Writer's Block: Secret Ballot

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It's hard to ignore the fact that today is Election Day in the U.S. If you went to the polls today, tell us what it was like. Long line? Free stickers? Hanging chads? We want the details. View other answers

At Woodlin Elementary School in Maryland, lines were much like last election's - about an hour at 7 a.m. opening, according to reports from my siblings and mother, and forty minutes or so around nine a.m. when my dad (zhurnaly) and I went. Campaigning was light - other than road signs, there was only a representative from the teachers' union (I think) with a slate of endorsements. (zhurnaly asked her about the local slots initiative - creditably, the union had no stance and she didn't feel too good about it.) (Oh, and I took one of her sheets to help me decide on the school board race where I was still dithering.)

Attitudes were cheerful. The PTA had a bake sale running. The electronic voting machines read my touchscreen inputs correctly (and thank goodness they'll be gone next election!). It might start raining later, but it was fairly nice when we went.

Oh, and we got free stickers. zhurnaly gave me his as a joke.