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[Touchdown]

 

[Desperado]

We don't get to pull a lever

The cursor is moved by this stupid dial and you cast your ballot with a 'cast ballot' button.

 

[Servbot #42]

It's feels pretty weird that in this day one of the most important elections of our times is going to take place and i have to go to english class. I would have liked to just stay home and watch CNN all day but i can't.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Ron Paul live on CNN!

 

[Amir0x]

Alright, leaving to get on line... *breathes in*

I am so fucking petrified today, I will be the most relieved ever when he wins.

 

[TONX]

+1 Obama in FLA.

 

[Ihateyouchris]

+1 Obama in Virginia

half hour wait, not too bad

 

[Tim-E]

I see an Obama/Biden yard sign laying down that someone had knocked over on my way to the library just now, so I set my books down and stick it back into the ground.

I'm also wearing my Obama/Biden shirt today. I've been waiting for this day for so fucking long.

 

[Loudninja]

Damn those lines in New York are long.

 

[Cheesemeister]

I'm also wearing my Obama/Biden shirt today. I've been waiting for this day for so fucking long.

You can't wear that to the polling place.

 

[gondwana]

HOLY SHIT I ALMOST VOTED MCCAIN!

I am blind as fuck I hate my eyes now

there was over 80 people in line at 6AM in Bridgeport CT

I got my paper ballot with my plan to vote DEMS across the line... the top line was GOP and the second line was DEMS. The room was dimly lit and kinda dark for my bad vision... I started to fill in my dems when I was done I took off my glasses and looked at my ballot again and I almost screamed... I was sweating bullets looking around the room for help. I voted McCain and Friends!

Thank God it only took 60 seconds to get a new paper ballot to replace my fuck up.

+ 1 OBAMA and Friends

god I am blind as fuck!

I voted the way I wanted in the end so I am Happy!

Just finished Baracking (and Himesing) the vote in Shelton, CT. Much more early voters than 04. Shays is so done. :lol

 

[Bernbaum]

How fresh is that photo?

 

[iapetus]

Because like airport checkpoints and immigration lines, photography would open up security risks.

No, using Diebold voting machines opens up security risks. Taking photographs doesn't.

 

[Parl]

So how often are the public polls wrong, and how often is exit polling wrong?

 

[itsinmyveins]

Another newssite here in Sweden is having a live online chat with some republican family in the US, who're voting for McCain. They do, however, think that Obama will win.

 

[Naked Snake]

So how long until we find out? Inquiring minds on the other side of the globe would like to know.

 

[Tim-E]

So how often are the public polls wrong, and how often is exit polling wrong?

Exit polling killed hopes, dreams, and children early in the day in 2004 and tricked us into thinking Kerry had won.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Wow, console-launch lines all over the place on CNN.

 

[Johnkers]

Is there a website where I can easily refresh to see how the voting is going per state?

 

[woeds]

So how long until we found out? Inquiring minds on the other side of the globe would like to know.

I'd say between 11-15 hours

 

[Thai]

How fresh is that photo?

SO fresh

 

[ShOcKwAvE]

+1 That One

 

[xabre]

I got a question. In American polling places are there volunteers waiting there to hand out flyers and phamplets before you line up to vote? We have that here in Australia so I was wondering if there was a law against it there?

 

[Gary Whitta]

How fresh is that photo?

It's actually from the future, taken during Biden's victory speech 18 hours from now.

 

[Fox318]

This is the average voter.

 

[antiloop]

Good luck U.S.

*Holding thumbs for you making the "right" choice*

:lol

 

[Tim-E]

Wow, console-launch lines all over the place on CNN.

You'll easily be able to walk in and get to vote on day one!

 

[-Kees-]

Is there a website where I can easily refresh to see how the voting is going per state?

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

Good luck U.S.

*Holding thumbs for you making the "right" choice*

:lol

"The choice that no one else can make."

 

[Dead Man]

Already mailed my vote in ages ago... from Ozstraylia!! But I really am looking forward to this one.

 

[ShOcKwAvE]

CNN Headline:

"Polls open as America rewrites history"

I think they mean writes history.

 

[Corwood Rep]

So I'm registered absentee in California but wound up being in my hometown.

I never actually got the mail ballot because, being a (ohgod) Republican, I didn't feel like it was worth the effort to mess with it. But I've decided to vote no on 8. Can I just go to the local polling place anyway and get some verification thing done or something?

 

[Gary Whitta]

Haha, I love how on the front page of DickMorris.com the picture of him is one taken waaaay before he became such a fat fuck.

 

[xabre]

So how often are the public polls wrong, and how often is exit polling wrong?

Exit polling is generally extremely accurate. The proper methodology is to wait until about 5-10% of the vote is counted, check if it corresponds with the exit polling data and then make a call if there is a clear trend one way or the other.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Just finished Baracking (and Himesing) the vote in Shelton, CT. Much more early voters than 04. Shays is so done. :lol

Goodbye SHAYS

 

[itsinmyveins]

CNN Headline:

"Polls open as America rewrites history"

I think they mean writes history.

:lol

 

[FIREBABY]

WOW! This morning when taking my wife to work, there was this group of old white people holding up Obama change we need signs. Nothing really special, except that its raining....and this is NC. I have such a great feeling today. I never would have thought to see this. Gobama!

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Oh shit, just saw this on another message board:

I was #19 in line. By the time they opened the doors, the line has wrapped around the building... probably like 300-400 people and the lines of cars were still coming in. I live in Portsmouth, Virginia. I bet the voter turn out will be HUGE.

What pissed me off is when I got there, there were GIANT McCain signs all over the parking lot, near the building and at the entrance of the voting place... not a single Obama sign was anywhere. I thought there were rules against these kinds of things?

Anyone know where can I direct him to report this bullshit?

 

[Wes]

So which broadcaster is going to be the stream to watch tonight?

 

[Gary Whitta]

CNN Headline:

"Polls open as America rewrites history"

I think they mean writes history.

LOL, I know they must be busy but don't they have any editors on the night watch?

 

[Dot50Cal]

VOTE GET! Obama +1 for PA. I left about a half hour before the polls open. I was the first one there, but by the time the polls open there was roughly 50 people waiting. Some old guy said hes never seen lines like this so early. We're in for a doozy! We did write in ballots which were scanned by a computer afterwords.

 

[VALIS]

So how long until we find out? Inquiring minds on the other side of the globe would like to know.

Anywhere from 8pm EST (unlikely) to 2am or later. I'd say around 10-11pm.

 

[xabre]

Oh shit, just saw this on another message board:
Anyone know where can I direct him to report this bullshit?

So the answer to my earlier question was no?

 

[sangreal]

got up an hour early (Fucking hotel clock) so now I get to torture myself watching CNN with no results an extra hour today

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Anywhere from 8pm EST (unlikely) to 2am or later. I'd say around 10-11pm.

We'll be able to have a pretty good idea at around 10.

 

[Relix]

Obama +1.... in my mind but anyway... hope for him to win. He will sweep.

 

[sangreal]

Oh shit, just saw this on another message board:
Anyone know where can I direct him to report this bullshit?

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/vpcreport

The laws regarding electioneering at polls vary from state to state

 

[Souldriver]

SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!

I'm trying to catch up with this thread, but at this rate, it'll take 2 hours.

 

[Flesh Into Gear]

VOTE GET! Obama +1 for PA. I left about a half hour before the polls open. I was the first one there, but by the time the polls open there was roughly 50 people waiting. Some old guy said hes never seen lines like this so early. We're in for a doozy! We did write in ballots which were scanned by a computer afterwords.

i know you live by me. you didnt by chance have to go to Weston Field?

SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!

I'm trying to catch up with this thread, but at this rate, it'll take 2 hours.

YOU CANT SLOW DOWN AMERICA

 

[Crisco]

+1 Obama,

by my unofficial poll of minorities and yankees at my polling place in Cary, NC : Obama wins!!!

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

So the answer to my earlier question was no?

It's illegal to campaign at a polling station.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/vpcreport

The laws regarding electioneering at polls vary from state to state

I was under the impression that it wasn't allowed anywhere within a specific distance of the polls.