In Florida I also get the feeling people are worried they aren't going to be able to vote on Tuesday because of long lines and limited hours so now there are long lines with people trying to vote.

I know in my Dad's case his voting place was always a nightmare to get in and out of. It was church on a 2 lane canopy road (meaning large oak trees on either side), no turn lane to get into the church. No way to go around the cars with people from both directions trying to get in to vote. It wasn't a big church either so the parking lot wasn't huge.

Turning left was a giant mess with people not wanting to let any one or letting right turning people in or people trying to get out of the church to turn left to go home.

Finally they changed it to a different church on a major intersection. It still caused congestion but there were multiple ways in and out of the church.

In Florida I also get the feeling people are worried they aren't going to be able to vote on Tuesday because of long lines and limited hours so now there are long lines with people trying to vote.

I'm actually starting to wonder if I should have voted early, seeing as how I am from the state everyone wants to take to the Prom.

Did you see the dirigible, Steph?

There's a dirigible in Cincinnati? I saw you posted a link to a Romney dirigible in Natter, but FB wouldn't let me see the picture. t edit Hey, this IS Natter. I thought I was in Bitches. I cannot brane today.

Obama and Stevie Wonder are having a campaign event right now at the University of Cincinnati. It was kind of tempting, but then I remembered how much I hate crowds. Even for the POTUS and Stevie Wonder.

Yes, it was over Cincinnati. The photo caption is:

This just flew over my house while I was outside gardening. Swing State. It must be time to head over to the University of Cincinnati for the BARACK OBAMA Rally.

I'm really thinking it's time to break out the pitchforks in Florida and Ohio.

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Gmail being glitchy for anyone else for the last hour? STABBY.

I kind of feel like there should be a general rule (not unlike with income taxes) that if the average voter has to wait more than 2 hours to vote, then some penalties need to accrue at the state level. If they do not have enough polling places/devices, etc. to accommodate the predicted number of voter turnout based on the previous major election cycle + population increase %, then penalties need to accrue.

So either that means an expansion of voting days OR expansion of mail in ballots. You aren't going to tell me that some of this suppression isn't also affecting GOP interests (perhaps only on a local level), but they would rather hurt themselves than serve the population

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Well, I wasn't going to vote for the guy, but then I saw this dirigible...said no one, ever.

That's what we have now in California for state elections and I am not pleased, Liese.

Yeah, this would be for state level elections. But right now I've got third party candidates actually on the ballot all the way down to local government. And I damn well want it to continue that way. Sure, as a registered independent I can't vote in the primaries, but that's fine with me.