Long Lines, Everywhere
Already, Flickr folks are posting photos, and even this video, of long lines at the polls, all across Brooklyn. In Park Slope, the line stretched out even before the booths opened at 6AM. Bring coffee. Prepare to wait. Where did you vote? How long did it take? Any problems? Video by wnyc.
No, FatLenny, the stiff bourbon is tonight.
Mint juleps are tomorrow night in the event of a celebration!
IronBalls, what planet are you living on? The media decided this election two years ago – are you kidding?
IB…pathetic, truly pathetic. You can’t think for yourself? What did you do in the days before USAToday was in print???
Today’s Polls
23 new presidential polls today:
In Colorado, Obama still leads 51% to 47% in this must-win state for McCain.
Florida is up in the air, but Obama has a miniscule lead (about 1%) here.
Missouri and North Carolina are pure tossups.
Ohio seems to be leaning for Obama, with 3 of 4 polls showing him with a slight lead there.
Pennsylvania is solid for Obama. McCain made a last-minute effort here, but it failed.
Without Pennsylvania, McCain has to hold all the swing states, and some of those, especially Colorado and Virginia, look tough for him.
Biff, you’re making mint juleps tonight?! Me too! Anything better than bourbon and a Dem trouncing? Or do you belong to the dark side? I can’t recall.
Walked by ps 282 and was outraged by the line. Totally unbelievable that one should have to wait that long to vote. I remember voting when I was 18 in a SF suburb. It would take 5 minutes. But in the city people get to wait for hours. It’s infuriatingly discriminatory.
i voted at ps 9 in prospect heights this morning. it took nearly two hours from start to finish.
Biff,
It doesn’t matter what you or I want.
The media decided this election two years ago.
“This is a great day -”
Let us hope so gemini. Let us hope. So.
I would definitely not call Obama the “anti-republican”. Now THAT is ridiculous. Michael Moore, perhaps. But not Obama. Take a look at this:
“The National Journal looked at 99 Senate votes in 2007 and used those as the basis of what the McCain-Palin team sees as a stinging indictment of the Democratic ticket. Sadly for McCain, looking at many of those votes indicates that Obama is very much in the American mainstream and provides an excellent rationale for why more of us should vote for Obama and not him.
Of the votes used to give McCain his latest name-calling gambit, a good number of them show Obama on what most voters would consider the right side of issues such as the Iraq war, raising the minimum wage, energy independence, stem cell research and increased domestic security.
Two of the votes that will cause McCain and Palin to shriek “liberal” at Obama were in favor of raising the Federal Minimum wage for the first time in a decade — something Americans overwhelmingly supported — and against another piece of cruel Republican legislation to kill the minimum wage entirely. And, yes, for all you folks out there making the lowest required wage rate, Senator McCain did vote to abolish it and let your employers decide based on state law or their own kindness how much you earn (Bob Geiger, 10/08)”
Voted at 6:45am at PS10 – about a 10 minute wait – super fast and easy and the place had knowledgable staff
agreed with previous posters that it’s VERY helpful to find out what your election district is before heading to your polling place. The main line that freaks people out are usually the people who don’t know their ED and need to find out from the “Info Desk”
This is a great day -especially getting a seat on the subway