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Ack! I hope you made it!

Yeah, they shut the outer doors at 8pm & said everyone who was in line would get to vote no matter what. They had machines breaking down all day, including 2 broken when I was there, so only 3 machines for obviously a very popular polling place wasn't doing so well...the wonders of technology? I was wishing for the old punch cards when I could punch them in about 60 seconds when I had prepped my sample ballot in advance! When I finally got my turn (after enough Treo solitaire that I won twice!) I pressed my touchscreen buttons as quickly as I could & was done by 8:35...on my way out a guy still in line said "Very efficient!" so I guess people could tell I was hurrying...haha... ;)

Yeah, I usually get the absentee ballot, but I wasn't even sure if I was registered properly after my move, even though I had chosen that option when updating my DMV records...the voter packets hadn't come until after I left on vacation, and it was too late when I got back to apply for absentee. Maybe next time!