Go vote!

[Panache]

I'm voting for a rum & coke!

Brian

Rum and Coke are Johnny-come-latelys!

Stick with traditional values

Vote GIN AND TONIC this election! ith:

Cheers

Jamie

[beloitpiper]

Rum and Coke are Johnny-come-latelys!

Stick with traditional values

Vote GIN AND TONIC this election! ith:

Cheers

Jamie

Gin and Tonic have had a spotty record and dubious political links since their start. That's why I'm supporting the only logical candidate,

VODKA PRESS

Reliable, who has been there for us through thick and thin. Gin and Tonic would be nowhere without Vodka Press!

[Livingston]

Rum and Coke are Johnny-come-latelys!

Stick with traditional values

Vote GIN AND TONIC this election! ith:

Cheers

Jamie

Sorry, Jamie, but I went with the Single Malt party and their candidate Talisker. Just had to vote along party lines.

[Ian.MacAllan]

I wore my kangaroo-skin hat, dark green shirt; black belt, sporran, hose & shoes; and WPG Gordon Highlanders kilt. The election judge got all the way through "Sir, this is an American election!" before breaking up.

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[auld argonian]

I wore my kangaroo-skin hat, dark green shirt; black belt, sporran, hose & shoes; and WPG Gordon Highlanders kilt. The election judge got all the way through "Sir, this is an American election!" before breaking up.

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Yes...but don't forget that they refer to the procedure as "The Australian Ballot"!

Best

AA

[Pleater]

I'm voting for a rum & coke!

Brian

Voting for me?

Ah no - that is my ID on another forum.

I fell into bed at about 04:30, just after the required 270 was clocked up.

Just checking.

My grandmother was a suffragist, so I always go and vote, for fear of her coming back to haunt me if I don't.

Usually voting here consists of placing a single X in the appropriate box, at least for general elections. There are times when you get to do several Xs for electing the local government.

Amazingly there are 'spoilt ballots' at every election due to people getting it wrong.

Voting in the US sounds a bit alarming - do many voters fall into the machinery and jam the cogs?

I hope that the election night is the most startling event of this next presidential term of office and that it proceeds with a certain amount of rather boring efficiency towards restoring economic stability, financial security and diplomatic equanimity.

Anne the Pleater

[McMurdo]

I heard something this morning about these promotions, I found the following after a short google search:

“To ensure we are in compliance with election law, we are extending our offer to all customers who request a tall brewed coffee,” said Starbucks’ spokeswoman Tara Darrow.

[DavidM]

I voted early,and am going to our local board of elections to help with the processing of absentee ballots. We're to get a record number of them and so Board employees have been getting friends to volunteer and help.

My favorite political quote is from D'Touqueville (or close to it): "You do not have to be politically active, but your lives will be run by those who are".

[JRB]

In New York, the polls opened this morning at 6 o-clock. My wife and I got up and out at 6:05 a.m. and were at the polls by 6:10. No lines per say, but we were surprised to see about eight other voters there. The whole thing took less than ten minutes. I find it amusing that New York State is still using those huge old booths with the lever selectors. I think we're the only state that still uses them. But, I've never heard of any voting complaints with the lever booths so I guess there's no reason to update.

[Tattoo Bradley]

In New York, the polls opened this morning at 6 o-clock. My wife and I got up and out at 6:05 a.m. and were at the polls by 6:10. No lines per say, but we were surprised to see about eight other voters there. The whole thing took less than ten minutes. I find it amusing that New York State is still using those huge old booths with the lever selectors. I think we're the only state that still uses them. But, I've never heard of any voting complaints with the lever booths so I guess there's no reason to update.

I think that's a charming thing to keep around. I say if they still work then why not? But, like a lot around here, I'm all for items with some history.

When I voted last term, the ballot was an electronic doo-hickey. This year it was a cardboard box/poll thing and a paper ballot. After you completed your paper ballot at the box, you dropped the ballot into an electronic counter thing.

I went and voted at 0800 and had absolutely no one in front of me.