I voted this morning. It took a bit longer than usual as there are 917 judges up for election. I have no idea how to vote for judges. I voted for a few I knew a bit about, but the others. And it only took so long because of all the little cirlces to fill in (or not).
And are we ever a house divided. My wife seems quite happy with “things”, and is faintly distrustful of all the bad news coming out of Iraq. I’m not sure why. We don’t talk about it much, actually, it makes my blood pressure go up.
I wish I’d read your post before I posted, 'cuz we still have the mechanical machines. There’s something very satisfying about pulling that big red lever and hearing things clunk into place.
Anyway, I voted, it was deserted, and I’m very much in a house divided–Connecticut. I think Lieberman will win by a healthy margin and the Dems will pick up at least one seat (Chris Shays), if not two (Nancy Johnson). We’ll re-elect our Republican governor by at least 15 points.
I voted before coming to work.
I vote in every general election and I have since I was 18. I vote in most school board elections since I bought my first house.
House is not divided this year. We do not always agree, but we rarely vote a party line.
In fact this year is the first time in a long time I voted a straight party line. I voted all Democrat in every race. I am a registered Republican. I do not even like the Democratic candidate for Senate, but Bush needs to be a lame duck.
Jim
I voted this morning. I already knew most of who I wanted but I read through the endorsements in the Chicago Tribune to see if they knew something I didn’t and off to the polls I went.
At 8am, I was voter #55. We had optical scan ballots which seemed fairly fool-proof although I’m sure someone will find a way to screw them up.
But they ran out of stickers! The woman said they only gave her about 25 for the entire day! I demand an investigation!
Oh, to answer Question #2, I try to always vote. I’ve only just started voting in primaries in 2004 but I’ve been voting in general elections since my college days in the early 90’s.
I will probably vote. I usually do. We will see how I feel when I get back from the surgeon’s appointment I have at 3:00. But it is likely.
No
No. I’ve never voted; I don’t even know if I’m registered.
I’m not in a house divided.
(slam me if you wish, but I’m not in an arguing mood today. I’m just answering the question.)
I’m off at college, so I voted absentee. I’ve voted in both elections that I’ve been old enough for.
I was up at 3:00 this morning for sign duty (we put up political signs all over the city), then at 6:00 was at the polls to hand out literature telling people to vote no on Virginia’s marriage amendment.
Fredericksburg, VA is having an amazing turnout today, but lines still seem to be moving quickly.
I don’t live in a house divided, if you count my house at home (not my dorm).
I voted this morning. The polling place was a few blocks from my house so it was a short walk. Turnout was light, but thats because in DC most of the major races are decided in the primaries making the general election almost an afterthought.
I usually vote in the major elections.
We voted this morning. Everyone else I know has switched to voting absentee before the elections, but I find that less satisfying, somehow. We had the touch-screen machines, which were cool, but a little too attractive to the younger members of the Whatsit family, and honestly I do miss the giant Frankenstein-style levers.
To answer the questions:
Yes, I voted today.
Yes, I vote in every election including most primaries. There’ve been a few that I simply forgot about, but in general, I always vote.
Yep, always vote. Got it out of the way early, so I can feel smug all day.
Oh, wait, I always feel smug all day . . .
I voted before work. It was frustrating. There are 3 churches (Grace Baptist, Covenant Baptist, and First Presbyterian) that serve as polling places along a 5-block stretch. So it’s already a touch confusing. My usual polling place had no signs up and no indication that you could vote there. I went to the next polling place (2 blocks down) where they assured me that my regular polling place was open, but that I would have to drive down a narrpw alley around the back of the church. Again, no indication of this on any signs. Grrrr.
I always vote. I figure that my vote carries even more weight in local elections, so I never miss those.
I always vote after work.
Pretty much in all elections, except maybe an odd primary or two.
As a Dem in a solidly Repub county (DuPage), some elections come along where you literally don’t have a horse in the race. In some local races, the Repubs generally run unopposed, so I figure my failure to vote sends more of a message than any alternative.
No
No.
I’m in a house that no longer speaks about it - I’m sick and tired of the screaming.
And like Trunk said, slam me all you want. I’m not in the mood to argue.
Voted absentee back in Iowa (where I’m still registered and hope to remain so).
I’ll be voting later when Hallboy gets home from school. Ever since he was a baby, I’ve taken him EVERY single time I’ve voted. He usually gets to push the buttons. One year, he pushed the wrong one and we had to have the thing reset. They weren’t happy.
Yep, I done voted.
I always vote; I’ve missed maybe a primary or two in the last ten years.
I live in a very blue part of a red state that might be turning into a battleground state. I vote on one of those laptop thingys. While I have my doubts about them in general (Diebold, at least), for some reason I feel they’re reasonably secure where I vote. I will watch results carefully, though. If results from my precinct aren’t at least 2/3 Democrat, I will suspect fraud.
I’ll vote after work. There’s maybe one race where voting matters (Hevesi vs. Callaghan - ethically challenged versus unfit for job). Still, I can’t complain about pathetic voter turn-out if I fail to vote. Not that anyone is listening, but I’ll voice myself against one incumbent who’s not going to lose, and I’m pretty in-line with the rest of the frontrunners.
I’ll be voting on the way home from work. The wife filed an absentee ballot a while back. I always vote. Since I teach American Government, it kinda heightens the hypocrisy factor if I don’t.
Yep, voted this morning before going to work. I vote all national elections, some local ones
The machines were electronic tablet-sized devices with a thumbwheel at the bottom so you could scroll up and down through the list of candidates. This was in Montgomery County, Texas, so there were selections for Governer, US Senator, US Rep, various state-level positions and a plethora of judgeships, most of which were unopposed Republicans. I was in a protesting mood, so I selected Kinky Friedman for Gov., Dems for the Senate/House positions, and none of the above for the unopposed Pubs. Given the demographic makeup of my district, I have no illusions that I was doing anything but pissing in the wind, but I still feel good about it.