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U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience?

Posted by timothy on from the meet-the-new-boss dept.

Today is Election Day in the U.S., and polls are open even in Hawaii now. The current Slashdot poll gives a snapshot of how many readers have voted or plan to vote; more rigorous and wide-based polls are easy to find. If you're taking part in today's election, what have you found? Did you or will you vote electronically, or on paper? How long did you wait to vote? Did you vote weeks ago by mail? How much time did you put into making your choices? It would be helpful if in comments you start the subject of your post with your 2-letter state abbreviation, like this: "TX - About to go get in line to push some buttons."

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  1. VA disenfranchised by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    VA - Filed registration 45 days ago, didn't take effect, told yesterday by three election offices to vote where I was previously registered, two hours of driving, turned away, told to file provisional ballot where I live, provisional ballot where I live must be defended.

    Apparently these guys made their money and did their job:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/virginia-voter-fraud-case-expands-to-focus-on-gop-firm/2012/11/02/76285252-24eb-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html

    I've read about this happening to other people but can't believe it happened to me. Understand what voter ID laws are. They are voter fraud laws - they create voter fraud. Can't believe it happened to me.

    1. Re:VA disenfranchised by gman003 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Happened to me as well. I moved a few months ago, went to the DMV to renew my license with the new address and register to vote.

      Never got my new drivers license. Never got a registration card. I checked today, I was never officially registered. I'll be checking my debit card records to see if they took the money for it - if not, I will be contacting a lawyer.

      I will also be filing a complaint at http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/Complaints.html. Might not do much good, but I'll do it anyways.

      (Not that my vote would've mattered much - I was going to vote Libertarian)