obligatory votering update
Nov. 4th, 2008 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keryxI got to the polling place (in Manchester/City of Richmond) at 6:45, maybe 7 once I figured out where to park. There were about 50 people ahead of me in line. It took those 50 people nearly 2 hours to vote (on the up side, the prior 150 people got through in an hour or less).
The poll workers were asking anyone whose ID did not perfectly align with their records (including me) to sign an affadavit that they were themselves. This is not required by VA law unless you registered by mail in the past year & don't bring proof of address with you as well as proof of ID; I don't think it's illegal to ask, but I haven't had time to look that up.
They also got stuck on a few people due to what appear to have been last minute errors as people adjusted their voter registration in the last 2 months. SEE?! This is why, when I move in SEPTEMBER, I keep my registration at the old address.
Protect the Vote people were hanging around outside asking questions & had apparently called in a couple of "incidents". Already. At 9am. But no one changed their mind and got out of line. Everyone stuck it out as long as they had to be there. Not even the dude I glared at for joking about the poll staff being "retarded": dude, not acceptable.
Others around the city are reporting long lines and disorganization. Counties, where people tend to lean Republican, seem to be line-free and efficient.
The poll workers were asking anyone whose ID did not perfectly align with their records (including me) to sign an affadavit that they were themselves. This is not required by VA law unless you registered by mail in the past year & don't bring proof of address with you as well as proof of ID; I don't think it's illegal to ask, but I haven't had time to look that up.
They also got stuck on a few people due to what appear to have been last minute errors as people adjusted their voter registration in the last 2 months. SEE?! This is why, when I move in SEPTEMBER, I keep my registration at the old address.
Protect the Vote people were hanging around outside asking questions & had apparently called in a couple of "incidents". Already. At 9am. But no one changed their mind and got out of line. Everyone stuck it out as long as they had to be there. Not even the dude I glared at for joking about the poll staff being "retarded": dude, not acceptable.
Others around the city are reporting long lines and disorganization. Counties, where people tend to lean Republican, seem to be line-free and efficient.