Charlotte NC
I know you will receive many stories today about horrific, horrendous and distressing voting experiences, offset by some that will be inspirational, heartwarming and perhaps even hilarious. I thought you might like to know that for some (lucky?) people, the process came off with no problems, no excitement, and no histrionics. I live in Charlotte, NC. I arrived at 6:00 a.m. and there were maybe 30-40 people on line already. Polls opened at 6:30 and I was done at 7:22.
Pennsylvania
Half an hour before the polls open, and we're over a hundred back in line. By 7AM, when the doors open, there are at least another 350 behind us. The line stretches a full city block. By the same time in 2004, turnout was less than a quarter of this.
Michigan (site of GT12 Canvassing)
My wife and I arrived 20 minutes early to our polling place this morning and found something I've never seen before: a line! And a long one at that. I am always one of the first voters in my precinct and rarely is there more than one or two others voting at this hour. For years, the precinct captain and I would bemoan the lack of participation in this most crucial element of democracy. Today when she walked out of the polling room and saw the long line of anxious voters, her eyes welled up. There were many new faces and incredible energy in that line.
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