Anybody Vote Yet?

[theknife]

i voted today...NC has early voting thru 10/31, so i figured, why not get it out of the way?

it felt good...a real act of participatory democracy for a change - not quite as much fun as lurking around conservative forums, waylaying hapless righties, but a lot more satisfying.

i was the 350th person to vote at the New Hanover County Library. 350 may not sound like a lot, but for what amounts to absentee voting here in NC's smallest county, after the polls have been open for only 48 hours, it's significant. the poll workers tell me they've never seen anything like it - people are fired up, voter registration is through the roof....people were lined up, waiting 20 minutes or so to get processed and get into a booth.

i'd like to think that everyone is aware, as i am, that the current state of affairs in the US was basically determined by 537 people in Florida in 2000. i truly believe this is the most important election of my lifetime and i think a lot of other people feel the same.

in the meantime, watching the swing state polls is making me f&*%ing crazy...