Politics: People really wanted to vote today
Posted in Politics with tags election, polling place, voting on November 4, 2008 by Billy DennisAs noted earlier, I waited in line for about 45 minutes to vote. I got in line at about 9:30 a.m. and got back to my car at about 10:20 a.m. When I got in line, a woman exiting the building said she had to wait about 1 hour, 5 minutes. Yikes.
I considered coming back later, but decided to get it over with.
We chatted with out line mates about the weather, kids, what we were doing for dinner — you know, the usual bonding experience of voting. No one chatted about politics. No one mentioned WHO they were voting for. We all were resigned to having to wait, since the media’s been warning us for months that the lines would be long. The closest I heard to a complaint was a long, resigned sigh.
At one point, I did joke that turnout is probably going to be to close to 120 percent of registered voters. A guy in line behind me suggested I don’t even joke about that. I honored his wish.
We were united in our admiration for on particular line mate. Several mothers where there with children in tow. Most of the kids were in strollers. But this one young mother had three, approximate ages 3,2 and a babe in arms. The kids were astonishingly well-behaved (and were cute as all get-out). The women in line with me noted that it took some endurance to carry a baby that long.
And all I’m thinking was that this woman — I’m guessing she was half my age — had the perfect excuse for skipping the whole thing.
People really, really wanted to vote this year.
