October 9th Polling Experience

Jedidiah
10/09 02:50 PM

I voted at Brooks Baptist Church this morning at 9am and there were only three or four other folks coming in to vote when I was there.  I think my machine read 136 at 9, but that seems high at such an early hour….maybe it was just 36.

No campaigning and few signs in the yards from all the candidates.  Definitely an uneventful experience, but let’s hope the votes mattered!

I did hear something on NPR that stated they expected 20% or less of eligible voters to vote.  That’s sad.

My boss walked around the office this morning asking everyone had they voted.  If not, he wanted to see the sticker before the end of the day.  A couple of people left work to go vote and came back!  The power of voice!

Barden
10/09 03:01 PM

Haha. I was trying to be first at my precinct but only made 9th. That was at 7:20 am.

Traditionally, your voting surges come in the early morning, trickle through midmorning, boom at lunch, and tapper off until booming again between 5:00pm and 7:30pm.

Chad
10/09 03:08 PM

I voted at 8:45 at my precinct and there was one other person there voting. My voting card was number 21—five shy of my lucky number.

David
10/09 03:35 PM

26 is a number for losers.

Ccydney
10/09 03:45 PM

I was 64th at 8am at Trinity UMC.  There were a couple of people outside, including Helen Tart.

RaleighRob
10/09 03:59 PM

Got to Brooks Ave Church of Christ at about 8:40 or so.  Just a few other people there…more poll workers than voters.  (Felt bad for the lonely guy from Kids Voting just sitting there with nothing to do.)
Parking lot was quiet too, but there was some lady standing by a pickup truck holding fliers for Baldwin…I quickly bypassed her like I hadn’t seen her.

Jedidiah
10/09 04:01 PM

There wasn’t even a guy at that table when I got there 20 minutes Rob…so don’t feel too sorry for him, they must have found him another job.

Helen Tart
10/09 04:54 PM

The number was 156 by 11am at Trinity UMC. We’re a high turnout precinct. I’ll bet we top 300 voters by 7:30pm. 

Over at the polling place across from Lion’s Park it was 46 at 9:30am.

David
10/09 05:23 PM

Hey Helen, you certainly got my vote.  I hope that you fair well today!

Justin
10/09 05:38 PM

I got to the Chavis Heights community center around 8:45 and I was only number 14 and the only person there at the time.

Justing
10/09 06:29 PM

I was #146 at the Cameron Village Library around 1pm.  It seems slow all around town.  I wonder if districts A and B are noticeable busier than the rest of the city?

erin
10/09 08:31 PM

im going to trinity in about an hour to vote.  ill let you know what my late-day number is.  helen has my vote, too!

Devin
10/09 09:16 PM

i was no.93 at Daniels Middle School at 12:30 today

the poll people looked bored out of their minds, and i’m relatively certain they were surprised that i was actually there to vote

erin
10/09 09:52 PM

410 at trinity.

brian_M
10/10 12:00 AM

I was number 113 at Powell Elementary around 2pm. That is sad.

Jedidiah
10/10 01:16 AM

County Wide:  only 11% of those registered to vote did so.

Shibby
10/10 02:01 AM

I was the lonely voter when I got there and saw two others come in around 9:00 AM at Trailwood Drive Fire Dept.  I found time to catch up with some of the volunteers I knew on some neighborhood issues about excessive parking from parties and football games.  I also made sure to THANK the volunteers who spent their day working at the polls.

Meredith
10/10 03:34 AM

Wow, Helen Tart was at Trinity UMC at 8am? I saw here there around 10am, and my husband voted at 7pm and said she was there then too. Sorry to see we’re missing such a hard worker in City Council!

150
10/10 12:23 PM

Now that it’s over, it doesn’t really matter, but I was #98 at Pullen at 6pm.