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November 2, 2004
All Quiet at the Local Polling Place
My apartment, as it happens, is across the street from the local polling precinct here in Brookline, which has given me a bird's eye view of the electoral hustle and bustle. Just after 7am this morning, there was a lot of activity, as people crammed their cars wherever they could so they could vote prior to going to work. The lines mellowed out around 9am, so Susanne and I walked over to do our civic duty just after 10am.
It was a painless process - as painless as any voting I've ever done. We probably spent no more than 30 seconds waiting in line, largely because the guy in front of us just relocated to Brookline from across the street in Boston, and they couldn't find his name on the voter tally. Apart from that, we were in and out faster than a precinct volunteer could finish eating their donut.
The lines are growing again, a combination businessperson lunchtime crowd taking a break from work, alongside the Boston University student slacker crowd, dragging themselves to the polling stations in sweats, probably rolling out of bed for the occasion. Either way, it's getting busy, and that's always good to see. Down in Florida, my dad reported the largest crowd he's ever seen at the local polling station. I'm hoping that's a good sign; Brevard County is generally Bush country, but Floridians still have the 2000 election fiasco stuck in their collective craw, so people are getting in line to make a difference.
Right now if you asked me to guess who'll win, I'd hesitatingly say Bush, but I think the momentum has been on Kerry's side in recent weeks. And given the fact we just drove up from Florida this weekend, I was surprised how many Kerry-Edwards stickers we saw in Florida. There were more Bush signs parked along local real estate, but the highway driver vote seemed to be on Kerry's side. I'm taking that as a cautiously optimistic omen. Let's just hope we find out sometime tonight -- though I wouldn't necessarily bet on that either.... -andy
Posted by acarvin at November 2, 2004 9:03 AM
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