Life is a State of Mind

Arrived just before 6 am and parking lot is over full (to the point it is a minor safety hazard) and there is a long line.

Line was entirely indoors by 7:15am, but the steady trickle of voters is still impressive in this very rural precinct. Beth Roemmelt and I are greeting voters as they come in to vote.

I was 78th in the N-Z group at 6:36, in and out in about 20 minutes. Held an electronic voter card for about 3 minutes. Largest number of election officers, volunteers outside, poll watchers, and voting machines I’ve yet seen out here. It’s cold, drizzly, and still the relentless trickle of voters comes in; we’ve sign up new volunteers for future elections as voters come in to vote. It is a tremendous feeling. Republicans for Wolf set up a rain fly in one of the few parking spaces; though that is no longer the issue it was for the first hour. Suspect it will be an issue again in the late afternoon.

Update: This is in Prince William County, Virginia. I voted in Evergreen Fire Station and worked outside until 2:00pm when my Gainesville Democratic District chair moved me over to Alvey School to finish the day. All the Northwestern Prince William County precincts had very high turnout (75-90%) and all had long lines from 05:30 through 7:15 (some lasted through 09:20). Once the lines died down; they never came back, but the steady trickle of voters never slacked off… and that was quite a surprise. The heavy turnout today, added to high early voting rates got us to 80% voter turnout in Evergreen and 85% at Alvey; simply stunning.