Monday, October 20, 2008

A Busy Day for Early Voting

Today is the first day for Florida residents to take advantage of early voting. The process allows registered voters to get to the polls now, instead of in November. In my county, there are about a dozen sites where you can cast your ballot.

I went today and was pleased to see some long lines. The whole process took about 90 minutes for me. It wasn't too bad as I got to be outside on a sunny day with some nice people. Most of the people around me seemed to be voting for Obama for President.

I couldn't tell if any of the crowd was made up of new voters or voters who didn't want to stand in longer lines on Election Day. People may have also turned up today because Florida just changed the way you vote. Touch screen systems are no more. Now we use a pen to create an arrow by a candidate's name.

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