Great turnout this morning. Had to wait about 25 minutes. Some voters filled out their ballots outside of the normal booths to speed up the process: a woman was using a piano to fill out her ballot, people were sitting next to an election judge and voting and some were sitting on a pew while using it as their writing surface. Good to see a lot of my neighbors.
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I am way happy that I voted absentee!! I am sure my polling place…St. Helena…is going to be jammed!
Posted 07 Nov 2006 at 08:43 ¶The park building I went to in Seward was full, but things were moving quickly. 300+ ballots cast by 8:20. Thats about 4 people per minute feeding a ballot into one machine, which seems pretty solid.
Posted 07 Nov 2006 at 08:47 ¶Very low turnout in Apple Valley, compared to what Aaron saw in Minneapolis.
Posted 07 Nov 2006 at 08:52 ¶This year I voted absentee as I will be out of the country on Election Day. And by “out of the country” I mean Canada but that still counts.
Voting absentee certainly was convenient, but in hindsight I feel I missed out on the camaraderie created by voting with your neighbors.
Posted 07 Nov 2006 at 09:11 ¶Absentee voting is like a drive-thru coffee shop. You still get the job done but miss the face time. I met a few new neighbors this morning in Little Canada. I also ended up using an open table since all the booths were full with a 5-10 wait.
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