Comments on: My Election Day

By: David

David — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:07:51 +0000

It just occured to me that now that I’m a student in Connecticut, I actually know what you’re talking about.

By: Heather Dean

Heather Dean — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:02:55 +0000

There were long lines at OHS when I arrived for my poll work at 6:00 a.m. It was out the door and nearly spilling into the parking lot. I didn’t vote at that time but jumped right in with State Rep. Kim Fawcett greeting voters and encouraging them along inspite of the long lines. I timed the process with the next voter to arrive after me and it was about 12 minutes. By the time I was able to leave to vote, (around 7:50 a.m.) it took me approximately 25 minutes. Part of that was due to some confusion and changing of the guard inside. Perhaps that time would have been reduced if that change had not occurred.

When I arrived for my second shift, 6-8:00 p.m., it was a slow trickle in of voters off the train and 4-5 buses of Fairfield U students, averaging 6-10 per bus. I think the long lines on the media were real, especially in those districts where voter turnout is typically very low.

It was a great day, a great historic day.

By: Bob A

Bob A — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:55 +0000

So, Bob.

Gonna run for Senate? Governor? Fearless Leader?

Bob de Vicious

By: Jerry Chandler

Jerry Chandler — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:08:57 +0000

I’m starting to think that all the news people were filming the same line and all the people they were filmimg were just voters waiting for the media truck to get out of their way. We know no one in Central Virginia that had those long lines to deal with, none of my friends and family in other states had these giant lines and most of the posts on Peter David’s thread about wait times were talking about short waits.

Oh well. The press had a story to tell about long lines and massive waits and that’s the story they told. Maybe it was even the truth somewhere.