HAPPY VOTING DAY!!!

[celandine_g]

Let's hope this will be a turning point for us here in the US and the chance to have some faith in the common sense and good judgment of our fellow citizens. I was about to lose hope but now I have some stirrings of confidence that perhaps we are not doomed

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[claudia603]

*crosses fingers for a CHANGE* :-)

[elasg]

How about 'calling for change'? *prods a fellow liberal*
;)

[claudia603]

Thank you!! Er...got here too late but I'm SO grateful to very hard-working people who have been doing that!! Let's just hope it pays off!

[celandine_g]

*crosses fingers, toes, arms, legs, arms, vertebrae (that one's hard) and everything else*

PLEASE PEOPLE, Don't blow this one.

[chloe_amethyst]

I voted on this cold, damp November day. :-) There have been some very shady things happening regarding vote supression in VA as of last night. It will be interesting to find out further details on that.

[celandine_g]

Well, it was a mild, fine day here and I waltzed into the school building and voted without nary a problem--it was almost too easy but I was so happy to do it and to make my small but significant voice heard.

But as I was walking out, behind me was a young man with long hair in a pony tail. Very young--it must have been his first election. And I couldn't help but consider that if the war-mongers have their way, young men like him will eventually be drafted and become unwilling canon-fodder for the war machine of Bush or the like. I do hope he defended himself against that possibility. But I couldn't help but think that it was so much more important to young men like him--like, life-and-death-important. I wish him the best and hope that he never has to kill or die for the likes of Bush and Rumsfeld.

[chloe_amethyst]

Amen, sisteh.

[frodobaggins252]

Hobbled my way into my polling place at noon today and voted on the old familiar machines we've had since I started voting 33 years ago -- have voted in every single election save one local one when I was in the hospital. If ya don't vote, you've absolutely no right to complain -- that's how I view it -- yes, it's a right and a privilege -- but, more importantly, it's a duty

YAYAY for the folks who vote!!

[celandine_g]

Good for you!

I actually voted with a paper ballot and a real ink pen. Fill in the blank ovals! I gotta tell ya that I felt more secure that way and although I am the world's strongest proponent of electronic communications and all the modern ways, when it comes to voting, I know that that piece of tangible paper is THERE and can be counted over and over again without any ambiguity. I much prefer this to a button that is pushed and who the hell knows where that data goes or who can manipulate it.

I also have to say that the people maintaining the voting site where such lovely folk, older and wiser and honest. I am confident that my vote got counted because I trusted them completely. To me they are the heart of our democracy. They really care and no one will come between them and my vote.

[claudia603]

Ours was a real paper ballot and pen as well! :-) I think I feel better with that as well! :-)

[i_o_r_h_a_e_l]

Good luck to you all!

:D