The big day is finally here. Did you vote? How did it go? Local blogs are all over this election. West Seattle Blog boasts photos of some of the first voters to line up this morning in their neighborhood, plus a video interview with Mayor Nickels. MyBallard has the scoop on free cupcakes for voters at Cupcake Royale. Seattlest links to the King County Votes Twitter feed, which has nuggets like: "McGregor the terrier visits the polling place. Owner has been bringing dog to vote for past 14 years." Capitol Hill Seattle blog has a rundown of election parties in the neighborhood. Tacoma voters are chatting on Exit133.com. And over at the Big Blog, Monica Guzman reflects on the Stranger's "big, bad election controversy." Phew. It looks like it's going to be a long, exciting day.
King County Elections web site is down. The web service which allows me to find my voting place is returning "Currently unavailable". Calls to KC to their Elections is returning busy signal.
Very Frustrated!!
I always vote via absentee ballot. I also usually keep who I'm voting for a secret.
In 2004 I was living in Boston and remember traveling to Copley Square to wait for Kerry to make his first speech as the next US President. That was one of the single most disappointing nights of my life. I look back and think of the tens of thousands of people who were in shock that night, just as I was.
Today I'm nervous. After being so confident in 2000 and 2004, I just really hope that Americans really are SICK of such shoddy leadership these past 8 years. Tonight I hope to find great news and really, really hope that today is the first day of many positive days to come.
GO OBAMA!
PS -it'd make for a GREAT birthday gift. PLEASE!
Snoqualmie Elementary School was dead at 8am. A slow trickle of senior citizens. Absolutely zero signs announcing it was the voting center for the area. I got completely lost.
Inside felt like a funeral. Zero organization, zero efficiency. I was told their one electronic machine had already died and was forced to use a paper ballot.
I walked away totally depressed. Nothing like the vibrant atmosphere of Cap Hill elections past…