They rang a bell whenever a first-time voter checked in and everybody applauded. It was cute and kinda moving, although if I'd been a first-time voter I would totally have tried not to admit it.
That is cute. I was super excited about how many of the people I called in CO last night were 18-21, and how many of them (and their roommates, who I got probably half the time) had already voted! And then there was the 94 year old lady, who had also already voted. Good times.
Speaking of old ladies, my mother took my grandmother to vote, and they totally had a thing off to the side with a large-print ballot (that she still couldn't see, but whatever), so they didn't have to wait in line!
Ha! Udall crosspost! Go, NM!
Liese, that's lovely to hear. Parents were very pro-Udall, but I don't know if they'd ever interacted with him before. I think my dad will be much happier, especially since if he takes the pre-retirement job, he's gonna be dealing with political reps even more than he has before (which was a lot) and I think he was on the verge of calling Pearce a fuckhead to his face.
senate seats at 53. 7 more to go
Teppy!! They just called Ohio for Obama!!!!!
MSNBC just called Ohio for Obama. Wow.
I have a question. Did anyone else have to show ID at their polling place
I did, but I've always had to show ID in Illinois, so that's not a surprise.
My school had an election today. All the kids voted in their social studies classes and got "I voted" stickers and everything. The result? 82% for Obama.
