voting experience

Showed up at 8:15a.m., polls opened at 8am. Small line, perhaps 20 people, another 10 already in voting, about 10 election officials doing a very efficient job of sorting us into lines by last name and checking our name off on the voter rolls. I waited about 2 minutes, didn't even have to show ID (a small-town benefit, where folks know at least your face, if not your name). Filled out my ballot (marking bubbles with black felt pen for an optical reader), turned it in, got my "I voted" sticker, in and out in about 10 minutes. Our town gets high turnout even for off-years and primaries, so I'm expecting somewhere between 80-90% turnout.

My Lovely Housemates voted about 30 min later, and my Ravishing Partner will go after work, and bring the Beamish Boy, who asked to be able to come along -- we've been taking him with us to vote every year since he was born, and he feels very much a part of the process and can't wait to be able to cast his own vote someday.

I do hope. I do.