Flickr: Election Night Photo Album

Thanks Ande for sending this to Brook. You can feel the tension and the anticipation. What a beautiful family, what an amazing night.

ELECTION DAY

I just voted this morning. Then I took my mom back to register and vote (we are able to same-day register in Iowa). She wasn't showing up on the online list, so I was told she had to fill out a new registration. I arrived at the Cavalry Baptist Church, our polling center, about 9:20am. No wait; filled out the information slip, took it to the next table to be checked off the list and given a ballot; went to my "secret booth" to fill in the circles, and fed it in the optical scanner. Took less than 10 minutes, and I was voter #340. Went home, got my mom ready; took her back; they sat her down, we filled out the forms, went to the "secret booth", and she put her own ballot through the scanner; #452.

What is striking is that for both my mother and I to vote (including her registering and voting) we were in the polling place no more than 25 minutes total, between the two trips. I would gladly have waited an hour each time if it allowed the folks waiting 4,6, even 9 hours to also only have to wait an hour. What were your experiences? Please use the "comments" link below to share; I will be posting all that are emailed directly to me, also.

WE ARE MAKING HISTORY TODAY!