Today’s voting experience
February 5, 2008 | World Events
Just announced, Barack Obama wins Georgia. That’s where I voted today. Until today, I voted in Texas. However, since buying a home and getting a driver’s license here, my home of residence changed.
We got to our poll, at Centerville, Ga., city hall, at about 4:10. The line was short. It had four voting machines with vertical screens. I marked a piece of paper with my name and address. Then, I handed the paper to a volunteer and showed my Georgia driver’s license (a photo ID is required in Georgia), who, in turn, gave me a yellow common access card. It’s the same one used to make Air Force identification cards. I walked up to the machine, slid the card in until it clicked, I made my choices and then removed the card. My wife voted at the same time. There was a volunteer standing near the machines, but he only collected the cards when finished. He also kept a husband from joining his wife at the booth while she voted after the husband had finished voting. I saw that as a good thing. By the time I’d finished, the line stretched out the door.
CNN noted that Georgia was a “high risk” state for voter fraud due to the machine voting. There was a technician on his cel phone while I waited to be handed my common access card to vote. So, not sure what that says. However, CNN called Georgia for Mr. Obama at the top of the hour.
In any case, it was a good experience
