My Vote is In
I voted in the U.S. elections today. I was at my local polling station at 6:30am for the early start that some locations in Massachusetts are trying. When the doors opened, I was number 18 in line with another ten or so people behind me. In previous elections, I have been as close to the front of the line as number five - not sure how statistically relevant the "long" line is. The poll workers were ready for a big turnout and were very organized. Plenty of voting machines set up, and enough room so that a long line of people could queue up indoors out of the cold. There were ushers at the front doors and a few other places to help out people and keep things organization - the first time I've seen that, and pretty comical considering the number of voters waiting in line that early.
Despite being my sixth presidential election, I don't remember ever being this excited to vote. I was shaking with excitement - hopefully the machine can read my slightly wobbly arrows.
