What to expect on election day

[black_berry623]

Civics books make voting look like a breeze, but it can be hard work. Voter rolls are inaccurate, ID requirements vary and are erratically enforced, partisans try to disqualify likely supporters of their opponents, and lines at the polls can be excruciatingly long. In 2000, as many as six million presidential votes were lost for technical reasons,

Comments

[userillusion]

I voted! The line was long, but I voted! :-)

I voted!

[youphoric]

That line WAS long. Three precincts vote at my polling place, so the line extended out into the rain. :(

ash, it's leeanne. let me in. (please)

[healthy_sockets]

i am healthy_sockets, at a time when my right shoulder is giving me hell. no matter, i've gone ahead and properly registered myself, which i hope'll help us keep in better touch.