I second that (I’m sure everyone does here).  I’ve lived abroad for more than twenty years now, and the main reason I’ve kept my American citizenship is to be able to vote there.  Can’t vote here in Austria, but for me it’s more important to have a voice in the country with the most power to change the world for good and ill, now more than ever.

All I heard today was how long the lines were going to be.  They weren’t long when I went in.  Besides people will stand in long lines at amusement parks and this is more important then any roller coaster!  No on Proposal 2!

Hell, these past four years have been scarier than any roller coaster ...

The lines weren’t bad at my polling place, although it’s in a quiet area.  I was just waiting for someone to try to harass me so that I could have the baby spit up on them.

CAUTION! - GeekMom is packing a spit-upping baby! burp

If you think I should vote, Les, then I’m damn well gonna vote! Hell yeah!

CAUTION! - Brock is packing a vote!

Two helpful sites I have located:

http://www.us-election.org/
The above allows you to register, review candidates and research issues.

http://www.naacpldf.org/content.aspx?article=384
The above is a nice list of printable State’s Voter’s Bill of Rights for several states, and some have a bilingual format (in Spanish I believe, files are .pdf extension for Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader).

I hope these sites can help others as I was helped.

I voted!

Most people that I’ve ever seen at the polls.

I voted! And I took pictures outside the polls to prove it! lol
No long line for us (my husband voted at the same time I did) and all went smoothly.
May the rest of SEB readers have the same luck.

I voted early.  I’ve been harrasing everyone I know to just do it.
Dork Tower is topic centric today.

Dork Tower 11-02-2004

Vote, whether it’s in camaraderie with folks who believe like you do, or to counter the yahoos who don’t.  But vote, dammit.

(I will, on the way home.)

captcha: moral

I voted. Made a 3 hour commute back home to see the polls.

Voted on the way to work. Didn’t even have to stand out in the rain. I was number 426 in my precinct.

Dedicated to the memory (hopefully) of Bush, Ashcroft and Cheney

Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
You’re nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying “Keep on digging.”
Pig stain on your fat chin.
What do you hope to find.
When you’re down in the pig mine.
You’re nearly a laugh,
You’re nearly a laugh
But you’re really a cry.

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are.
You fucked up old hag, ha ha charade you are.
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass.
You’re nearly a good laugh,
Almost worth a quick grin.
You like the feel of steel,
You’re hot stuff with a hatpin,
And good fun with a hand gun.
You’re nearly a laugh,
You’re nearly a laugh
But you’re really a cry.

Hey you, Whitehouse,
Ha ha charade you are.
You house proud town mouse,
Ha ha charade you are
You’re trying to keep our feelings off the street.
You’re nearly a real treat,
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
.....! .....! .....! .....!
You gotta stem the evil tide,
And keep it all on the inside.
Mary you’re nearly a treat,
Mary you’re nearly a treat
But you’re really a cry.

(Roger Waters)

Pink Floyd Animals

Any thoughts on Proposal 1, Les (or any other Mitten State people)?

did

The vote-by-mail system here in Oregon has eliminated the polling booths, and therefore those polling booth lines.  I voted two weeks ago, and in addition to avoiding the last-minute press, I also have been free of pollsters and annoying phone calls related to the various elections and ballot measures.

Up the Vote!

Etan, you rock!

I voted! Now all I have to do is survive this anxiousness building up.

I forced my significant other to register just in time, so you bet I’ll be making sure he votes!

No line at all for me, course, I live in TX… Still you would think there might be a little bit of a line in Dallas.
PTA parents were smart at my old elementary school, they set up a bake sale right outside, mmm coffee and pumpkin bread .

Damn it feels good to vote. Since chief is from Texas too maybe he can tell you what kind of douchebag candidates we have here as well.

Good news: in 30 years of voting, I’ve never seen so many college students at the polls.

Bad news: with student registrations up several hundred percent, challenges to registrations and every other kind of lawsuit will explode.

I have the sick feeling we’re about to show the world how not to do it.

I’m sort of glad we don’t have mail or early voting here in MO. I like gathering with my neighbors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday to cast our ballots. It is one of my definitions of “community”.

I read somewhere that a load of dead people had registered to vote, now that’s what I call commitment! And not a single mormon in sight!

There were two precincts at our voting location.

The line was about 10 people deep for 4 and there wasn’t anyone in line, in front of us for 13. 

It was quick and painless.

We joined the “got an ‘I VOTED’ sticker club” and headed out to do some errands.

Having SEB home from work (got the day off to vote) was much more productive than I expected it to be.  With SEB home on a “day off” routinely we lounge a lot. 

OH YA! 

SEB also got his copy of San Andreas in the mail this afternoon so he’s been wrecking havoc in the PS2 world all afternoon, with nary a peep…

exception: occasional maniacal laughter.

I have to throw something edible together now and convince the bastard to put down the controller to stuff his face with sustenance.

Neodromos, sorry to disappoint, but I don’t really know what kind of douchebag candidates we have running.  I don’t really watch too much TV (me and roommate are too cheap to pay for even basic service so we get to watch through the static) and I don’t really read the newspaper. Thus I’m really only “informed” about the presidential candidates.  And even if my vote ends up not really being worth the paper it was written on (can you guess who I voted for? =P) it was still cool to vote for the first time in a presidential election (yep I’m one of those college students decrepitoldfool saw voting).  One strange thing I noticed is that my sister’s name was under mine on the list of registered voters, I know this shouldn’t sound strange, except she’s not lived in Dallas proper for somewhere around 4 years. I called her and let her know so she can go and get it fixed for the next election.

Sorry for the second post in a row, but it seems Little Snit posted while i was still composing mine.  Just wanted to say that Les needs to post a review of GTA San Andreas.  I’m holding off until I finish playing through FF9 for sorta the second time (got about half way and stopped before, so just decided to totally restart).  I just want to know what kind of fun craziness I’m missing out on.

San Andreas, so that’s why there was a shortage of posts today. I warned him, Gta is at least a 4-5 hour a day habit. I haven’t stopped playing GTA:SA since the day I picked it up and I also picked up THUG2, and Prince of Persia2 the same day. They both still have the wrappers on them.
I voted yesterday and was quite happy with the short wait it line but now I feel like it’s gameday for my favorite team and we’re three point dogs! Gimme a “K"… Gimme an “E"…