It's Raining in Michigan. I Stood in Line. I Voted.

GiovanniC

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Tue Nov-02-04 09:42 AM
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It's Raining in Michigan. I Stood in Line. I Voted.

Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 09:43 AM by GiovanniC

There is another vote for Kerry/Edwards in Michigan as of about a half hour ago.

The line was 20 minutes long. I also have to say, I love those octogenarian poll workers, and think they're very valuable... but they can be frustratingly slow. It was worth every minute though when I darkened in the circle next to Kerry/Edwards today.

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Catch22Dem

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Tue Nov-02-04 09:44 AM
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1. How bad is the rain?

Will it affect turnout? It's raining and chilly here in Okla, but the lines were very long. Poll workers saying they've never seen it like this.

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GiovanniC

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Tue Nov-02-04 09:51 AM
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2. Not Horrible

It's barely a mist right now. It's going to be on and off all day. I don't think it will impair turnout too badly.

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cspiguy

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Tue Nov-02-04 09:53 AM
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3. cold and drizzly miserable. surrounded by * voters - oakland county

coming out big time. creeped out by so many pukes in one place. We better get out the vote in Detroit.

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GiovanniC

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Tue Nov-02-04 10:00 AM
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4. Oakland/Repub is Par for the Course, No?

I've been doing the best I can but I'm a ways away from there and we have our own "conservative" groups to battle.

As of today I personally have verified 8 votes that I have convinced to vote for Kerry/Edwards.

- Myself (obviously)
- My friend Anthony (usually a non-voter)
- My friend Kari (usually a non-voter)
- My Mom (an Independent, Gore-supporter 2000)
- My Dad (voted Bush 2000)
- My Sister (voted Bush 2000)
- My Brother-in-Law (voted Bush 2000)
- My Friend Tina (thought she wouldn't be able to vote because she couldn't find her voter registration card)

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do."
Edward Everett Hale

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aneerkoinos

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Tue Nov-02-04 10:15 AM
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5. no matter the weather

If it rains, let it rain
Yeah, the wetter the better

They ain�t gon� stop us - they can't
We're stronger now, more then ever
They tell us "No", we say "Yeah"
They tell us "Stop", we say "Go"
Rebel with a rebel yell
Raise hell - we gon� let em know
Stomp, push, shove, mush...

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fiorello

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Tue Nov-02-04 10:20 AM
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6. Ann Arbor: 1-hour line at 9am. Huge Kerry vote

Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 10:22 AM by sanfo

It's never been this crowded - very unusual. The previous longest wait was 15 minutes. The parking lot was overflowing with Kerry bumper stickers (as is the entire town). Overheard conversations in the polling lines sounded pretty much like DU message boards.

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