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My polling place was a local Catholic church, which felt a bit strange since I've never been in a church before outside of weddings. Outside of a few crucifixes and sermon posters, it was a welcoming place, even for this Jew. There were tons of volunteers and everyone, including the voters, was very upbeat. Afterwards, I visited a coffee shop, where the air was just charged with enthusiasm -- something I've not experienced in any other election.
Jane Devin
Chaska, Minnesota
I have never had to wait in a long line before in order to vote. I waited about an hour. This is an awesome election!
Doris Ilene Slot
Grand Rapids, Michigan
My NYC voting spot was more crowded than I've ever seen it, with a line snaking around the corner. Every time someone else arrived, he or she would inevitably ask, "Is this the line?" One man deadpanned, "What line?" That got a chuckle.
Lynn Geller
New York, New York
I went to vote early this morning and received a "draw a line through" ballot. It was already marked McCain! I told one of the judges that my ballot was already marked and that I did not mark it as such! She then looked through another pile of ballots and some of them were marked as well (not only the presidential vote, but for other races). I received another ballot and voted.
Laurel Fujisawa
Chicago, Illinois
We have multiple, ethnically diverse districts that vote at the same location. I'm Caucasian but was online with a large number of residents from the black neighborhood nearby. I was awestruck to see more senior citizens than ever online at 7:15am. I was stunned when the monitors told us about the waiting line when the polls opened at 6am. I was impressed that my fellow voters were dressed in their Sunday best, as if going to church. It was then I understood this is not only an historic election but a sacred right of passage for our nation. I have the privilege of voting at the elementary school I attended and always go to vote with my mom. This year, mom took pictures of me outside the school in front of the VOTE HERE sign as she did when I voted in my first election in 1992.
Jennifer Erland
White Plains, New York
In Foster City, a suburb 25 miles south of San Francisco, extra polling places appeared for this election, as officials anticipated higher turnout. As a result, my wait time at 9:30 a.m. was only 5-10 minutes, which was shorter than the time I spent getting free coffee at Starbucks afterward. People in my neighborhood usually report to the local elementary school gym to cast their ballots, but today, I voted at a recreation center that was in walking distance from my house. The only frustration was that the polling place volunteers were mostly elderly folks who could not hear well or did not always know exactly what to do. Signing in alone took up more time than waiting in line. I have mostly voted by mail in the past, since I've been away at school for years, so today was my first interaction with the electronic voting booth.
Natasha Chen
Foster City, California
This morning I was driving on the main road from Chapel Hill, NC, to Durham, NC, and on the side of the road at a very busy intersection was an older white couple standing in the rain with their donkey. The donkey had a pretty blue and white blanket with stars and the word "Vote" in big letters. With this couple was a tall black man in a dark overcoat, gloves and a huge smile. With the Obama mask, he looked just like the candidate. He was waving to the traffic. There was much honking and waving all around. As I was pulling away from the intersection, a car full of young women pulled over to take their pictures with this charming group. It was so sweet and such a nice thing to see on a very rainy election day.
Janice A. Farringer
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
I arrived alone at 6:25 am, assuming I would beat the crowds. HA! The line was deceptive since no one was outside. It actually snaked around on the inside of the park district building. There was only one electronic machine in my precinct, and there were 4 different precincts polling in this location. There were easily 400 people in line for my precinct. An interesting aside: I was the sole non-black resident of my ward voting at that point in time. Struck up some good conversations, and updated those in my radius with info from HuffPo on my crackberry. By the time I voted, I ended up getting to work late, but as my Civic duty calls, so I answer.
Richard Striano II
Chicago, Illinois
I live in a very white, "blue collar" hamlet on Long Island, in New York. I got to the polls at 5:35am this morning expecting to be first in line, and ended up being 5th. What was scary is that as I waited in line to vote, the poll workers were explaining to each other how to do the job, and the ancient machines we use here in NY were not working propertly (though they did get them fixed in a few minuts). This is a tiny area, and I was shocked by the fact that 25 people were in line at 6AM.
Claire Tolmie
Sound Beach, New York
At 7:00 am, I looked out the window of my apartment and could see that the line for my polling place across the street was already snaking around the side of the building. Knowing that I wouldn't be able to vote after work, I headed over and took my place at the end of the line of about 500 people. Ultimately, it took 3 1/2 hours to get through. However, it was worth it to see the children in line with their parents who were all playing and having a grand time with each other. It really made me stop and think about how my vote - and the votes of everyone around me - will ultimately affect the lives of these little people.
Christina Page
Silver Springs, Maryland
My husband and I went to our normal voting place, a church in the nearby community we live in outside of Frankfort KY. We had a 3 minute wait, tops, and I was in and out in 5 minutes or so. Everyone was friendly and there was no political discussion or canvassing outside anywhere so it was quite uneventful. I told my husband that I'm saddened that there are people waiting in line for 8 hours or more to vote and we walk in and out faster than we would to pay for gas or pick up an item at the store.
Patricia Alexander
Frankfort, Kentucky
LA county - huge long lines everywhere. Lots of voters being asked to vote on provisional ballots. Not enough poll workers. Voters are not waiting in line.
Sandra P. Thompson
Los Angeles, California
After getting ready for work, I walked over to my polling place (someone's garage) and joined the line of about 60 people. Besides passerby and those leaving the polling place making shouts for Obama, it was pretty quiet and uneventful. However, when I was near the front of the line, I noticed someone walk out of the garage with their ballot and secrecy folder and into one of the houses a couple doors down. I thought it was odd, and probably illegal but I figured the poll workers knew better than me. A couple minutes later I see the lead poll guy come out with a teenager looking for the guy, they get to his door but realize he is already inside. When they come back, I hear the lead guy tell the teenage boy that you aren't supposed to do that. Later I heard them saying to the other workers to look out for someone who had more than 4 ballots (4 was the amount we had with federal and state races and city and state propositions). Later, there was hubbub about two neighbors having eerily similar names. Then I got in hte voting booth, made my choices and went on my way. We had paper ballots that had a disconnected arrow next to the candidate - you had to connect the arrow with a special ballot pen. Then they were fed into a ballot reader. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, besides that one guy. The wait was so long because there was 34 propositions between the San Francisco and California ones.
Emma Shales
San Francisco, California
We got to the polls and there were just a few people in line. There were a few electronic machines and about a dozen booths for paper ballots, all in use. We were ushered over to the electronic machines immediately and began voting. I was almost done when my screen went BLANK and the machine spat the card out!! I called over an election worker and he immediately gave me a paper ballot and asked if I would begin again with it. They were rebooting the machine and talking about getting a tech out to look at it. So I went over to a booth and redid my ballot on paper, using the little arrow ballot. It was really easy and fast and I fed it through the collection machine and got my sticker. I'm not really worried about being disenfranchised, but it didn't really inspire confidence!
Bronwyn Wright
Countryside, Illinois
The folks on the Upper West Side of Manhattan were in for the long haul this morning. Our polling place is next door to my apartment, so at around 6am, I was woken up by cheers and screaming (mostly Pro-Obama, of course) and saw the line wrapped around the end of our block. I didn't see a single person hop out of line then, or when I voted around 11am. There were a few people who needed assistance recording their votes, but there were volunteers aplenty ready, willing and able to assist. I worked 12 - 8 today to ensure I had plenty of time for voting and volunteering before work. My supervisor was incredibly supportive of the time change, and if anything was concerned that I'd be at work too late and miss the first returns. Now THAT is job satisfaction.
Lauren Canonico
New York, New York
I showed up to vote with my daughter at 7:25 am thinking we'd wait 15 minutes. The line was too long (about 300 people), and after about 10 minutes I had to leave to bring her to school. I got back to the polling station at 9:30. Many of my neighbors who I had seen on line earlier were just leaving. I waited 1 hour and 55 minutes to vote. Still it was a gorgeous day, spirits were high and I didn't see anyone leave.
David Rein
Atlanta, Georgia
Kansas City is mostly Democratic--especially the Westport community where I live. When I arrived at the poll at 7:25am, I was surprised to see the long line. Even more surprising was the fact that among all the signs surrounding the poling place, there was NOT ONE SIGN for ANY Republican candidate, presidential or otherwise!! The only non-democrat sign was for a fellow named Jim Weber--a Libertarian, running for a state office! A poll volunteer came outside to tell us things would move faster if we used the paper ballot when we got inside--not the touch screen. Well, when I did get inside and got my ballot, I sat down at a big table, elbow to elbow with other voters--no privacy barriers or panels. Just a big, bare table.
Ronald White
Kansas City, Missouri
I went to the precinct to vote at 8:53 a.m. and completed my voting experience at 9:11 a.m. The poll worker checked my I.D. at the door and directed me to go to the opposite wall from the front door of the gymnasium to verify my registration. I was then directed to go to the end of the table to receive my I.D. back and then go sit at some chairs to wait for a booth to become available. (About 5 minutes). The actual voting mechanism was ink/paper/write-in ballot. The worker attending the machine where the ballot was inserted instructed me to hold one end of the ballot and she the other, as "we have to both tear it apart". I had to circle the parking lot of the church building once in order to find an available parking space.
Lisa R. Holt
Independence, Missouri
The machines for our district were broken and they refused to tell us the nature of the problem. We were given paper ballots which we were assured were not provisional. However, we were repeatedly told to make sure the circle we were to fill in was filled in completely.
John Caffey
New York, New York
My wife and I went to our polling place at 8:05 a.m. There are 6 booths, 3 of which were unoccupied. There was no wait to vote. Our county uses a "complete the line" type paper ballot that is read into an optical scanner. The instrument is easy to understand and darn near fool proof.
Chris Rosendin
Livermore, California
My sister and I live close by, so we went together to vote. In a giddy mood, we each wore old campaign buttons: hers said "LBJ for the USA" and mine said "Vote Stevenson." When we got to the check-in table, the volunteer stared at the buttons and said, "You can't bring campaign materials in here. "We're just trying to lighten your day," I replied with a smile. "You can't wear them in here," she repeated, as her stone-faced partner added, "They're illegal." "They're dead," my sister muttered, meaning our "candidates". I just wanted to vote, so I removed my button and said, "Hey, just joking." Then our cranky gatekeeper said, "What if I joked I couldn't find your names on the rolls?" Big mistake. My sister leaned in close to the volunteer's face and said quietly, "That's not a joke; it's not even remotely funny." The volunteer tried to smile; my sister was having none of it.
Nikki Stern
Princeton, New Jersey
I got to the Martin Luther King, Jr. public library at 7am right when the polls opened. The line snaked around the main lobby of the building. As soon as you stepped into the building you could feel the warm humid air of hundreds of excited voters. A dozen or so people came with folding chairs, including the most adorable 7 year old girls who came with their mom. As we waited in line, people started browsing the books in the library and admiring the mural of MLK hanging above us. After the hour wait, I marked my ballot and took a picture to remind me of this meaningful day.
Emma Sandoe
Washington, DC
I went to work a few minutes early, at 5:45, then took a break to go to my polling place at 6:50. When I pulled up to Temple Shalom, I couldn't believe my eyes -- all of the parking spaces were full, and there was a line of 50-75 people outside the building (and nearly that many inside). I've been voting there for 10 years, and have never had more than a half dozen people ahead of me.
Kim Leonard
Medford, Massachusetts
At nine am, I walked over to my polling place. My employer had given us an extra hour in addition to lunch, so I waited as long as I could stand, to let people who needed to vote before work have a chance first. About two long blocks from my polling place, a woman stopped her car to ask if I was on my way to vote, and if I needed a ride. I thanked her, but said that the walk was part of the ritual for me. Whoever heard of offering a stranger a ride on the street? I had a smile on my face from that point on. The parking lot at the school was packed, which I've never seen before. Most years, I'm one of only a couple of people once I step inside, but there were around twenty five people in line at our precinct, and about the same for the other precinct on the opposite side of the room. The poll worker said that the line had been out the door since they had opened at seven, and was only now thinning out.
Sarah Pinsker
Baltimore, Maryland
What a mess! I arrived at the polling place at 7:20 AM with my husband and mother. It took about an hour to reach the front door. When we arrived at the entrance of the polling place our neighbor, who had just voted notified us that we needed our own pen to vote! Apparently the electronic polling booths were not functioning and the polling place was not prepared to take paper ballots. When I finally received my paper ballot I was told I needed to sit at a long table with other voters because there were only 3 voting booths. There was approximatley 10 people at my table 3 of the 10 we conversing about the voting options in Spanish and a 4th was talking on his cell phone.
Daira Ours
Anaheim, California
I am a twenty year old college male voting in his first election. I woke early and arrived at my polling station fearing I might be faced with lines or machine malfunctions that have been reported in Virginia. I was quite happily surprised to find that the most time consuming part of the experience was walking back and forth from my car. They separated identification into four different tables (alphabetically), which were then separated again at those tables. I had no line and there did not appear to be anyone waiting. I was then sent over to a fellow who activated a touchscreen machine, the same we used in 2006 for the Senate election. As far as I can tell, everything went quite swimmingly.
"Andrew"
Richmond, Virginia
What I entered happened to be lines run amok. Instead of having an easy flow to check in there were four lines crushed in together with most people not sure were they were suppose to be. There was on table to check in and receive a voting slip after they check id, then a table to check you off the precinct list which was split into two lines (A-L: M-Z), and finally to vote. By blind luck I happened to get into the proper line the first time unlike other unfortunate voters. This morass was was fortunately fixed within an hour of my time there.The most amazing thing that I found was the sense of duty many of the people around me felt about this election. One gentleman saying telling me that he had just got off a twenty-four hour shift and if he can stand in line there's no excuse not to vote. Mostly for the economy, but also the sense of maybe the first African-American president in our history. There were still questions as to whether or not Obama is the man to fix it; but that was tempered by McCains age combined with his choice of running mate. The usual comment being "there's something wrong with her"; just a feeling.
Carl Jenkins
Michigan
I went to vote today at 7:00am, which is when the polls open here, so that I could beat any and all rushes that were bound to happen during the day. Lawrence is a college town, home to the University of Kansas, and there was sure to be a large number of young voters if half of what the press has been saying is true. I walked into the church that my polling station was at, and immediately had to walk to the end of a line of at least fifty soon-to-be voters just as the doors opened to allow voting to begin.
Being a relatively tall guy, I had the distinct advantage of getting a great view of just about everyone ahead of me in line. I was immediately struck with recollections of voting in 2004. Back then, I had stood in line for nearly twenty minutes before I got my ballot. During that time, I was stared at by nearly everyone who caught a glimpse of me as if I was from Mars if not at least completely out of place. "Maybe he's lost?" is what I could almost feel these stares pondering at me. Why was that? Because I was a young voter who fell into that 18-30 range. Nearly everyone else in the room seemed to have made it to fifty, or was at least pushing it. I stood out like a sore thumb because John Kerry had failed. He had not energized the youth vote like so many people my age were sure he had. We had grown complacent, guaranteed that our guy would win by pundits ever since Howard Dean's grassroots primary run. Of course, our complacency was a massive factor to Kerry's loss.
This time, things were different. The people who stood out were the ones with grey hair. I counted several, by which I mean four. In other words, at 7:00am on a Tuesday, forty-five or so college-age kids made sure they would be at the polls. One in front of me, a young man named Brian, had inadvertently filled out, but lost, his advance-voting ballot. When offered a provisional one, he began to ask how he would be able to verify his vote since he had heard enough to be distrustful of provisional ballots. The young vote had done their homework as well.
All told, it took me forty-five minutes to get in, and back out. That's more than double what it took me in 2004, and the reason is undeniably clear: Barack Obama has succeeded. The young vote is finally here.
Nick Korzeniowski
Lawrence, Kansas
I woke up this morning before my alarm excited to vote. On the short drive to my polling location, I checked Facebook and Twitter to see what my friends' experiences had been and got nervous about the potential wait. My mom and I got to our polling location and had to wait about 5 minutes to sign the book and a minute, tops, to actually vote.
Theodora Blanchfield
Blanchfield, New York
I just spoke with a fellow employee here at work, David Briggs. He lives in South Brunswick, NJ. He voted early this morning (before 6:30 am) -- he said he went into the voting booth and nothing lit up when he pushed the button. The machine was broken. He told the poll workers and they pulled out a box of paper ballots. The rest of the voting was done on paper. He asked them if they were sure the ballots didn't have any "broken chads." The poll workers just shook their heads.
Erin Medlicott
New Jersey
Election Day launched to a big start this morning in Boca Raton, with voters flying through the polls in 20-30 minutes, based on my sampling of approximately 100 people wearing "I Voted" stickers from different precincts in the area. Ballots are being dispatched to voters quickly, and much of the problem seen in the early voting period has disappeared, clearing the way for one of the biggest turnouts in a Florida election that, by all polls, will be another close election.
Brian Ross
Florida
The voting itself went quite well and quickly (@ 10 a.m.). The story however is that there was a "greeter" meeting everyone and telling us we had to have a picture ID to vote. Note: NO PHOTO ID REQUIRED IN MICHIGAN. We told this person so, and she refuted it. When we go to the folks taking our names, they verified that if you have no picture ID you must sign an affidavit swearing you are who you are. We complained about the greeter, and one of the election officials went over and talked to her. We reported this to the local Obama headquarters staff leader with the suggestion they may want to visit the various polling places to ensure this mis-information is not occurring elsewhere.
Paul Fish
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
The day is finally here! Prepared for massive, voter turnout, I excitedly filled my portable coffee mug, put on my comfortable sneakers and prepared myself for the long lines at the polls. On the way over, I envisioned huge, snaking lines of fellow Obama supporters full of optimism, sharing smiles and fist-bumping each other in solidarity. As I parked, a few other ladies exited their vehicles and we walked in together, silently. We walked right in. No lines, no smiles, no excitment. As the two women ahead of me signed in, desperate for some conversation, I said dejectedly to the woman behind the table "I brought my coffee mug and everything; where is everybody?" "Oh we had a bit of a line when we opened at seven, but not much of a crowd since then." It was 8:30. Hmmmmph. As I signed in I considered fist-bumping the next woman behind the table, but didn't. Oh well. I filled in my little circle, coloring it in over and over, trying to make the moment last and then headed for the car, hot mug of coffee still in-hand. What a disappointment. It was a bit of an anti-climax, I admit, but my spirits lifted as I drove home, thinking about my girlfriend's husband. Undecided throughout the campaign he had, at times and to our horror, actually been leaning towards McCain. Still undecided as he drove to the polls, he made his choice at the very last moment. He may have chosen late, but he chose Obama. The smile returned to my face as I daydreamed about other voters, all across the country, making that same choice. I think it's going to be an exciting day afterall.
Lori Jewett
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
We're in State College, PA, the home of Penn State's main campus. My wife and I arrived at the polling place at 7:00 am, the time the polls opened and found several hundred people, all students or student age, already in line. Our wait was about 1-1/2 hours. I was really proud of the students. Everyone looked groggy, but they all dragged themselves to the polls at an ungodly hour, many of them looking like they still had last night's clothes on. We've voted here for 12 years, and in a normal presidential election we would have been the first in the door at 7:00 am, but "Not This Time." At one point, one of the senior citizen gentlemen working the polls came out to ask the people in line if they were at the right place. He looked surprised and amused at the turnout. Everything went smooth as silk at the polls. I was happy to see that our district got rid of the electronic, paperless voting machines that annoyed us four years ago. They switched to optical scan. The only irritating, suspicious thing was that someone removed the street sign (pole and all) that identifies the street where the polling place is located. I went down to my basement, painted a big sign pointing the way to vote, and nailed it to a convenient tree. I'm going to check the length of the lines throughout the day, just out of curiousity. If we had a 1-1/2 hour wait at 7:00 am, I can't wait to see the lines at 7:00 pm. They are going to be unbelievable! A note to all, if you have a Starbucks don't forget to get your free cup of coffee after voting. After eight years of being in a depression coma, I want to be as wired as possible today.
Joe Andrukitas
State College, Pennsylvania
I went over early - about 9 AM. This is a rural polling place, and the turnout was clearly very heavy - there were cars parked all around the town garage, and I was the 162nd voter - very high for this early in the day. There were only 2 people in line ahead of me, and the voting was going very smoothly. I voted with a paper ballot rather than touch screen, and everything seemed to be working fine.
Steve Hanson
Menomonie, Wisconsin
My partner (African American) and I (Caucasian) are new arrivals in New Jersey. We both registered to vote at DMV several months ago, and got our sample ballots in the mail. When we showed up at the polls, I was asked for my name, checked off in the registration book, and showed to the voting booth. However, the first question my partner was asked was "can I see your ID?," this before as much as hello or may I have your name! When I called the Municipal Clerk to complain, I was told "they are permitted to ask for IDs." When I challenged that (in New Jersey, only first time voters who registered by mail without proof of identity have to show IDs), I was told "but this is such a big election." When I called the Middlesex County Board of Elections to complain, I was told "all first time voters have to show IDs." When I explained that that would only be true if we registered by mail without proof of identity (which we did NOT), and, furthermore, why would he (African American) have to show ID before being allowed to vote, while I (Caucasian) would not, I was told "there must have been something in the book that made the poll worker aske him for ID." When I explained that the poll worker has not even opened the book or ask for a name before she asked for an ID, and that someone must call the polling place to ensure that the poll workers follow the law, I heard "oh, ok" and the call was disconnected.
Yarek Smagowski
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Here in Idaho the general feeling is the Republicans will sweep the board again, but I'm not so sure of that at all. I hung out at the poll after voting for about a half hour, visiting with friends and neighbors, and I saw a lot of young folks, in their 20's, coming in. My neighborhood has people of all ages, and this is the first time I've seen this many young voters. There are many Hispanics, but I didn't see them voting. We continue to use the paper punch ballots, and have never had any trouble with them here, but this time, I was instructed to check the back for any hanging chads. There was a volunteer at the entrance showing everyone how to work the machine, and a seperate table set up so voters could register on the spot. A couple was registering as I left. It's cold and raining here, but I doubt that the weather will affect the turnout; Idaho usually turns out heavily, and this election is predicted to be about 80%. There has been heavy early voting here since the middle of October. My poll is only a block away in an old folk's home, and I go alone, and enjoy the walk very much.
Michael R. Stanger
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Got to the elementary school at 6:45 (doors open at 7), and I was probably about the 100th person in line. The doors didn't even open until around 7:10ish Made my way to the front and found out that my name wasn't on the voters list. I wasn't the only one either, there was maybe a group of about 20 of us in the same boat and that doesn't count the people I saw leaving because they couldn't afford to wait around while it got cleared up. It seems that the Secretary of State Gavin screwed up and sent out incomplete/incorrect voter lists. We had to write down our name and addresses and one of the election workers had to wait on hold for someone in the city office to pick up so they could verify each person and get them a ballot. I didn't get out of there until 8:30 - 8:45ish. People were pretty relaxed about everything once they were told that they would be able to vote.
Sean Wright
Cambridge, Massachusetts
It was a dreary morning weather-wise here in Virginia. A steady rain fell outside as my wife and I went through our morning routine. We decided to take our son to daycare and vote together at the local high school about a mile down the street. We had anticipated long lines so we made sure to grab our umbrellas. At 7:30am turnout seemed light but the facilities were set up different than past elections. Rather than enter through the front door of the high school we wet straight into the gymnasium where tables of poll workers verified identities. Here is our county we get paper ballots that are filled in by hand. Your selection is marked by filling out the oval next to the candidate of you choice. Once you make you choice you walk over to a machine that feeds your ballot into, what I believe was, an optical scanner. I noticed that this machine had received 895 ballots from the digital counter on top. What I thought would be a long, wet and tiring task performing my duty as an American turned out to be a complete delight.
Mick Smith
Mechanicsville, Virginia
I got up early, thinking I'd walk around the corner to my polling place be one of the first in line. By 6am, when I got there, there were already about fifty people queued up. My neighborhood is working class and predominantly Hispanic/African-American; about ninety percent of my fellow voters were black. Everybody was very upbeat, and everybody who had anything to say was voting for Obama. By the time the polls opened, there were about two-hundred voters waiting. The line moved smoothly, in spite of the fact that the crowd was much larger than usual -- one of the precinct workers told me the crowd was already twice as large as the total turnout there in 2004. Things were still copacetic when I left -- no logistical problems, and no obvious glitch
Bill Anderson
Atlanta, Georgia
I am a 19 year old college student and this was my first time voting. I walked into the library of my University (an official polling center) and did not have to wait on line for more than 2 minutes. Much to my surprise, the 8 or so other people standing online were residents of the community and not college students. I walked up to the table, in front of a man who was in charge of all voters with last names beginning in R through Z, my last name begins with an R so I went directly to him. He asked for my last name and he was unable to locate my name in the binder in front of him. He then asked if I had registered to vote recently - I had, (I registered just a few short days before the deadline). In this case he pulled out several slips of paper and was able to locate my last name, he then had me print and sign my name and then he handed me a piece of paper to deliver to the woman in charge of the 3 polls stationed in the room. *It was at this point, where my first experience voting went straight to h*ll. The woman was an older African American woman and I asked her explain the electronic system to me. She did less explaining and more voting! She brought me into the booth, assumed that I was a Democrat and told me just to vote across the ballot. Lucky for her, I am a Democrat but I was only going to vote for the President/VP, Senate & House of Reps because I am not a permanent resident in the state of NJ and I did not want to cast an uninformed vote for local elections (I'm from New York, I go to school in NJ and it was just more convenient for me to vote on campus - I did not want my first vote cast through an absentee ballot) I initially thought that this woman was demonstrating a "practice vote" or something because she is not supposed to be in the booth with me when I cast my vote - but instead she saw that I pressed Obama/Biden (because she told me to!), Lautenberg & Payne and then she practically forced me to vote down the row! She then pressed the "enter" button and cast my vote - SHE BASICALLY VOTED FOR ME!
Sabina Rizvi
South Orange, New Jersey
I tried to beat the rush today by going to the polls early. I arrived about 20 minutes after the polling place opened to find that they had changed the set up so I had to walk around the building (a church, which I think is wrong) to the new entrance. When I got there, the line was about 40-50 people long but moving. When I reached the front of the line, I found out the hold up was the people who were checking the voters in. Each person had to be verified against a list about the size of a small phone book, of which there was only one. But, after checking me in, it took me 10 min to fill out the ballot, fed it to the Scantron machine and my vote was cast in this historic election.
Brett Bowden
Whitefish, Montana
Our polling place is a firehouse several blocks from our home. I had to wait to get a parking place, which has never happened in the 7 years that I've lived in this middle class neighborhood in Long Island, New York. The biggest change I noticed was the number of families who came to vote together. I saw husbands and wives holding hands on line. I saw mothers who brought their children into the booth with them. I could hear several of them murmuring to their children from behind the curtain. One mother had her young son who looked about six years old pull the large red lever to the right to close the curtain behind them. I was not aware of the law against wearing campaign buttons to polling places in the state of New York. This is the first election in which I felt compelled to do so, and I had an Obama '08 button pinned to the left side of my jacket. None of the campaign workers stopped me and I did get quite a few smiles and thumbs up from people on line with me. My husband works in Jamaica Queens and has done so since the early 90's.
Nannette W. Isler, M.D.
West Hempstead, New York
My polling place is at my condo association club house and while the line was nothing like people voting in the city (NYC), the turn out was larger than I expected. There are only two voting machines here, but the turn out was early and subdued. Living in the suburbs of NYC, there seemed to be a silent sense that this nightmare is about to be over; the Bush nightmare ending, yet so much work to be done. There was an erie calmness and the voting process was moving quickly. A small child, probably 3 or 4 years old, kept all of us entertained, dancing about her parents, singing joyfully. I thought, this vote is for her really - my generation has let the U.S. down the past 8 years.
James Backus
Secaucus, New Jersey
Capitulations, the dead cat bounce, the bull trap, and baked in the cake were stock market terms touted on NPR as I prepared for early voting at 6:45 a.m. I stould in line with a pastor/ Progressive Insurance agent for about 10 minutes, enjoying our chat along with plans to travel to Chicago. I received excellent service from the poll workers and student volunteers who calmly provided me my ballot. I did have to remove my Obama buttons from my jacket and hat, plus show my Michigan license twice. The polling place had added extra voting booths including some looking more like cardboard boxes. I was allowed to bring in my previously obtained sample ballot, which I made my selections on yesterday, then efficiently transferred my votes to the official ballot. I also have my own voting record copy of Greens, Democrats, Republicans and a Libertarian to note the final votes. Once again my paper ballot recorded smoothly, and I will remember this historic election with glowing memories.
Steve G. Davis, M.A.
Berrien Springs, Michigan
I got to the polling station early at approx. 6:30am. It had been raining. There was already 3 people waiting in front of me, and soon a small line of 20 people had gathered. Some marched right in front bypassing the line and was told to get in line. There was some problems, Los Angeles County CA uses the "inka" vote system. They are like ink pens you push down into a slot to vote. When I got to the voting station, all the caps were on the ink pens, the poll workers did not remove the caps. As I completed voting, and stood in line to hand over my ballot, the gentleman in front of me had his ballot rejected by the optical voting scanner and was told to re-vote. As I handed over my ballot, they poll worker could not give me a receipt for voting. The poll worker who 1st handed me my ballot, was tearing them off and leaving the receipts on the deck of ballots. When I politely demanded a receipt, I was given one that was not part of my original ballot.
George Ito
San Gabirel, California
Brookline NH is a small town of approximately 4500 people. Normally, it is moderately busy on general Election Day. Today, however, I'd say it was about 25% busier than usual. Driving up to the school I noticed many political signs - mostly McCain. Anything anti republican such as the "Vote for Sununu - Vote for Bush" signs had the word "BUSH" taped over with white tape. Not many Obama signs anywhere. There was no line.
Donan Corey
Brookline, New Hampshire
Our polling place at Mt. Olivet Church in southwest Minneapolis ran like clockwork. There was a very long line, winding back and forth, but it moved very quickly. My wife and I joined the line at 8:35 and exited -- having voted -- by 9:10.
Glenn Miller
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Although I'm Latino, I always voted Republican in the past. This year, everything changed. Tired of the lies of the Bush administration I could no longer vote Republican. I was sold to Obama's message of change. After reading his book, Dreams from My Father, I felt Obama is the man can really lead America to a new start. Not wanting history to pass by me, by to be a part of it, I went to the polls this morning, and tears in eyes I voted for Obama.
Oscar Hernandez
Hagerstown, Maryland
I'm a 73-year-old white women. I was in line an hour before the polling place opened. There were already a dozen or so ahead of me. It was a congenial group, most with cups of coffee. When I marked my ballot for Barack Obama, I was so excited I could hardly breathe. Mine was the third ballot put through the optical scanner at my polling place. When I left the polling place, the line had continued to grow.
Shirley Rish
Mesa, Arizona
My polling place was about two blocks from my house. I left around 6:20 am and walked to the polling place. Upon walking, I could see people parking in the street and walking to the polling place. As I turned the corner, I saw the huge line that stretched down the street. I sighed but went and got in line. The polling place is on a busy street so people were honking their horns in approval at all the people in line. A couple of trucks honked their horns and yelled out of the cabs "OBAMA!!!" Others like the Metrobus honked their horns too. That was one of the best parts of the entire experience. The best part was definitely voting. I never for a second doubted that I would get out of line to go to work. I got to work about 45 minutes late. My boss sent around an email yesterday stating we had an extra hour in the day to go vote. When I was voting, I paused at the historical moment. I am a 22 year old African American female. I paused and thought about the idea that I was actually going to vote for an African American for president. I paused and then I got over it and hit the VOTE button. I could not help myself and I let out a little cheer. I had been waiting for this day for almost two years. I believe some people have been waiting for this day for decades.
Andrea Daniels
Arlington, Virginia
I was the 203rd voter at my polling place. It was a model of Iowa efficiency and friendliness -- everyone was happy and easygoing, there was no wait, and the polling place workers knew exactly what they were doing. In the parking lot, I saw lots of Obama bumper stickers, and one McCain/Palin sticker. I was ready for a wait -- ipod loaded, new Alice Hoffman novel to read, ready to call npr and report in. But, the biggest struggle I faced was trying not to cry tears of joy on my ballot.
Renee Ann Cramer
Des Moines, Iowa
So uneventful as to be notable. Everything was smooth as silk. I refrained from wearing my Obama shirt, just in case it would be considered "electioneering," but you have to wonder who could possibly be swayed by a shirt while standing in line to vote. It's a scary concept. My wife and I voted at about 8 a.m., two hours after polls opened. Our son, at college in Philadelphia, is voting in his first election ever, and is excited, but he's not feeling great today. He promises to vote, though, and registered in Philadelphia precisely because it is a battleground state. We went in, stood in line while one guy appeared to read the ballot questions six or seven times, and then voted. No problems, no issues. It should be this easy in every state.
Jeff Cohen
Highland, iowa
An elderly man passed out in front off the line and EMS had to be called. This delayed things, but no one left the queue, which made me proud of my city that people care this much regardless off who they are voting. Also it was 6:45 am.
Jeffrey Doyle
Rockville, Maryland
I took my mom and brother with me to vote. I did not have any major technical difficulties, but the machine was a little stubborn. I had to press the screen pretty firmly in order to record my votes. An elderly poll volunteer had difficulty demonstrating on the machine, so I imagine that some voters may have had trouble as well. Overall, I experienced a rush of emotions after following this election so closely for so long. I actually felt guilty that it was so easy for us to vote, when I was seeing 4-8 hour lines in other places. Our state is not a battleground, but the disparity in my experience and what I am seeing in other places proves (once again) that our election system must be reformed in order to make voting equal and EASY for everyone in this country.
Deborah Allen
San Antonio, Texas
I have been voting at this particular polling place right down the block for the 14 years. This morning my husband and I went together with a friend who was a first-time voter. Our tickets were numbers 7, 8 and 9. We arrived at 6:45AM and there was already a line started at the door, which is unheard of for our polling place. Usually it's about a 2 minute excursion; walk in, check in,. vote and out the door. Today when they opened the doors and we started in one of the election officers said "What, is there a party out there?" and we said "Yes- the Democratic Party!" Instead of the customary 4 or 6 machines (touch screens) there were 10. The young guy who is always one of the election officers said he is ready with 2 liters of coffee, water and tylenol so he should be able to make it. When we got into the car to leave, we each had a similar experience: we each said how we kept going back and looking at the selection to make sure it said Obama /Biden. We couldn't believe our eyes and wanted to make sure. We each really looked and just took it in. As we pulled out, my husband said out the window to one of our neighbors, an older African American woman walking with her cane "Hold your head up!" This moment is so powerful and we are so blessed to be seeing it happen and being part of it!
Leigh Roche
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
I planned to arrive at my polling place at 7:00 am as usual. At 6:45 am, I got a call from my father, who thought I ought to head out immediately if I didn't want to wait more than an hour. The line was long and getting longer. So off I went and found that my Dad was right. I've never waited more than 5 minutes or so in that polling place in all the years I've voted there. I was so encouraged by the early turnout. No one was really talking, and I saw only one person leave the line. The most interesting thing I saw was a voter a few places ahead of me in line question an election judge about provisional ballots, asking if he could cast a provisional vote in a precinct in which he wasn't registered. The judge advised him that he couldn't, which is true in Maryland, but that if he thought he might be in the wrong place, another volunteer would be able to help him find his correct polling place. He voted without any trouble, so I suspect he was just making sure the election judges knew their stuff. I thought this was a good sign; voters are more educated and aware, and election judges are being careful to know the law. The most disappointing thing I saw was a voter who looked to be about 60 asking if he had to vote the party in which he was registered. Of course the election judge said no, but I was sorry to see a person his age who didn't know how the voting process works. Then again, maybe he was motivated this time!
Melissa Fieldhouse
Cockeysville, Maryland
I went to vote alone, on my way to my last day as Congressional campaign staff. It felt strange to be among those waiting to vote, anonymous in my role as a person who has spent the past four months tracking races, writing press releases, and being a professional partisan. I saw neighbors and chatted with then about soccer games and neighborhood issues; the mood was upbeat and cooperative. I was particularly please (since we live in a college town) to see large numbers of students waiting in line, wearing everything from sweats to pajamas. We worked hard to increase voter registration among students, and their sleepy, texting, presences were a sign that we had succeeded. Voting was smoothe and orderly, and I admit to a tiny bit of wetness in the eyes as I came out of the booth. Maybe it's just campaign fatigue, maybe it was the excitement of voting for real change after 8 years...mostly I was just incredibly moved by the spectacle of Americans patiently waiting, at the crack of dawn, to cast their votes.
"Ann"
East Lansing, Michigan
Arrived at my polling place at 7 and was out by 7:20. Kids had bakesales on the way in...coffee was available and everyone seemed in high spirits...almost electrifying! Half hour drive and picked up my mother (85 y/o) went to her polling palce where there was no line at all. Bake sale was on the way out here. Again, very positive mood from repubs and dems alike.
Soozi Folsom
Milford, Connecticut
I normally vote between six and seven PM, but this year I was taking no chances, and showed up at 7 AM. My usual polling place, Wheeler Elementary in Tucson, AZ, didn't look significantly busier than usual as I crossed the parking lot. Four smiling people were leaving as I arrived, and assured me the wait wasn't "too bad." There was no sign of anyone in uniform, any security, anyone the slightest bit intimidating. Everyone was cheerful and friendly. An extra table was set up, just to handle the ID checking. In a moment I was given a slip with the number 83, and went to sign in next to my name. The next person to arrive did not have the proper ID, and was sent home to get some utility bills to verify his address. The alternative was a provisional ballot. "I'll be back," he promised. One of the poll workers told me there had been only four people so far with an ID or registration problem. After about a three minute wait for a polling booth, I found myself almost in tears as I filled in the first oval on the form, next to the name OBAMA. It took about eight minutes to fill out the rather long ballot, referring to my sample ballot a couple of times on the lesser races and propositions. I turned in the ballot, got my sticker and left. On the way out, I got to tell someone else how short the wait was. Total time, from leaving the house to pulling back into my driveway: 20 minutes. If only everyone's voting experience could be this pleasant and trouble-free!
Karen Funk Blocher
Tucson, Arizona
My husband and I decided to vote early before work (just after 6 a.m.) and avoid the long lines later in the day. Here in CT, they're predicting a 90% turnout today (no early voting, except for absentee ballots). The parking lot at our polling place was busy, with a steady stream of people and cars in and out. When we got inside, we walked right up to the table where we needed to check in - no line. From there we moved on to the table where we picked up our ballots - again, no line. We went our separate ways to complete the ballot - no waiting. We ran our ballots through the scanner, picked up our "I Voted Today" stickers and left. I'd estimate we were in the polling place less than 5 minutes. My husband, who often votes early in the morning on his way to the train station, said it was busier than usual. Our 22-year-old son, a student at the University of CT, voted early by absentee ballot, and his 19-year-old brother will vote this afternoon on his way home from classes at his community college. We're all supporting Obama-Biden and looking forward to a new beginning for this great country (and an end to the national nightmare of the last 8 years!)
Beth Duff
Ridgefield, Connecticut
I voted at 7 AM this morning in the town in Ballston, Saratoga County, NY. Everything went quickly and smoothly. They had lots of old mechanical voting machines, so there were almost no lines. It was curtain open and shut. The Democrats were listed above the Republicans. Many of the local Republican candidates were listed several times, because they were also running under the Independence and Conservative lines.
Matthew Manon
Burnt Hills, New York
Everything went smoothly, officials and clerks were helpful and courteous. When I arrived at my polling place at 6:45 am there were about 150 people waiting in line in front of me. An official there told us that he had never seen a line this long of people waiting to vote, at any time of day, in any election. When I left my polling place, I looked back to see how long the line was. It was about the same -- 150 people.
Paty Quinn
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
I arrived at 8:00 a.m. and was out by 9:00 a.m. I think I came at the worst time. Very few people streamed in behind me, so I must have been part of the pre-work rush. If I had arrived by 9:00, I probably would have been there no longer that 10-15 minutes. At least there's free Starbucks coffee...I'll bet THAT line is longer.
"Mike"
Bowie, Maryland
Anxious to cast my vote, I woke 2 hours earlier (3am EST) and couldn't help waking my daughter 2 hours before her alarm went off. She wasn't happy and said 'Its official, you've turned into your mother!' She wasn't amused as she likened me to the energizer bunny on crack, while she was sullen, cranky, and all around grumpy for having to wake extra early. Standing in line (about 75 people) wasn't a problem and everyone in a good mood. We did find that our polling place had only one problem: the voter registration verification forms were incomplete and didn't include several streets, resulting in many voters crying 'foul', worried they wouldn't be allowed to vote. I noticed several (including my 1st time voter daughter) with cell phones out either recording this SNAFU or calling the state to report the problem. After voting, we noticed the line of voters had doubled and the issue with the excluded streets still wasn't resolved and my daughter was bouncing with energy saying, 'That was so cool! Voting for the first time is like taking your first ride on a rollercoaster. I want to do it again!'
Mary Case
Taftville, Connecticut
I'm retired, so I settled on 8:45 as a good time to vote (after the before-work rush). There was no line at my suburban precinct. I got my card and chose one of the three unoccupied Diebold machines, took about 5 minutes to complete the voting, and hit the print button. Nothing. Called poll workers, who had trouble figuring out how to cancel the vote so I could use another machine. Finally they opened the printer, and the paper was bunched up. It's pretty clear that people had used the machine and failed to check the paper trail. Finally the machine timed out and returned my card, so they "refreshed" it and I used another machine, which worked fine. I certainly hope my vote got counted...Obama needs all the votes he can get here in "red" country. Next time, I'll go for a paper ballot. Advice to voters on electronic machines: don't leave the polling station without seeing a paper confirmation of your vote!
Judith Keim
West Chester, Ohio
We arrived at about 7AM to a long line of folks, who waited outside patiently to enter a grade school gym. When we got in, the optical scan broke down so people had to vote electronic. That will slow down the process until and unless the optical scan reader is fixed, but it was otherwise an easy and pleasant experience. The more people vote, the better I'll feel. Use it or lose it.
Stephen W. Davis
Annandale, Virginia
My four year old and I walked down. It was pretty quiet in the polling place. Only one volunteer around, and it was for a Republican Congressman. I showed my ID and signed the book. I went into vote and just as I made my selection, and just as I was ready to hit the green VOTE button, my son yelled up to me, "Don't forget to vote for Joe Biden!" It was the cutest thing. And and elderly couple gave him a high five as we walked passed them after I indeed voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
D Bond
Reading, Pennsylvania
I woke my 6-year-old a little early, and we hustled out of the house to go to our polling place (a local church in the city of Richmond, VA) at 7:30 a.m. The parking lot was completely full, but no line outside the building. Even so, we detoured for a quick breakfast and were back by 8:10. On our way back, we passed another local polling location (elementary school) that's only a couple of blocks from ours - no lines, no congestion there either. When we got back to our polling place, the parking lot was only about half-full...there was no line, no wait...I walked right up to my designated area, presented my driver's license and was given the "ticket" to vote, #201 so far. Two hundred people had voted in the 2 hours since the polls had opened. There were approximately 10 voting machines with only about three in use at the time. I walked right up to a machine, voted and was out of there in less than five minutes. The machine worked smoothly, though you did have to push your selection a couple of times to get it to light up...sort of a typical touchscreen experience. The poll workers were fantastic, one even made sure my son had an "I voted" sticker which I thought was a nice gesture. My area is highly Republican, so it will be interesting to follow the results tonight to see how it swings. The highlight of the experience for me was letting my son be part of the process, to see the culmination of Mommy's 18-month obsession with politics, and to create a memory (I hope). I have vivid memories of going with my mother to vote, and I want him to understand the importance of exercising this precious right. I hope he will look back and remember (at least a little) the importance of this election and that it will influence him to be actively involved throughout his lifetime.
Teresa Caviness
Richmond, Virginia
It's been a tradition in my house for me to take the kids with me into the voting booth ever since they were born (my kids are 4,6 &7). We've been talking about the election constantly in the house. Often times I'm dispelling the school-yard election myths, "No honey- Obama isn't going to make you go to school 6 days a week" lol. I really wanted them to be able to go to school with their "I voted" sticker on. So we all got dressed in red white & blue, loaded up into the stroller (I brought my roomate's baby girl with us too) and we headed down the street to the firehall. I didn't have any problems myself, they found my name in the log book easily enough. (though I did overhear them talking to another person who said that another polling place had sent them to this location, and this one wasn't the right one either...not sure what was going on with that.) I took comfort casting my vote in a giant teal blue metal voting booth with old school levers. I suppose it could be tampered with- but something in it's mechanical nature made me feel like my vote was more secure. "We" voted for Obama/Biden on the Working Families line- and everyone got a sticker. When I got home I updated my Facebook status to declare "I just voted for BARACK OBAMA" Now I have to try and get some work done today and avoid refreshing Huffpo/Google news etc. constantly.
Kelly Cheatle
Farmington, NY
It was exciting but really uneventful. 15 minutes before the poll opened at 7 a.m. the queue stretched almost a block long. But when my partner & I went back to stand, folks moved along briskly. Poll workers (our neighbors) polite and excited. Ballot was short, so all three voting machines were never in use at the same moment. At 8:30 a.m., 25% of registered voters in the precinct (in Center City Philadelphia) had already voted.
Ron Emrich
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Well I got in line at 6:09 am and there had to be at least 80 people on line in front of me. As I got in side of Public School 55, I was told that I had to find my district. I had my voter registration card and it said 72. So when I finally got up to the line. The women said that they could not find my name in the book. I received a transfer form in the mail, so they should have had my name in the book. But I had to wait and fill out an affidivate form and fill in the candiate I wanted, seal it up and that was that. I left at 7:00am. so it was about an hour process.
April Mondesir
South Richmond, New York
I went to vote early thinking the lines would be outrageously long, and was happy to find that wasn't the case. The polling place was very well organized in my precinct, though I did hear the news that lines around town being a few hundred people long, and one polling place in Kansas City, the book that held names and addresses happened to be the wrong one for that precinct. I'm sure that's going to slow things down for that area, but all in all, my experience was very good. While in line the volunteers were offering a paper ballot or touch screen, when my turn came I wasn't offered that option and I spoke up. I was told I could make that choice and was thanked for bringing it to her attention that I wasn't offered. I chose paper and was off and running.
"Jeanette"
Kansas City, Missouri
I went to vote before going to work. I want my vote to be counted first in order to be included in the first tallies. I have voted in the same place and with the same "pull the lever to close the curtain" machines for many years. It was very comfortable. The election workers were very helpful. I needed their help to find the right district I am in. Everyone was friendly and smiling. The ballot itself was easy. Besides the list of candidates, there was one initiative on the ballot. It was easy to understand. Overall, nothing exciting happened. I am very proud that I live in America, where voting is calm and not exciting and we respect the results.
Christopher Jones
Rochester, New York
I was was walking to the polls, and there was a line the likes of which I've never seen before at the GLCC. Fortunately for me, the head of my building's coop board was walking twoard me. She yelled: "Hey Eric! there's no line for our district, so we can go up right now!" I followed her really closely into the building, and the two of us went to the voting machine, where first she, then I signed in. By the time I got to vote, there were about 30 people from my district behind me. I did my duty, and then went out to see how long the line was. It went all the way from the west side of the block to the east side of the block, then around the corner south from 13th street to 12th, then around the corner again and halfway back to 8th avenue. I've never seen anything like it.
Eric Lurio
New York, New York
We arrived at the polling place at two minutes after 6 am to find the parking lot full. We parked on the grass and entered to find the line dedicated to the second half of the alphabet was empty so we were lucky enough to walk straight in and vote. The volunteers were doing an excellent job moving people through quickly. The most remarkable thing was that at this rural Virginia polling place there were many Obama signs lining the road in but not a single McCain sign. By the time we left at 6:10 the volume of voters appeared to have doubled.
Steve Trumbull
Nellysford, Virginia
I have lived here for 26 years but only became a citizen last year. Today I got to vote for President for the first time, and I am now truly an American. I voted for Obama and I was singing inside the whole time.
"Juliet"
Portland, Oregon
I woke up early to get to the poll ten minutes before it opened (7am). I waited in line with about 100 others, and once the doors opened, the line moved reasonably quickly. We voted on a paper ballot, filling in the ovals with a black marker. To my astonishment (though really, nothing astonishes me anymore), the ballot reader was not working! So we were asked to place the ballots into a slot in the side of the machine. Essentially, I do not know whether or not my vote was counted, which very much worries me. There is not much more to my story, certainly not enough to get to 200 words, but this is a strange anomaly for a small town like Oxford.
Matt Findon
Oxford, Massachusetts
It's a new morning in America, alright. I arrived slightly after the polls opened at the 7th district polling place in lower Manhattan in the shadow of what used to be the twin towers of the World Trade Center--still a gaping hole and apt metaphor for the past eight years of our current administration. I was filled with hope and ready for the change I definitely believe in and still apprehensive since this was the same polling place I had pulled the lever for John Kerry last election. I thought it was a shoo in then. The temperature was mild and the line was long, around the block but everyone was smiling, patient and orderly. I saw many of my neighbors, several from my book club and a few of our local celebrities. Eric Bogisian, playwright and Law & Order star, exited the voting booth and told those of us from the 7th district we can move to the front. The fifth district had been moved to our polling place at the New York Law School, and both groups had combined creating an unnecessary backup. I gathered the folks from my apartment building and moved forward.
Carrie Thy
New York, New York
It was amazing. I arrived at 5:55 am to f