You Tube and PBS have teamed up to produce the Video Your Vote project, in which they ask citizens around the country to take a video camera with them to the polls and upload the results. The collective experience will be available for viewing at the project site. Check it out: It's a multi-author vlog of the United States on Election Day -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Entertaining and informative, your videos might also help make the process smoother next time around.
David Gillette, Cartoon Journalist, gives a YouTube primer of the project below.
There were two precincts at our polling place, a fire station, and ours was the shorter line. There was a mix of African American and White voters, though mostly Black. We got in smoothly and finished the entire process in about an hour.
People were laughing and hugging and telling jokes. I hugged a complete stranger whose wife held a spot for him. Several people took their kids to the voting booth with them. People brought snacks. The elders were teaching the young ones about life, the universe and everything, and talked about how long they have been waiting for this moment.
One of the poll workers, who had worked several elections, said she saw more people in the first hour than she would see all day in past elections. As we were leaving, the lines were getting longer. I got my "I voted" sticker.
On the train to work (I commute form Baltimore to Washington) I saw several people wearing their stickers with pride. I called my mother in Colorado (who voted two weeks ago) and called friends all over the country. You could feel the smile emanating from the phone.
When I got to work I was greeted by colleagues, sporting stickers. They came from Virginia, Maryland and DC.
Great day to be an American.