voted for McCain or 3rd party? If you don't want to tell I understand and respect that.
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 02:02 PM
So you voted for McCain or 3rd party? If you don't want to tell I understand and respect that.
I voted Bob Barr. I originally punched Nader but had a change of heart and started over. The third party candidates will never get anywhere if people don't vote for them and keep voting for lesser of two evils.
I did not vote for Dennis Moore because of his bailout vote.
dirk digler
10-22-2008, 02:06 PM
I voted Bob Barr. I originally punched Nader but had a change of heart and started over. The third party candidates will never get anywhere if people don't vote for them and keep voting for lesser of two evils.
Thanks. I definitely like Barr over Nader.
BigRedChief
10-22-2008, 02:13 PM
I voted Bob Barr.ROFL
You want to protest vote go for Rocky Balboa or Bart Simpson or something along those lines.
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 02:25 PM
ROFL
You want to protest vote go for Rocky Balboa or Bart Simpson or something along those lines.
That does nothing to further the cause of third party candidates, does it?
Hell no. I very proudly cast votes for Republicans and Libertarians for the first time ever. Felt weird as hell but felt great.
Good to know you not only hate Obama, but really don't consider any issues when you vote. Welcome to being "that guy".
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 02:36 PM
Good to know you not only hate Obama, but really don't consider any issues when you vote. Welcome to being "that guy".
I considered issues otherwise I just skipped the section and did not cast a vote for that particular candidate's race. I had valid reasons for voting for everyone I chose.
It actually felt great to be voting based on my personal preferences vs. just straight party ticket. I actually had to THINK prior to casting my vote. That hasn't happened much in the last 26 years as a Democrat. ROFL
And thank you, I'd rather be 'that guy' than a party robot. I did that for WAY too long.
WilliamTheIrish
10-22-2008, 02:51 PM
"Pride goeth before the vote"./Proverbs
StcChief
10-22-2008, 04:02 PM
I considered issues otherwise I just skipped the section and did not cast a vote for that particular candidate's race. I had valid reasons for voting for everyone I chose.
It actually felt great to be voting based on my personal preferences vs. just straight party ticket. I actually had to THINK prior to casting my vote. That hasn't happened much in the last 26 years as a Democrat. ROFL
And thank you, I'd rather be 'that guy' than a party robot. I did that for WAY too long.
yeah... but voting straight ticket gets you to the bar faster :)
Silock
10-22-2008, 04:03 PM
45 minutes? FUCK :(
Was this at the JoCo election office?
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 04:09 PM
45 minutes? **** :(
Was this at the JoCo election office?
At Metcalf South Mall. The line moved very quickly. I was there around 2:00 and was out by 2:45.
Interesting observation, most of those in line were over 40 with just a few in the 20-30 something crowd. If election day features those types of lines then it will be interesting to see if those new voters decide to stay in line.
Silock
10-22-2008, 04:10 PM
I'm planning on going Friday afternoon after I hit the gym. The whole point was to avoid the lines. If that's not possible, then I don't know when I'm going to vote.
memyselfI
10-22-2008, 04:17 PM
I'm planning on going Friday afternoon after I hit the gym. The whole point was to avoid the lines. If that's not possible, then I don't know when I'm going to vote.
I would advise going when they first open. I imagine that would be the least busy time. Also, the wait times might get worse the closer we get.
Silock
10-22-2008, 04:37 PM
I would advise going when they first open. I imagine that would be the least busy time. Also, the wait times might get worse the closer we get.
I figured that's when all the old people would be there.
At Metcalf South Mall. The line moved very quickly. I was there around 2:00 and was out by 2:45.
Interesting observation, most of those in line were over 40 with just a few in the 20-30 something crowd. If election day features those types of lines then it will be interesting to see if those new voters decide to stay in line.
Why? Because they're new voters or because they're under 40 or because they might be Obama supporters?
vailpass
10-22-2008, 05:56 PM
I'm curious: why don't you get the mail-in ballot?
(obviously disregard if you are a mail-in voter)
I'm curious: why don't you get the mail-in ballot?
(obviously disregard if you are a mail-in voter)
Truthfully, I just didn't trust the process. New Mexico sucks at holding elections. I knew I'd feel better if I fed my own ballot into the scanner.
kcpasco
10-22-2008, 06:56 PM
I live in Washington, we have mail in votes. :D
Plus this state never votes for a Republican. :)
Uncle_Ted
10-22-2008, 07:40 PM
Chicago, no waiting. Didn't see any dead people or Disney characters :D
Of course, thanks the electoral college my vote doesn't really matter. Just like all of you who voted in KS or any other solidly red or blue state.
Alton deFlat
10-22-2008, 07:55 PM
I voted Monday, with no wait in southeast Kansas.
dirk digler
10-22-2008, 08:08 PM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Early_voting_in_Evansville.html?showall
Here's an early voting story from a medical student in Evansville, Ind.: I squeaked in just before the 7pm deadline to find two very frustrated poll workers and a line of a couple dozen people, due to problems with the computerized voting system not accepting people's driver's licenses. It was taking about 7-10 minutes per person just to get the computer to accept them as valid and to print out their ballot, causing very long delays.
For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When we rushed over to help we realized that she wasn't in trouble at all but she had not truly believed, until she left the booth, that she would ever live long enough to cast a vote for an African-American for president. Anyone who doesn't think that African-American turnout will absolutely SHATTER every existing record is in for a very rude surprise.
There were about 20 people in front of me but remarkably not a single person left the room without voting over the 2 hours it took to get through the line.
vailpass
10-22-2008, 09:43 PM
Truthfully, I just didn't trust the process. New Mexico sucks at holding elections. I knew I'd feel better if I fed my own ballot into the scanner.
That makes perfect sense, I hadn't thought of that.
Thank you sir.
Logical
10-22-2008, 09:57 PM
California -0 wait time, it is a vote by mail system. My votes are in.
Logical
10-22-2008, 10:01 PM
At Metcalf South Mall. The line moved very quickly. I was there around 2:00 and was out by 2:45.
Interesting observation, most of those in line were over 40 with just a few in the 20-30 something crowd. If election day features those types of lines then it will be interesting to see if those new voters decide to stay in line.Big surprise you live and vote in Johnson County.
7am Tuesday Nov. 4th. That is the ONLY time I will vote.
memyselfI
10-23-2008, 06:46 AM
Big surprise you live and vote in Johnson County.
Not sure what that means but I was raised here and have lived here most of my life. I wouldn't live anywhere else in Kansas or Misery.
I did not mail in a ballot because the US Postal Service SUCKS almost more than the two POTUS candidates. Besides, I like going to the polls and actually going through the motions of participating in selecting the POTUS. I usually take the kids and make a big deal about the responsibility to vote and how important it is.
This year, I'm so disgusted with the whole thing I just wanted to get it over with.
headsnap
10-23-2008, 07:00 AM
Big surprise you live and vote in Johnson County.
WTF!!!!
headsnap
10-23-2008, 07:02 AM
I voted on Monday at the Oldham County(KY) Courthouse. 15 minute wait.
I had to vote early because I will be having knee surgery in Indianapolis on Nov 3rd and will still be in the hospital on the 4th.
dirk digler
10-23-2008, 09:49 AM
I am only posting these stories in this thread because it does have to do with Early Voting.
I don't mean to hijack the thread if that is what I am doing.
But these are pretty powerful stories
This one moved me:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/
This one is from a Cincinnati reader, and its conclusion gets at a bit of an X-factor in this race: Can Obama play a history card? David Axelrod said recently that John McCain is on the "wrong side of history." Can Obama use a perception that his win is both inevitable and historic to tip voters his way? Or will that backfire?
Anyway, here's the story: Upon arriving at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati to vote early today I happened upon some friends of my mothers - 3 small, elderly Jewish women. They were quite upset as they were being refused admitance to the polling location due to their Obama T-Shirts, hats and buttons. Apparently you cannot wear Obama/McCain gear into polling locations here in Ohio.... They were practically on the verge of tears.
After a minute or two of this a huge man (6'5", 300 lbs easy) wearing a Dale Earnhardt jacket and Bengal's baseball cap left the voting line, came up to us and introduced himself as Mike. He told us he had overheard our conversation and asked if the ladies would like to borrow his jacket to put over their t-shirts so they could go in and vote. The ladies quickly agreed. As long as I live I will never forget the image of these eighty plus year old Jewish ladies walking into the polling location wearing a huge Dale Earnhardt racing jacket that came over their hands and down to their knees!
Mike, patiently waited for each woman to cast thier vote, accepted thier many thanks and then got back in line (I saved him a place while he was helping out the ladies). When Mike got back in line I asked him if he was an Obama supporter. He said that he was not, but that he couldn't stand to see those ladies so upset. I thanked him for being a gentleman in a time of bitter partisanship and wished him well.
After I voted I walked out to the street to find my mother's friends surrouding our new friend Mike - they were laughing and having a great time. I joined them and soon learned that Mike had changed his mind in the polling booth and ended up voting for Obama. When I asked him why he changed his mind at the last minute, he explained that while he was waiting for his jacket he got into a conversation with one of the ladies who had explained how the Jewish community, and she, had worked side by side with the black community during the civil rights movements of the 60's, and that this vote was the culmination of those personal and community efforts so many years ago. That this election for her was more than just a vote...but a chance at history.
Mike looked at me and said, "Obama's going to win and I didn't want to tell my grandchildren some day that I had an opportunity to vote for the first black president, but I missed my chance at history and voted for the other guy."
whoman69
10-23-2008, 10:39 AM
I voted Bob Barr. I originally punched Nader but had a change of heart and started over. The third party candidates will never get anywhere if people don't vote for them and keep voting for lesser of two evils.
I did not vote for Dennis Moore because of his bailout vote.
Third party candidates do not get a serious consideration because those parties are not putting in the work on a grass roots level. Expecting them to receive a significant amount of votes for President when they have not gotten one federal or state legislator elected is incredulous. I have looked at the websites and there is I believe one city of 1000 people or more that has a third party mayor, a few city councilors spread amongst smaller towns and some county conservation corps type that are third party. Why should anyone expect a groundswell of support for these parties if they can't even get someone elected to a state legislature?
Silock
10-24-2008, 01:50 PM
Just went to the JoCo Election office on Kansas City Road in Olathe.
Took about 15 minutes, and it was busy as HELL. Lines to park were spilling into the streets. Once we got inside, it didn't take long at all.
Voted Barr, and Libertarian where there was an option, then Repub if there wasn't a Lib candidate.
Wife voted Obama, then Lib/Rep as I did.
irishjayhawk
10-24-2008, 06:45 PM
At Metcalf South Mall. The line moved very quickly. I was there around 2:00 and was out by 2:45.
Interesting observation, most of those in line were over 40 with just a few in the 20-30 something crowd. If election day features those types of lines then it will be interesting to see if those new voters decide to stay in line.
I was there earlier today and earlier than you were and it was a 20-30 minute wait. It looked longer than it took. I was definitely the youngest it seemed.
Having said that, there are two things I see happening with the young vote. First, some didn't get registered. I'm still flabergasted in this day and age and with technology you aren't able to register up to the day before or even a week prior.
Second, college kids and below don't plan ahead most of the time. It'll come up and they'll go. They don't usually go in advance.
Oh and I voted for Obama, Dennis Moore (he gave my brother a recommendation for the Air Force), and myself for the board of education seat. A couple judges that I knew the names of and random selections for state senators. Also, voted against the elect judges proposal and for the research/education proposal.
Silock
10-24-2008, 06:57 PM
Booo on Dennis Moore.
I voted to retain all the judges. I figure they must all be doing fine, or I'd have heard some shit about them by now.
Ditto on the judges and research triangle.
irishjayhawk
10-24-2008, 06:59 PM
Booo on Dennis Moore.
I voted to retain all the judges. I figure they must all be doing fine, or I'd have heard some shit about them by now.
Ditto on the judges and research triangle.
Well, I figured I had to give back. I didn't want to vote for him based on the bailout but for me personally the recommendation was closer to home than the bailout was. And the R against him is a nut job, I believe. And I didn't know about the other guy.
All in all, I was woefully underprepared for the more local and state races. And if anyone else wants to vote for me, feel free.
Silock
10-24-2008, 07:52 PM
Yeah, I had to do some serious digging to get info on the local guys. I ended up voting for Joe Bellis over Nick Jordan.
StcChief
10-24-2008, 08:20 PM
what is this wait time? I'll vote on election day, with relative easy.
City folk with plenty to scrutize....pfffffffttttt
Logical
10-24-2008, 10:14 PM
Not sure what that means but I was raised here and have lived here most of my life. I wouldn't live anywhere else in Kansas or Misery.
I did not mail in a ballot because the US Postal Service SUCKS almost more than the two POTUS candidates. Besides, I like going to the polls and actually going through the motions of participating in selecting the POTUS. I usually take the kids and make a big deal about the responsibility to vote and how important it is.
This year, I'm so disgusted with the whole thing I just wanted to get it over with.What I was referencing was that most were 40 and over, that is not at all surprising in Johnson County for early voters.
Logical
10-24-2008, 10:17 PM
WTF!!!!
I was referencing the fact she said most of the voters were 40 or over. Not at all surprising for Jo County.
J Diddy
10-24-2008, 10:34 PM
Big surprise you live and vote in Johnson County.
Hey now, my dad still lives in mission, ks as I lived there myself for a couple of years..............
Logical
10-24-2008, 10:48 PM
WTF!!!!
Hey now, my dad still lives in mission, ks as I lived there myself for a couple of years..............I am just saying that JoCo is not exactly the county I would look to for young Obama voters to be turning out in large numbers.
J Diddy
10-24-2008, 10:52 PM
I am just saying that JoCo is not exactly the county I would look to for young Obama voters to be turning out in large numbers.
Probably not.
but it does ensure a good conversation between and pops
Logical
10-24-2008, 10:54 PM
Probably not.
but it does ensure a good conversation between and popsDid you and your dad vote together, that IMO would be hella cool.:thumb:
J Diddy
10-24-2008, 11:16 PM
Did you and your dad vote together, that IMO would be hella cool.:thumb:
Nah, I moved back to Joplin. We just give each other hell.
metcalf south south mall has a huge waiting line to vote early every day.
i think it's gonna be easier just to wait and vote on election day.
seriously .... its like half the city is voting early
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