I Voted!

[tanaqui]

Use this post to tell us you voted -- whether today, in early voting or by mail -- and what it was like.

Was it busy when you voted? Did you have any nice encounters and conversations when you went to vote? See any good or unexpected signs? Or any cute dogs? (Cute dogs at polling stations are a bit of a tradition in the UK -- I don't know if it's the same in the US!)

Did you persuade any friends, family or co-workers to go and vote?

Oh, and have a sticker.



(source: Wikimedia commons)

Comments

[tanaqui]

Good work on being organised! I can see why that polling place is your favourite -- it sounds great. And yay for having great weather: that always helps with turnout. :-)

[tanaqui]

That's really cool to know! Thanks for the link and also the ones below. :-)

[lavendertook]

I voted mid-afternoon with an unusually long line in my liberal enclave of a town.

[tanaqui]

Good to hear that that voters are energised and engaged where you are. I hope you didn't have to wait too long!

[redbird]

I did a phone-banking shift, which got me a couple of voting plans made, several people who said they had already voted, and one who hadn't realized it was Election Day. For that alone, it was worth the time. I also gave advice to someone who had gone to vote early in the day and left before the line was too long, and told two people about absentee ballots for future years when they told me they were too ill (one) and disabled (one) to go vote.

[jjhunter]

You can find a subthread for every candidate here. (Wow, English starts to look really weird after doing a lot of copy&paste/concatenate comments right in a row. /flops.)

[sporky_rat]

It was!

[ilyena_sylph]

Voted right after work!

I was no.892 (plus howevermany electronic), which is high for any year!

[minoanmiss]

Go you! Especially since you have some particularly important races in your state.

[lb_lee]

I got an apple part muffin. Nom nom nom democracy!

[starwatcher]

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I voted 2 weeks ago in person, because I'm out of district today. (Taking care of my aged father.) I was pleased to see 3 or 4 other people voting in the room -- and my ballot receipt said it was #127 (IIRC) on just the 2nd day of early voting. I was so pleased.

Even more pleased to see that we kept our D senator (Martin Heinrich), switched from R to D for Governor (Michelle Lujan Grisham [I'm SO relieved]), held D for 1st & 3rd Congressional seats (Debra Haaland and Ben Ray Lujan). 2nd Congressional seat hasn't been called, and D (Xochitl Torres Small) is trailing. I have my fingers crossed, but that's my corner of the state, and it's pretty red (oilfield workers and cattlemen / alfalfa farmers). But I guess 4 out of 5 isn't bad.

Checking more results -- whee! Dems held or took Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Land Commissioner, and Treasurer. (Particularly happy with Sec of St, because last one tried to implement voter ID laws). Also D for state Supreme Court, Appeals Courts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Farther downballot seems even split between R and D winners <sigh>, but could be so much worse.
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[tanaqui]

Sounds like you did good work, and it was definitely worth the time and effort!

[tanaqui]

Oooh, sounds yummy! Hope you got some good results from your votes. :-)

[tanaqui]

Yay for getting it done on the way home. And I hope the high turnout means you got some good results. :-)

[ilyena_sylph]

Unfortunately, mostly no.

But we got medical pot legalized, and a raise in the minimum wage, and actually got some goddamn ethics legislation passed...

Which doesn't make up for that we lost Claire in the Senate. I'm heartbroken. And I'm still stuck with that Republican bitch I refuse to name as Rep.

[tanaqui]

I'm glad you got some good ballot initiatives/propositions passed, but commiserations on the federal races. :-(

[tanaqui]

That looks like a pretty good set of results, especially at state level! Sounds like there was a good turnout, too.

[starwatcher]

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Yes! And the best news is... 8000 votes from one late reporting county were counted, and Xochitl won!!! Dems have a complete sweep -- 3 congress (and all POC), 2 senators, and ALL the top officials at state level. I'm so pumped!
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